Hello, I’m Joonkyung Kim!

About Me

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, advised by Prof. Yiwei Lyu. I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Sogang University, where I worked at the AI Robotics Lab under Prof. Changjoo Nam. From Aug. 2024 to Feb. 2025, I was a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University.

Recently, my research has focused on safety in multi-agent robotic systems, including heterogeneous multi-robot teams and human–robot interaction. I am particularly interested in developing control-theoretic methods that enable robots with different dynamics and capabilities to safely interact and cooperate in shared environments. More broadly, I study expanded notions of robotics safety beyond physical constraints, including semantic, decision-level, and human-centered safety for AI-enabled robotic systems.

News

[Jan 2026] Our paper is accepted to ACC 2026

[Aug 2025] I'm starting my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University

[Aug 2025] Our paper is accepted to CoRL 2025

[Jun 2025] Our paper is accepted to IEEE/RSJ IROS 2025

[Jun 2025] Our paper is accepted to the RSS 2025 Workshop on Large Foundation Models for Interactive Robot Learning

[Jan 2025] Our paper is accepted to IEEE ICRA 2025

[Aug 2024] I'm starting a six-month visit as a Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University

Contacts

joonkyung [at] tamu [dot] com