About

About Me

πŸ“Œ Overview

AI Systems Engineer specializing in end-to-end AI system developmentβ€”from lightweight model design to scalable infrastructure deployment. Experienced in deploying ultra-lightweight thermal object detection on MCUs and designing secure server architectures for air-gapped environments.

Highlights:

  • Published as first author in IEEE Access (SCIE) and presented two papers at IEEE ICCE 2025
  • Filed 2 domestic patents and 1 international PCT patent
  • Experience across the full stack: AI models, embedded systems, backend services, and cloud infrastructure

ORCID: 0009-0004-0998-6643



πŸ“Œ Professional Experience

A.I.Matics β€” AI Systems Developer (Sep 2025 ~ Present)

Tech Stack: C/C++, Python, TensorRT, TFLite, Docker, Embedded Linux, OpenCV

I optimize AI models for edge devices and design system architectures for real-world deployment.

Key Projects

Mobile-Conn Gateway Application β€” Deployed on Roadscope R11
  • Built a C++ gateway exposing internal system state via HTTP(S) REST API
  • Implemented ZeroMQ IPC, cpp-httplib REST server, and HTTPS certificate security
  • Delivered APIs for camera/ADAS/sensor configuration, firmware management, and device provisioning
  • Successfully deployed in production
Zero-Touch Server Architecture for Restricted Networks β€” [Patent Pending: 1st Inventor]
  • Designed an automated deployment system: USB insert β†’ full service ready in ~17 minutes
  • Key technologies:
    • cloud-init + autoinstall for zero-touch OS and GPU setup
    • LXC + Docker nested virtualization for complete service isolation
    • L2 network integration with direct DHCP/ARP and mDNS support
    • WireGuard/Firewall auto-configuration and TPM-based integrity checks
  • Built offline package pipelines for air-gapped environments
  • Engineered for manufacturing deployment (Dreamtech environment)

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Backend Developer (Dec 2021 ~ Dec 2022)

Tech Stack: Spring Boot, Flask, AWS, Swagger, Jenkins

Project: KKAYO β€” Personal Information Verification System

  • Built diploma verification engine and Spring Boot API server
  • Managed AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Results: 3x faster response times, 30% reduction in server costs



πŸ“Œ Research

FLARE: Real-Time Thermal Object Detection (2024)

Developed an ultra-lightweight detection model for low-resolution thermal cameras.

  • 118x smaller memory footprint and 12x faster than YOLOv8n
  • Runs in real-time on STM32 MCU
  • Custom augmentation techniques achieving 95% mAP

Tech: Python, TFLite, OpenCV, YOLO, MobileNetV2-SSD, STM32, X-CUBE-AI


ObjectBlend: Data Augmentation for Imbalanced Datasets (2024)

Created a novel augmentation technique for industrial defect detection.

  • Improved YOLOv3-tiny mAP50-95: 0.20 β†’ 0.91
  • Outperforms CutMix and similar methods
  • Significantly boosts minority class (defect) detection

Tech: Python, OpenCV, PyTorch, YOLO, NVIDIA AGX Orin, TensorRT



πŸ“Œ Publications

Journal

  • IEEE Access (SCIE) β€” Real-Time Object Detection Using Low-Resolution Thermal Camera for Smart Ventilation Systems
    DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3566635

  • IEEE Access (SCIE) β€” ObjectBlend: Data Augmentation Technique for Vision Inspection Systems (Under Review)

Conference



πŸ“Œ Patents

Korea

  • Low-Resolution Thermal Object Detection and Real-Time Inference β€” 10-2024-0127351
  • Thermal Imaging Data Augmentation Algorithm β€” 10-2024-0127352

International (PCT)

  • Autonomous Ventilation System Using Predictive Model β€” PCT/KR2025/014712



πŸ“Œ Skills

CategoryTechnologies
AI/MLTensorFlow, PyTorch, YOLO, MobileNetV2-SSD, TFLite, TensorRT
EmbeddedSTM32 (CubeMX, X-CUBE-AI), Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson
Backend & CloudSpring Boot, Flask, FastAPI, AWS, Docker

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πŸ”— Blog: MartenLabs