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Jang-Hwan Choi, Ph.D.

Rising Ewha Fellow / Associate Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ewha Womans University

Biography

Professor Jang-Hwan Choi received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2015, focusing on AI-driven big-data analytics and image processing. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine and working as a Senior Researcher at ETRI, he joined Ewha Womans University in 2017 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence. He leads the Medical AI & Computer Vision Lab, where his current research focuses on vision-language-action models, world models, robotic perception and control, as well as medical AI, computer vision, and multimodal data analysis.

Professor Choi has published more than 50 articles in leading journals and conferences, including Medical Image Analysis, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Expert Systems with Applications, AAAI, ICDM, IPMI, and MICCAI. He holds 23 patents and has completed five technology transfers. His research has been supported by major Korean government R&D programs and National Research Foundation grants. His honors include the Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Recognition Award, the KSME Bioengineering Division Outstanding Early-Career Researcher Award, and Ewha Womans University's Outstanding Research Achievement Award.

Room B114, ECC, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

choij@ewha.ac.kr

Research Highlights

Major Research Achievements 51 papers / 9 programs

51SCI(E) journal and top-tier international conference papers published over the past five years

  • 2025-2028 National Research Foundation of Korea, Basic Research Laboratory (BRL), Principal Investigator
  • 2025-2028 National Research Foundation of Korea, Mid-Career Researcher Program (Leap), Principal Investigator
  • 2024-2028 Ministry of Health and Welfare ARPA-H Project, Co-Investigator
  • 2022-2025 National Research Foundation of Korea, Mid-Career Researcher Program, Principal Investigator
  • 2020-2024 Korea Medical Device Development Fund Program, Principal Investigator
  • 2021-2025 SME Technology Innovation Development Program, Principal Investigator
  • 2020-2027 National Research Foundation of Korea, BK21 FOUR Program, Collaborative Research and Division Lead
  • 2022-2025 AI Convergence Innovation Talent Development Program, Center Director
  • 2021-2023 National Research Foundation of Korea, Basic Research Laboratory (BRL), Co-Investigator
Professional Experience Current & former roles
  • CurrentRising Ewha Fellow
  • CurrentDirector, AI Convergence Innovation Talent Development Center, Ewha Womans University (IITP AI Convergence Graduate School Program)
  • FormerChair, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Ewha Womans University
  • FormerSenior Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
  • FormerPostdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA (2015)
  • FormerPh.D. in Engineering, Stanford University, USA; Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (2010-2014)
Academic Service Editorial & leadership
  • CurrentSince 2025 General Chair, The International Forum on Medical Imaging in Asia 2027 (IFMIA 2027)
  • CurrentAssociate Editor, Biomedical Engineering Letters (SCI(E))
  • CurrentAcademic Affairs Director, Korean Society of Medical Imaging Informatics; Executive Director, Bioengineering Division, KSME; Director, Korea Computer Graphics Society; Academic Committee Member, Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering
  • CurrentSince 2023 Planning Committee Member, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
Honors & Awards 10 distinctions
  • 2024 Ewha Womans University Outstanding Research Achievement Award (sole recipient in the College of Artificial Intelligence)
  • 2023-2024 Ewha Outstanding Faculty Researcher
  • 2024 KSME Bioengineering Division Outstanding Early-Career Researcher Award
  • 2024 Minister of Science and ICT Award for Excellence in R&D Performance
  • 2024 Minister of Science and ICT Award (student mentoring team) and Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
  • 2024 Korean Society of Medical Imaging Informatics Annual Conference, Best Oral Presentation Award (corresponding author)
  • 2022 SPIE Medical Imaging, Image Perception Poster Award Winner and Best Poster Award (faculty advisor)
  • 2022 Korean Society of Biomedical Engineering Annual Conference, Best Paper Award (faculty advisor)
  • 2021 CAOS-KOR Annual Conference, Best Oral Presentation Award (faculty advisor)
  • 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Recognition Award