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KAIST CEE Urban Design Lab Seminar “Urban Analysis Through Mobility Data" will be held at Applied Engineering Building at KAIST at 4:30 pm on December 28, 2025. Prof. Junyong Choi will present his recent research outcomes in using mobility data for urban analysis.

Ms. Pamela Ann Joya has been selected as a scholarship recipient by the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation for her graduate studies. Congratulations!

Ms. Hanew Suh has been selected for National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) PhD Fellowship for her research, investigating temporal changes in urban recreational places and activities. Congratulations!

Dr. Yesuel Kim has been appointed as an assistant professor in the School of AI Convergence at Handong Global University in September 2025. Prof. Kim will teach courses about urban AI and urban environmental planning, and continuously investigate urban environmental planning topics focusing on climate change mitigation and adaptation with AI. Congratulations!

KAIST Urban Design Lab presented three papers at the 2025 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies (ICAPPS 2025) held in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was a meaningful opportunity to share our latest research with fellow researchers across the Asia-Pacific planning community and to exchange insights on emerging urban challenges.

Ms. Hanew SUH, Ms. Junghee OH and Dr. Wonjun No successfully finished their six-month research project at the 2024 Seoul Data Fellowship. Our research project titled <Unveiling Spatial Value of Waterfront Parks: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Influencing Factors of Park Visits and Built Environment-based Functional Typologies in Seoul's Han-River Park> was selected as the best research project, and received Seoul Metropolitan City Mayor's Award.

Dr. Wonjun No joins KRIHS - Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements.

KAIST CEE Urban Design Lab Seminar “Generative AI Applications and Implications for Urban Design Research" will be held at Applied Engineering Building at KAIST at 4 pm on July 30, 2024. Dr. Kee Moon Jang will share his recent research interests in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) of urban studies.

Mr. Chulwoong Park presented a paper “Estimating street-level tourism demand for overtourism management: The case of Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea” at the 14th Space Syntax Symposium (14SSS) held in Nicosia, Cyprus from June 24 to 28 in 2024.

Dr. Wonjun No has been selected for the prestigious Sejong Science Fellowship for his research, developing children’s behavior and safety analysis framework on urban streets using computer vision and designing streets for children in child-friendly cities. Congratulations!

KAIST CEE Urban Design Lab Seminar “Research Approaches in Climate-responsive Urban Design and Planning" will be held at Applied Engineering Building at KAIST at 4 pm on May 21, 2024. Prof. Hyungkyoo Kim will share my research approaches in climate-responsive urban design and planning developed over the past years.