Jonghae Park

Reinforcement Learning, Robot Learning

Hi, I'm a Ph.D. student at Seoul National University, advised by H. Jin Kim. My research explores how robots autonomously learn behavioral skills via reinforcement learning.
My current interests include unsupervised reinforcement learning and leveraging temporal structure in RL.
Outside of research, I enjoy reading, especially works by Milan Kundera and Albert Camus.

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News

• - Our paper EigenSafe has been accepted at RSS 2026! ✈️ 🇦🇺🦘

Publications

	Periodic Skill Discovery Jonghae Park, Daesol Cho, Jusuk Lee, Dongseok Shim, Inkyu Jang, H. Jin Kim NeurIPS 2025 Project page | arXiv | Poster | Slides | Code
	EigenSafe: A Spectral Framework for Learning-Based Probabilistic Safety Assessment Inkyu Jang*, Jonghae Park*, Sihyun Cho, Chams E. Mballo, Claire J. Tomlin, H. Jin Kim RSS 2026 CoRL Workshop 2025 (Oral) Project page | arXiv | Code
	CQM: Curriculum Reinforcement Learning with a Quantized World Model Seungjae Lee, Daeseol Cho, Jonghae Park, H. Jin Kim NeurIPS 2023 arXiv

Education

• Seoul National University
  Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (Mar 2023 - Present)
  B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Mar 2016 - Feb 2023)
  

Awards and Achievements

• [Scholarship] Next-Generation Scholar Fellowship in Basic Academic Fields, Seoul National University (Mar. 2026 - Feb. 2027)
• [Award] Outstanding B.S. Thesis Presentation Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (Dec. 2022)
• [Award] Presidential Award, Undergraduate Research Program, Seoul National University (Feb. 2022)
• [Award] Encouragement Award, Social Contribution Plus Competition, Seoul National University Social Responsibility (Nov. 2020)
• [Award] Grand Prize, Mechanical Product Design Competition, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (Jul. 2020)

Teaching

• [TA] Motion Planning and Decision Making for Autonomous Systems (M3229.003300), Seoul National University (2026 Spring)
• [TA] Principles of Flight Vehicle Control (M2795.002600), Seoul National University (2026 Spring)
• [TA] Hyundai Motor Company AI Boosting Camp, Seoul National University (2025 Summer)
• [TA] Principles of Flight Vehicle Control (M2795.002600), Seoul National University (2023 Spring)