About Me
Hi! I am a Ph.D. student at University of California Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering. I am a part of the ICON lab where I am advised by Prof. Negar Mehr. My research interest lies in robot learning, with a particular focus on reinforcement learning, foundation models for robot learning, and multi-agent reinforcement learning.
During my PhD, I worked on Honda Research Institute (HRI) as a research intern, where I developed motion planning algorithm autonomous driving. Before joining UC Berkeley, I received my B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, from Seoul National University, South Korea.
Research Interests
- Robot Learning: Reinforcement learning for robot control and planning
- Foundation Models: Application of large-scale models in robot learning
- Multi-Agent Systems: Multi-agent reinforcement learning and coordination
- Safe and Interacive Motion Planning: Risk-sensitive and interaction-aware planning
News
- [Jul, 2025] Our paper from Honda Research Institute “IANN-MPPI: Interaction-Aware Neural Network-Enhanced Model Predictive Path Integral Approach for Autonomous Driving” got accepted at the International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2025!
- [May, 2025] I am attending International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025 at Atlanta to present our work “CurricuLLM: Automatic Task Curricula Design for Learning Complex Robot Skills using Large Language Models”!
- [Apr, 2025] Our paper “DDAT: Diffusion policies enforcing Dynamically Admissible robot Trajectories” got accepted at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2025!
Publications
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Preprint
S. Choi*, K. Ryu*, J. Ock, and N. Mehr (*Equal contribution)
Preprint, 2025.
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ITSC
K. Ryu, M. Sung, P. Gupta, J. D'sa, F. M. Tariq, D. Isele, and S. Bae
International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), 2025.
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RSS
JB. Bouvier, K. Ryu, K. Nagpal, Q. Liao, K. Sreenath, and N. Mehr
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2025.
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K. Ryu, JB. Bouvier, S. Lalani, S. Eggl, and N. Mehr
AIAA SCITECH Forum, 2025.
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ICRA
K. Ryu, Q. Liao, Z. Li, P. Delgosha, K. Sreenath, and N. Mehr
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025.
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E. Clark*, K. Ryu*, and N. Mehr (*Equal contribution)
Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC), 2024.
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ICRA
K. Ryu and N. Mehr
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024.
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K. Ryu, J. Kang, and D. Lee
The 21th International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS), 2021.
Services
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Journal Reviewers
Work & Teaching Experiences
Work Experience
- Honda Research Institute, Cooperative Mobility Research Team: Developed an interaction-aware motion planning algorithm for autonomous driving in dense traffic lane-changing scenario.
Teaching Experience
- ME 132, Dynamic Systems and Feedback, UC Berkeley.
Honors & Awards
Fellowship
- William C. Webster Graduate Fellowship, University of California Berkeley, 2024
- Robert Beatty Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022
Honors
- AIAA Scitech ISTC best student paper finalist, AIAA Intelligent Systems Technical Committee (ISTC), 2025
Travel Grants
- UC Berkeley Conference Travel Grant, University of California Berkeley, 2024
- IEEE RAS Travel Grant for ICRA, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2024
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