I am a first-year combined M.S./Ph.D. student at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, advised by Prof. Sungeun Hong in the Artificial Intelligence and Media Lab (AIM Lab). My research focuses on embodied AI. I am particularly interested in developing Vision-Language-Action models. I am also interested in Field AI Robotics (e.g., underwater robotics).

I am always open to discussing new ideas and external collaborations in embodied AI and field robotics. Feel free to contact me by email or LinkedIn.

🔥 News

📝 Publications

Equal contribution are denoted by *

  • Block Recursive Transformers for Structured Parameter Sharing
    Under Review
    Josep Marques, HyunYoung Cho, Youjia Zhang, Aecheon Jung, Youngeun Kim, Kyuhong Shim and Sungeun Hong
  • Few-Shot Prompt Tuning for Sim2Real Underwater Image Segmentation
    Under Review
    Josep Marques, Salvador López, Ramón A. Mollineda and Raúl Marín

💼 Experience

  • 2025.09 - Present: Assistant Researcher
    Artificial Intelligence and Media Lab, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
  • 2022.09 - 2025.08: Assistant Researcher
    Research Centre in Robotics and Underwater Technologies, Jaume I University, Spain

💡 Projects

  • 2025.03 - 2025.08: Centauro:
    Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
  • 2024.09 - 2025.08: Cooperamos: COOPErative Resident robots for Autonomous ManipulatiOn Subsea
    Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
  • 2023.01 - 2025.08: ROS-based Low-Cost Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV)
    Internal Funding
  • 2022.09 - 2025.08: H2020-El Peacetolero: El-Peacetolero Embedded Electronic solutions for Polymer Innovative Scanning Tools using Light Emitting devices for diagnostic Routines
    Funded by European Comission

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2025.09: Selected as a recipient of the Sungkyunkwan University STEM Scholarship.
  • 2023.05: Asti Challenge Winner, National Mobile Robotics Competition.
  • 2023.05: Talent Awards Castellón Winner with the project “Aquatic Robot for Marine Decontamination”.

🔍 Academic Activities

  • Teaching Assistant Advanced Machine Learning and Deep Learning (Spring 2026).
  • IEEE RAS Young Reviewer Program (2026).

📖 Education

  • 2025.09 - Present: Sungkyunkwan University, Combined M.S/Ph.D. Student, Applied Artificial Intelligence.
  • 2021.09 - 2025.06: Jaume I University, B.S., Robotic Intelligence.
  • 2019.09 - 2021.06: Technical Degree in Robotics and Automation.