Engineering Data Science Lab.

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST

Professor

Heeyoung Kim (김희영)

KAIST Endowed Chair Professor (KAIST 지정 석좌교수)

Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea

Office : E2-1 #4214, Tel : (82)+42-350-3125

Email : heeyoungkim(at)kaist.ac.kr

Research Interests

Statistics

Data Science

Artificial Intelligence

Quality Engineering

Engineering Data Science Lab’s primary research goal is to advance data science methodologies, with a focus on addressing complex real-world challenges and improving the quality of industrial systems.

Editorship

Associate Editor, Technometrics, January 2025- present
Associate Editor, IISE Transactions, November 2020- present
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, January 2021-December 2023

Awards & Honors

Technometrics Outstanding Associate Editor Award, 2026
Council Member, INFORMS Quality Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Section, 2025-2027
Korea Assistant Vice President (International), IISE, 2025-2028
IISE Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Track Best Paper Competition Finalist, IISE Annual Conference, May 2025
KAIST Endowed Chair Professor, March 2025 (KAIST 지정 석좌교수)
IISE Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Track Best Paper Competition Finalist, IISE Annual Conference, May 2024
Academic Excellence Award, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, December 2023
Editor's Choice for Featured Article, IISE Transactions (2022)
KAIST Academic Excellence Award, (Outstanding Faculty Award in Commemoration of the 51st Founding Anniversary), KAIST, February 2022 (KAIST 학술상)
Technology Innovation Award, College of Engineering, KAIST, December 2019
Academic Excellence Award, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, December 2019
KAIST TOP 10 Research Achievements of 2018, KAIST, April 2019 (KAIST 대표연구 우수성과 10선)
Editor's Choice for Featured Article, IISE Transactions (2018)

Education

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (with specialization in Statistics), Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2011
M.S. in Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2008
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, KAIST, February 2005
B. S. in Industrial Engineering, KAIST, February 2003

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, March 2018 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, December 2013 - February 2018
Senior Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs (New Jersey, USA), September 2011-December 2013