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Kyung-Tae Kim, Ph.D.

Kyung-Tae Kim, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Professor

Phone
+82-54-279-2381
E-mail
kkt@postech.ac.kr
Address
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 77 Cheongam-Ro. Nam-Gu. Pohang. Gyeongsangbuk-do. Republic of Korea

Education

  • Ph.D., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, 1999 Topic: “Scattering center extraction techniques for target recognition”
  • M.S., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, 1996 Topic: “High resolution ISAR imaging using modified Q-matrix technique”
  • B.S., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, 1994

Experience

  • Director of Sensor Target Recognition Laboratory, supported by Data Acquisition Program Administration and Agency for Defense Development, 2012 – 2017
    • (STR-01) A study on multi-aspect angle HRRP and ISAR under MIMO radar environment (Prof. Kyung-Tae Kim)
    • (STR-02) A study on target detection and classification using natural resonance for air target with low RCS in low frequency band (Prof. Joohwan Chun)
    • (STR-03) A study on target classification of rapidly maneuvering low RCS targets using their maneuvering and micro-Doppler features (Prof. Sang-Hong Park)
    • (STR-04) A study on target detection and classification of maritime targets in severe sea clutter environment (Prof. Kyung-Tae Kim)
    • (STR-05) A study on target recognition and information fusion of SAR & IR images (Prof. Woo-Jin Song)
  • Associate Professor, 2011 – present, POSTECH
  • Associate Professor (tenured), 2008 – 2010, Yeungnam University
  • Assistant Professor, 2004 – 2008, Yeungnam University
  • Full-time Lecturer, 2002 – 2003, Yeungnam University
  • Research Assistant Professor, 2001, POSTECH
  • Post Doc., 1999 – 2000, POSTECH
  • Graduate Research Assistant, 1994 – 1998, POSTECH

Research Area

  • Radar Imaging — Radar signal modeling; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) / Inverse SAR (ISAR) imaging; High resolution radar signal processing; Time-frequency analysis
  • Radar Target Recognition — Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR); Automatic Target Recognition (ATR); Pattern Recognition
  • Automotive Radar — Signal processing algorithms to detect multiple targets
  • Polarimetric Radar Signal Processing — Polarimetric SAR calibration; SAR antenna area constraint; Radiometric resolution
  • Radar Cross Section — EM Theory and Numerical analysis (GO, GTD, PO, PTD, SBR, etc.); RCS measurements
  • Array Antenna Synthesis & Beam Pattern Optimization — Antenna beamforming; Array pattern optimization
  • Advanced Signal Processing — Independent component analysis (ICA); Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD); Compressive Sensing (CS)
  • Micro-Doppler — Micro-Doppler of radar targets

Selected publications

  1. Angle Estimation of Low-Elevation Signal Source Using LFM Signals with DUCA ST-MUSIC in Maritime EW Environments

    H.-D. Kim, H.-L. Lee, H.-S. Moon, M.-S. Lee, Y.-G. Hong, H.-G. Kim, and K.-T. Kim, "Angle Estimation of Low-Elevation Signal Source Using LFM Signals with DUCA ST-MUSIC in Maritime EW Environments," The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, 2026.

  2. Cell-Based Clutter Suppression Method for Detection of Low-Altitude, Low-Speed, and Small Targets Using Center Frequency Diversification

    I.-W. Bang and K.-T. Kim, "Cell-Based Clutter Suppression Method for Detection of Low-Altitude, Low-Speed, and Small Targets Using Center Frequency Diversification," 2026 Korea Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (KIEES) Winter Conference, Jeju, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2026.

  3. Coupled Aerodynamic--Electromagnetic Modeling for RCS Estimation of Million-Scale Chaff Clouds with Arbitrarily Curved 3D Geometries

    C. -H. Lee, B. -W. Jang, K. -I. Kwon, K. -T. Kim and D. -Y. Na, "Coupled Aerodynamic--Electromagnetic Modeling for RCS Estimation of Million-Scale Chaff Clouds with Arbitrarily Curved 3D Geometries," in Scientific Reports, vol. 16, art. no. 44700, 2026.

