YongHwi Song

YongHwi Song

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B.S. Candidate, Chungbuk National University
School of Information and Communication Engineering · Cheongju, Korea

I am an undergraduate researcher at Chungbuk National University and a research intern at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. My work centers on world models and world-action models — how an agent can hold a compact internal model of its environment and read actions out of it cheaply — and on tool-using language models that stay reliable when real users speak indirectly. Previously I worked on multimodal reinforcement learning for autonomous driving at the MIP Lab.

Research Interests

Focus
World Models & World Action Models Agentic AI Tool-Using Language Models LLMs / sLMs Multimodal Learning Multimodal Foundation Models

Education

Mar. 2023 —
Feb. 2027
(Expected)

B.S. Candidate in Information and Communication Engineering

Chungbuk National University, School of Information and Communication Engineering · Cheongju, Korea

GPA 3.83 / 4.5

Research Experience

Jun. 2026 —
Present

Research Intern

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab), Chungbuk National University · Advisor: Prof. Keon Myung Lee

Conducting research on agentic AI, tool-using language models, and efficient world/world-action models.

Mar. 2025 —
Jun. 2026

Research Intern

Multimedia Information Processing (MIP) Laboratory, Chungbuk National University · Advisor: Prof. Hyun Soo Kang

Research on Autonomous Driving and Multimodal Reinforcement Learning.

Activities & Leadership

Oct. 2026 —
Present

Researcher, Hello, World! Season 2 — World Models Paper Review

Pseudo Lab (가짜연구소)

Reviewing World Models research papers, participating in technical discussions, and contributing structured review documents to the project website.

Jan. 2026 —
Present

Advanced Division Leader, Applied Machine Learning Division

HyperCore AI & Data Analytics Club

Leading machine learning study sessions and supporting AI project development.

Publications & Manuscripts

Under Review

  1. KTCP 2026

    Shapley-style Contribution-Guided Sensor Fusion for Robust Reinforcement Learning-Based Autonomous Driving

    Song, YongHwi*

    Submitted to KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices (KTCP), 2026.

  2. KIIS 2026

    A Decision Model as a World Model: Comparing JEV with Generative LLMs for LLM Agents

    Song, YongHwi* and Lee, Keon Myung

    Submitted to the 2026 Fall Conference of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (KIIS), 2026.

In Preparation

  1. EACL SRW 2027

    K-PragShift: Diagnosing Korean Pragmatic Revisions in Tool-Using Language Models

    Song, YongHwi*

    To be submitted to the EACL 2027 Student Research Workshop.

  2. TMLR

    Lightweight Action Readout from Multi-Level World Representations for Efficient DriveWAM

    Song, YongHwi* and Lee, Keon Myung

    To be submitted to Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR).

  3. KAIA Poster

    Lightweight Action Readout from Multi-Level World Representations for Efficient DriveWAM

    Song, YongHwi* and Lee, Keon Myung

    To be submitted to the poster track of the Korean Artificial Intelligence Association (KAIA) Conference.

  4. In prep.

    A Comparative Survey of Domestic and International Reinforcement Learning Research for Autonomous Driving

    Song, YongHwi*

    Manuscript in preparation, 2026.

Additional Publications

  1. 2020

    A Comparative Study on the Prevalence of Forensic Flies Using Chicken Corpse

    Hyeban Namgung, Kuk Seorin, Park Geonwoo, Bae Seohyun, Song Yonghwi, Lee Hyesong, Han Jian, Hyojoong Kim

    Journal of Science Education for the Gifted, 2020.

* First author.

Projects

Jul. 2026

Folding — Local-First Document Agent

Team Project

Developed a local-first document agent for retrieving, connecting, and safely editing heterogeneous documents.

May 2026

Solar TutorBoard: AI-Powered Personalized Learning Platform

Upstage MixUp Agent Hackathon

Built AI-agent workflows and backend infrastructure for an educational AI platform.

Mar. 2026 —
Jun. 2026

Multi-Agent Vehicle Trajectory Prediction on Argoverse 2

Personal Project

Implemented trajectory prediction models using the Argoverse 2 Motion Forecasting dataset.

Jan. 2026 —
Present

Lightweight Action Readout for Efficient DriveWAM

Research Project

Investigating efficient action prediction by extracting lightweight action representations from multi-level world representations.

Sep. 2025 —
Present

Comparative Survey of RL Research for Autonomous Driving

Independent Research Project

Analyzing 93 RL-based autonomous driving studies and summarizing key research trends.

Jun. 2025 —
Jun. 2026

Shapley-guided Multimodal RL for Autonomous Driving

Faculty-Supervised Research Project

Implemented Shapley-guided multimodal fusion using RGB, LiDAR, route, and ego-state inputs.

Competitions & Hackathons

Nov. 2026
(Upcoming)

2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge — Seoul Local Event

Accepted as a participant in the Seoul Local Event with Team Moonkeeper.

Planning a CLPS lunar mission explorer that visualizes landing sites, Sun/Earth visibility, power and communication windows, and mission timelines from NASA data.

Oct. 2026
(In Progress)

KRAFTON AI R&D Hackathon

Participating individually in Problem 3, Dream It Yourself.

Developing a lightweight video-based world-action model that predicts future frames and selects actions to swing up and balance a cart–double-pendulum from offline RGB data.

Aug. — Sep.
2026

LG Aimers 9th Cohort — KBO Pitch Control Success Probability Prediction AI Hackathon

Advanced to Phase 2 Online AI Hackathon (Top 20%).

Worked on predicting pitch-control success probabilities from game context, player history, and tracking data.

Jul. — Sep.
2026

2026 National Institute of Korean Language AI-Malpyung Competition — Argumentative Writing Scoring

Ranked 23rd in the preliminary competition and advanced to the 50-team final arena.

Developed an AI system for automated evaluation of Korean argumentative writing.

Jul. 2026

2026 CODEGATE AI Startup Hackathon

Finalist · Selected as one of approximately 20 finalist teams for the offline hackathon and demo day.

Participated in intensive development and validation of an AI-based startup MVP.

2026

Upstage × BDAI Agent Development Hackathon

Finalist · Solar TutorBoard

Developed a Solar Pro3-based multi-agent platform for tutoring operations, including lesson reports, payment reminders, and schedule coordination.

Awards & Scholarships

Mar. 2026

Academic Excellence Scholarship

Chungbuk National University

Sep. 2025 —
Mar. 2026

Undergraduate Research Assistant Scholarship

Chungbuk National University

Mar. 2024

Academic Excellence Scholarship

Chungbuk National University

Sep. 2023

Academic Excellence Scholarship

Chungbuk National University

Skills & Tools

Programming
PythonC/C++Java
ML Frameworks
PyTorchTensorFlowscikit-learnStable-Baselines3
World Models & RL
World ModelsWorld Action ModelsReinforcement LearningModel-Based Reinforcement LearningActor-Critic MethodsMultimodal Policy Learning
LLMs & Agentic AI
Large/Small Language Models (LLMs/sLMs)Agentic AITool-Using Language ModelsMulti-Agent SystemsStructured LLM OutputsLocal LLM Inference
Multimodal & Embodied AI
Multimodal LearningSensor FusionComputer VisionEmbodied AIPhysical AITrajectory Prediction
Driving & Simulation
CARLAArgoverse 2ManiSkillMotion ForecastingAutonomous DrivingRobotic Manipulation
AI Systems
GitLinuxFastAPISupabaseOllamaLM StudioREST APIs