Sehoon Ha

Sehoon Ha is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Computing, with affiliations to the Robotics and Matter & Systems research initiatives. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech (2015) and a B.S. from KAIST (2009).

His research spans robotics, AI, and computer graphics, with core focuses on:

• Legged locomotion and humanoid control
• Reinforcement learning for robotic systems
• Human-robot interaction and assistive technologies
• Motion synthesis and character animation

Recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate strong emphasis on safe reinforcement learning, vision-language navigation, and human-robot collaboration, with frequent appearances at ICRA, IROS, and RSS conferences.

Awards & Honors:

• NSF CAREER Award (2024)
• Best Cognitive Paper Award, ICRA 2024
• iGibson Challenge winner, CVPR 2021

Research Leadership: Secured $7M collaborative grant for mobile humanoid development (with Samsung/ETRI/KAIST), with additional funding from Google, Meta, Amazon, and ETRI. Leads a 17-member research group including PhD and MS students across robotics and ML domains.