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Junwoon Lee

Ph.D. student in Robotics
University of Michigan

junwoon@umich.edu

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  • Research interests : Collaborative SLAM, Neural Representation, Field Robotics

I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Robotics at the University of Michigan, supervised by Prof. Yulun Tian. I received my Master's degree in Human & Engineered Environmental Studies from University of Tokyo with top distinction, supervised by Prof. Atsushi Yamashita, working on research in LiDAR-visual-inertial / thermal-inerital SLAM. Previously, I received Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Osaka. At University of Osaka, I was supervised by Prof. Masamitsu Kurisu, working on research in 3-D mapping system for mining sites using LiDAR-camera system.

Selected Publications

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Self-TIO: Thermal-Inertial Odometry via Self-supervised 16-bit Feature Extractor and Tracker


Junwoon Lee, Taisei Ando, Mitsuru Shinozaki, Toshihiro Kitajima, Qi An, and Atsushi Yamashita
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2025
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TC-LTIO: Tightly-coupled LiDAR Thermal Inertial Odometry for LiDAR or Visual Odometry Degraded Environments


Junwoon Lee, Taisei Ando, Mitsuru Shinozaki, Toshihiro Kitajima, Qi An, and Atsushi Yamashita
International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), 2024
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Switch-SLAM: Switching-based LiDAR-Inertial-Visual SLAM for Degenerate Environments


Junwoon Lee, Ren Komatsu, Mitsuru Shinozaki, Toshihiro Kitajima, Hajime Asama, Qi An, and Atsushi Yamashita
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2024
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Three‐dimensionalized feature‐based LiDAR‐visual odometry for online mapping of unpaved road surfaces


Junwoon Lee, Masamitsu Kurisu, and Kazuya Kuriyama
Journal of Field Robotics, 2024
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Honors

• Dean's Award - Graduated First in Department (2025)

• ICCAS Best Paper Award (2024)

• IEEE RAS Travel Grant (2024)

• Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Scholarship - Full Scholarship (2023-2025)

• Korea-Japan Joint Government Scholarship - Full Scholarship (2017-2023)

Miscellaneous

• Reviewer Service - RA-L, ICRA, IROS, T-ASE, Journal of Field Robotics, Sensors (IEEE), Scientific Reports, ICCAS

• Military Service at Republic of Korea Army - Frontline Guardian in the 23rd Security Brigade (2020-2021)

*Names in other languages: 이준원, 李晙源, イ・ジュンウォン