Myungkyu Koo
Ph.D. student
KAIST AI
jameskoo0503 [AT] kaist.ac.kr
About
I am a third-year Ph.D. student at KAIST, advised by Jinwoo Shin. I received my B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at KAIST in 2024. My research focuses on robotics foundation models. From this perspective, I am especially interested in enhancing models' comprehensive world understanding by integrating diverse modalities across vision, language, and physical feedback. Building on this, I work toward hierarchical reasoning and action prediction over long-term memory.
Publications
(*: Equal Contribution, †: Equal Advising, §: Research Lead)
RLDX-1 Technical Report
Dongyoung Kim*§, Huiwon Jang*§, Myungkyu Koo*, Suhyeok Jang*, Taeyoung Kim*, et al., Jinwoo Shin§
RLWRLD Technical Report 2026
Modular Sensory Stream for Integrating Physical Feedback in Vision-Language-Action Models
Jimin Lee, Huiwon Jang, Myungkyu Koo, Jungwoo Park, Jinwoo Shin
HAMLET: Switch your Vision-Language-Action Model into a History-Aware Policy
Myungkyu Koo*, Daewon Choi*, Taeyoung Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Changyeon Kim, Younggyo Seo†, Jinwoo Shin†
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
Contrastive Representation Regularization for Vision-Language-Action Models
Taeyoung Kim, Jimin Lee, Myungkyu Koo, Dongyoung Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Changyeon Kim, Younggyo Seo†, Jinwoo Shin†
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026
FontAdapter: Instant Font Adaptation in Visual Text Generation
Myungkyu Koo, Subin Kim, Sangkyung Kwak, Jaehyun Nam, Seojin Kim, Jinwoo Shin
RLDX-1 Technical Report
Dongyoung Kim*§, Huiwon Jang*§, Myungkyu Koo*, Suhyeok Jang*, Taeyoung Kim*, et al., Jinwoo Shin§
RLWRLD Technical Report 2026
Modular Sensory Stream for Integrating Physical Feedback in Vision-Language-Action Models
Jimin Lee, Huiwon Jang, Myungkyu Koo, Jungwoo Park, Jinwoo Shin
HAMLET: Switch your Vision-Language-Action Model into a History-Aware Policy
Myungkyu Koo*, Daewon Choi*, Taeyoung Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Changyeon Kim, Younggyo Seo†, Jinwoo Shin†
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026
Contrastive Representation Regularization for Vision-Language-Action Models
Taeyoung Kim, Jimin Lee, Myungkyu Koo, Dongyoung Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Changyeon Kim, Younggyo Seo†, Jinwoo Shin†
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026
FontAdapter: Instant Font Adaptation in Visual Text Generation
Myungkyu Koo, Subin Kim, Sangkyung Kwak, Jaehyun Nam, Seojin Kim, Jinwoo Shin
Education
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)Mar. 2024 - Present
Ph.D. Student in Artificial Intelligence
Advisor: Jinwoo Shin
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)Mar. 2018 - Feb. 2024
B.S. in Electrical Engineering (minor in Computer Science)
Magna Cum Laude
Experience
Visiting Research FellowMar. 2026 - Present
RLWRLDResearch InternJul. 2023 - Dec. 2023
Pion CorporationUndergraduate Research InternMar. 2020 - Dec. 2020
CILAB, KAISTHonors and Awards
Recipient, Academic Excellence Award (Dean's List)Jun. 2021
Recipient, National Science & Technology ScholarshipMar. 2018 - Feb. 2024
Recipient, Hansung Scholarship for Gifted StudentsFeb. 2016