Mingi Jeong
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Dartmouth College
- M.Eng., Maritime Safety Environment Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, (Busan, Korea)
- B.S., Coast Guard Studies, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, (Busan, Korea)
Marine Robot, Full stack autonomy, Autonomous navigation, Autonomous Surface Vehicle, In-water obstacle detection and tracking, Obstacle avoidance, Topological (homotopy) planning, Intention-aware collision avoidance, Learning-augmented planner, Multi-robot system, Multi-criteria decision-making, Pareto-optimality, Environmental monitoring, Optimized design and building, Reliance-aware sensor fusion.
Review activities and conference papers
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS): 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025
- IFRR International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER): 2020
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L): 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
- Wiley Journal of Field Robotics (JFR): 2023, 2024
- Elsevier Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS): 2024, 2025
- Elsevier Ocean Engineering (OE): 2025
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII): 2025
- Neukom Outstanding Graduate Research Prize External-Link-Alt, Dartmouth College, 2025
- RSS Pioneer, Robotics Science and Systems (RSS), 2024
- Nomination to the Best Workshop Paper Award, “Multi-modal Perception Dataset of In-water Objects for Autonomous Surface Vehicles”, IEEE-RAS Technical, Cluster on “Robots for Unstructured Environments”, 2024
- IEEE RAS Travel Award, Robotics Automation Society, 2024
- Young Researcher Travel Award, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion, 2024
- Best Poster Award “Towards Robust Autonomous Navigation System by Robotic Boat under High-traffic Environments” Graduate Student Poster Session, Dartmouth College, 2023
- Pioneer Researcher Award “Challenges and Real-world Validation of Autonomous Surface Vehicle Decision making System”, Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research, 2023
- Best Presentation Paper Award, “Towards Full Pipeline Development of Decisionmaking for Autonomous Surface Vehicles in Challenging Aquatic Environments”, Korean Scientists and Engineers Association, 2022
- Best Award, Naval Architecture and Marine Expert Project, fully sponsored visit (OECD, Bereau Veritas, NorShipping in France, Norway), Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., 2019
- Future Ocean Technologist Award “Multi-criteria Route Planning with Risk Contour Map for Smart Navigation”, fully sponsored visit to Antarctic Sejong science station, Minister (Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries in Korea)
- Best Presentation Paper Award, “A Study on Object-oriented Route Design for Ships Carrying HNS” [DW2], Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety, 2018
- Best Presentation Paper Award, “A Study on Optimal Route Plan of Ships Carrying HNS”, Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research, 2018
- Award for Graduation with Distinction, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, 2012
- Admiral’s List, Maritime College – State University of New York, 2011
- Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA, USA), 12/2025 - Present
- Software Engineer Intern, Autonomy team and Perception team, Sea Machines Robotics Inc. (Boston, USA), 7/2022 – 9/2022
- Chief Mate (Final Rank, promoted from Third and Second Mate), Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd (Busan, Korea) 4/2012 - 12/2016