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Jong-Uk Hou (허종욱)

Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Jong‑Uk Hou, Ph.D. is a tenured Associate Professor at School of Software, Hallym University and the Principal Investigator of Multimedia Computing Laboratory (MMCLab), focusing on Medical AI, AI security, and multimedia processing. He earned his Ph.D. from KAIST (2018) under Prof. Heung‑Kyu Lee.  He has received two NRF Excellent Young Researcher (우수신진연구) grants and two NRF Basic Research Lab (기초연구실) projects. His recent accomplishments include several publications in IEEE Transactions, and ongoing AI–medical collaborations with leading hospitals. To date, he has secured over ₩4.3 billion (KRW 4.3B) in research funding and authored more than 40 papers in top-tier journals and conferences spanning artificial intelligence, security, and healthcare technology.

Contact

  • Office: 한림대학교 공학관 3rd floor, A1307호
  • Email: juhou (at) hallym.ac.kr
  • Phone: (+82)-33-248-2359

Education

Experience

School of Software, Hallym University, South Korea
  • Assistant Professor, 2019. Sep . – Present
SCSE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Research Fellow, 2018. Aug. – 2019. Jul. (Advisers: Prof. Weisi Lin)
  • School of Computer Science and Engineering, Multimedia and Interactive Computing Lab
  • Significance-based large-scale 3D point cloud compression and management
  • Visiting Ph.D. Student, 2018. Jan. – 2018. March. (Advisers: Prof. Weisi Lin)
AICT, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
  • Public data analysis, topic modeling, and data visualization
  • Developed a HTML5 Canvas-based program (See video, www.politiz.org)