Sinjae Cason Kang

  Hi 👋, I'm an undergrad @ KAIST EE, exploring Physical AI to develop self-improving robotic systems, advised by Prof. Kimin Lee.

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Education
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 2020 ~ Present
B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Major), Computer Science (Minor)
  • GPA: 4.06 / 4.3 (Major: 4.12 / 4.3)
  • Served as President of the KAIST EE Student Council (2022)
  • Including mandatory military service (2023 ~ 2025)

Publications
Quality over Quantity: Demonstration Curation via Influence Functions for Data-Centric Robot Learning
Haeone Lee, Taywon Min, Junsu Kim, Sinjae Kang, Fangchen Liu, Lerrel Pinto, Kimin Lee
ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation), 2026
project page / arXiv

A systematic method for selecting high-quality robot demonstrations using influence functions, enhanced by trajectory-level aggregation and maximum validation influence to robustly identify informative state–action data.

Automated Skill Discovery for Language Agents through Exploration and Iterative Feedback
Yongjin Yang*, Sinjae Kang*, Juyong Lee, Dongjun Lee, Se-Young Yun^, Kimin Lee^
ArXiv Preprint, 2025
project page / arXiv

An automatic skill discovery framework for LLM-powered agents that generates feasible, environment-grounded training data via exploration-first, closed-loop interaction, enabling self-improving agent capabilities without human supervision.

Research Experiences
Research Intern 2025.03 ~ Present
  • KAIST AI · RISE Lab (Advisor: Kimin Lee)
Research Intern 2022.12 ~ 2023.03
  • KAIST AI · ALIN Lab (Advisor: Jinwoo Shin)

Honors & Awards
Presidential Science Scholarship 2020 ~ Present
  • Awarded by the President of South Korea to outstanding undergrads in scientific fields
  • CS field
KFAS Undergraduate Scholarship (人材林) 2023 ~ Present
  • Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies
KAIST Alumni Academic Scholarship 2022 ~ Present
  • Received from Hyunggyu Lim, former President of Samsung Electronics
KAIST Insung Award 2023
  • KAIST EE · Recognized for excellence in academics and leadership

Miscellanea
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