About me





For more details of my research experiences, please see CV.


Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Email: minkyu_ahn(at)brown.edu







Education

  • PhD, Aug 2014 
    • School of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GPA: 4.0 / 4.5)
    • Advisor: Prof. Sung Chan Jun
  • MS, Aug 2010 
    • School of Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GPA: 4.0 / 4.5)
    • Thesis: “Brain computer interface using beamforming source imaging” 
    • Advisor: Prof. Sung Chan Jun
  • BS, Aug 2007 
    • Chungbuk National University, Computer Engineering (GPA: 4.22/4.5)

Research Interest

  • Parkinson's Disease, Motor function
  • Brain/bio signal processing, Machine Learning
  • Brain Computer Interface (BCI), Human Computer Interaction (HCI)


Research Experience

  • Asaad Lab. Brown university, Providence, RI, U.S.
    • Oct 2014 to Present
    • PI: Prof. Wael F. Asaad
  • BioComputing Lab. GIST, Gwangju, South Korea
    • July 2008 to Aug 2014
    • Advisor: Prof. Sung Chan Jun
  • RIKEN Brain Science Group, Tokyo, Japan
    • Jan to Feb 2011
    • PI: Prof. Andrzej Cichochi
  • European eNterface09 Workshop, Genova, Italy
    • July to Aug 2009
    • PI: Dr. Dimitrios Tzovaras
  • Los Alamos National Lab., NM, U.S.
    • Dec 2008 to Feb 2009
    • PI: Dr. John S. George

Honors and awards

  • Poster Award (2nd Prize, PostDoc) [Mar 2016]
    • Mind Brain Research Day, Brown University
  • BioMed Postdoc Travel Award ($500) [Feb 2016]
    • Supported by Brown University
  • Full Korea Government Scholarship [2008 to 2014]
    • Supported by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
  • Selected for 1st International Summer School on Neural Engineering [July 2013]
    • Summser school program for student and Post Doc.
    • Location: Shanghai China
    • Supported by IEEE EMBS
  • NHN award in game part organized by KIISE [June 2012]
    • KIISE: Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
    • Title: Brain game - application of brain computer interface
  • Selected for DAAD-NRF scholarship (Summer Institute Program) [May 2012]
    • Student exchange program by German Academic Exchange Service
    • DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  • Dasan scholarship [Sept 2011]
    • Student scholarship program by GIST
  • Best paper award in Korea Computer Congress 2011, South Korea [June 2011]
    • Title: Comparative Study on feature extraction algorithm for EEG based Brain –Computer Interface
  • JISTEC-NRF scholarship (Winter Institute Program) [Jan 2011]
    • Student exchange program by Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Center (JISTEC) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  • Government Student Scholarship [2001 to 2007]
    • Supported by Brain Korea 21 and NURI committee
  • 1st Honor in ABEEK portfolio contest [Mar 2007]
    • Presentation contest for student in engineering organized by Chungbuk province, South Korea (ABEEK: Accreditation board for engineering education of Korea)
  • 24th ranked in ACM Asia programming contest [Nov 2006]
    • Organized by ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
  • 2nd Honor in IT-Festival (implementation part) [May 2006]
    • Organized by Chungbuk province, South Korea
    • The project was to develop mobile robot that recognizing visual singes
  • 1st Honor in presentation contest [Nov 2005]
    • Student presentation contest organized by Chungbuk National University

Activity

  • IEEE Providence Section EMBS Chapter, Treasurer [March 2015 to present]
  • Society for Neuroscience (sfn) postdoctoral member [2014 to present]
  • KIISE member [2010 to present]
  • IEEE member [2010 to present]
  • GIST BCI workshop founding organizer [Aug 2013 to 2014]
  • Application Demonstration in Korea Computer Congress 2012 [June 2012]
  • Application Demonstration in HCI Korea Conference 2012 [Jan 2012]
  • Student volunteer in HCI International Conference 2011 [July 2011]

Teaching experience

  • GIST, Gwangju, South Korea [Sept 2011 to Dec 2011]
    • Teaching Assistant, School of Information and Communications
    • Class name: Numerical optimization
  • GIST, Gwangju, South Korea [May 2011 to Nov 2011]
    • Research assistant, School of Information and Communications
    • Undergraduate research program (URP) supported by Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC)
    • Project title: EEG Based Biofeedback System Improving Attention
    • Two undergraduate students advised
    • Budget: $10,000
  • GIST, Gwangju, South Korea [Mar 2010 to Feb 2011]
    • Research assistant, School of Information and Communications
    • Undergraduate research program (URP) supported by Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC)
    • Project title: Brain Game based on EEG Brain Computer Interface
    • Three undergraduate students advised
    • Budget: $20,000

Skills

  • Platform and toolbox: BCI2000, EEGLAB, LORETA, FieldTrip, MonkeyLogic
  • Programming: C, C++, MFC, MATLAB, IDL
  • Languages: Korean (Native), English (Fluent), Japanese (Beginner)