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Hanseok Ko is a Professor and Newton-Bennett Endowed Chair of Engineering at The Catholic University of America's College of Engineering, Physics, and Computing. Internationally recognized for his expertise in artificial intelligence, signal processing, and intelligent systems, he leads the Multimodal AI Laboratory and has authored over 700 publications with 83 patents. His work bridges acoustics, speech, and image processing with human-machine interaction for robotics and healthcare.
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, The Catholic University of America
- M.S. in Systems Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
Dr. Ko's research emphasizes secure and efficient AI systems, including innovations in red-teaming large language models and streamlined scene graph generation architectures. His recent work aligns with Catholic University's strategic focus on principled artificial intelligence development.
At ICASSP 2025, he presented two groundbreaking papers while serving as a member of the IEEE SPS Conference Board and General Chair for IEEE ICASSP 2024. His leadership extends to establishing an interdisciplinary AI research center at Catholic University.
- Fellow of the International Speech Communication Association (2023)
- Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (2014)
- IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer (2025–2026)
- Former President of the Acoustical Society of Korea
Over his career, Dr. Ko has supervised 43 Ph.D. and 110 M.S. graduates. His lab's research is funded by national agencies and industry partners, focusing on multimodal signal processing, generative-AI, and applications in robotics and healthcare.