  4. Curvature Variance Method for Indoor Human Localization Using MIMO FMCW Radar

    H.-J. Kim, J.-H. Park, Y.-J. Choe, K.-T. Kim, "Curvature Variance Method for Indoor Human Localization Using MIMO FMCW Radar," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 75, pp. 1-10, Jan. 2026

  5. Deep Learning-Based Super-Resolution of SAR Object Images via Multi-Resolution Data Augmentation

    M. -G. Cho, I. -H. Lee, H. -D. Kim, O. -T. Jang, and K. -T. Kim, "Deep Learning-Based Super-Resolution of SAR Object Images via Multi-Resolution Data Augmentation," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Early Access, May, 2026.

  6. DOA Estimation Using a Double-Layer Uniform Circular Array in Maritime Electronic Warfare Environments

    H.-L. Lee, H.-D. Kim, H.-S. Moon, M.-S. Lee, Y.-G. Hong, I.-H. Do, and K.-T. Kim, "DOA Estimation Using a Double-Layer Uniform Circular Array in Maritime Electronic Warfare Environments," The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, 2026.

  7. Efficient Compressed Sensing-Based Backprojection Approach for Small Drone-Borne W-Band SAR Imaging

    I. -H. Lee, M. -G. Cho, H. -D. Kim and K. -T. Kim, "Efficient Compressed Sensing-Based Backprojection Approach for Small Drone-Borne W-Band SAR Imaging," in Remote Sensing, vol. 18, p. 1369, April 2026.

  8. Frame Scoring-Based Soft-Integration Approach for High-Resolution ISAR Imaging Under 3D Rotational Motion

    I. -H. Lee and K. -T. Kim, "Frame Scoring-Based Soft-Integration Approach for High-Resolution ISAR Imaging Under 3D Rotational Motion," in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Early Access, May, 2026.

  9. High-Resolution ISAR Imaging of Highly Maneuvering Targets in 3D Rotational Motion via Frame Selection and Sparse Aperture Imaging

    I. -H. Lee, M. -G. Cho, H. -D. Kim and K. -T. Kim, "High-Resolution ISAR Imaging of Highly Maneuvering Targets in 3D Rotational Motion via Frame Selection and Sparse Aperture Imaging," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 8645-8569, Jan, 2026

  10. Implementation and Performance Analysis of TOPS and Sliding Spotlight SAR Imaging Algorithms Based on BAS and ECSA

    S.-W. Park, S.-C. Lee, S.-Y. Sung, S.-W. Lee, and K.-T. Kim, "Implementation and Performance Analysis of TOPS and Sliding Spotlight SAR Imaging Algorithms Based on BAS and ECSA," 2026 Korea Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (KIEES) Winter Conference, Jeju, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2026.

  11. MUSIC-Guided Point-Scatterer Attention for SAR Super-Resolution

    M. -G. Cho, O. -T. Jang, and K. -T. Kim, "MUSIC-Guided Point-Scatterer Attention for SAR Super-Resolution", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, May. 2026

  12. PSF Distortion Correction for Multistatic FMCW SAR Imaging Using Geometry-Aware Network

    M.-G. Cho, I.-H. Lee, H.-D. Kim, H.-S. Shin, J.-W. Ok, M.-Y. Back, E.-N. You, and K.-T. Kim, "PSF Distortion Correction for Multistatic FMCW SAR Imaging Using Geometry-Aware Network," The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, 2026.

  13. Sparsity-Based SAR Autofocus Method for SFO Compensation

    S.-H. Kim, M.-G. Cho, I.-H. Lee, and K.-T. Kim, "Sparsity-Based SAR Autofocus Method for SFO Compensation," 2026 Korea Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (KIEES) Winter Conference, Jeju, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2026.

  14. UDT: Unsupervised Dual-Path Target Feature Refinement for Robust SAR Automatic Target Recognition

    O. -T. Jang, M. -G. Cho, and K. -T. Kim, "UDT: Unsupervised Dual-Path Target Feature Refinement for Robust SAR Automatic Target Recognition", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, May. 2026

  15. Unsupervised SAR Change Detection of Small Objects Via Fusion of Difference Images

    G. Lee and K. -T. Kim, "Unsupervised SAR Change Detection of Small Objects Via Fusion of Difference Images," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 19, pp. 10394-10409, March, 2026.