Jaerock Kwon

Jaerock Kwon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, with research focus on bio-inspired machine intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and computational neuroscience. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University (2009) and M.Sc./B.Sc. in Electronic Communication Engineering from Hanyang University.

• Education: Ph.D. (Texas A&M), M.Sc./B.Sc. (Hanyang University).

His research spans Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Autonomous Vehicles, with notable projects including NSF-funded APIHYV platform development and Ford collaboration on AI system security. He leads the Bio-Inspired Machine Intelligence (BIMI) Lab, emphasizing deep learning and robotics.

• Key Grants & Projects: NSF MRI grant for autonomous vehicle platform (2022–2025), Ford Motor Company research (2022–2024), ADVANCE Grant (2022).

Scientific awards include the Kettering University Outstanding Researcher Award (2016), multiple Faculty Research Fellowships, and NSF funding since 2013. Despite a declined NSF CAREER proposal in 2024, he achieved promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure in 2025.