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Associate Professor Jun Jo earned his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1994, where his research focused on Artificial Intelligence, particularly in symbolic reasoning and knowledge-based systems. As part of his PhD, he developed an autonomous design system called EDGE. Following his doctorate, Dr. Jo served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Key Centre of Design Computing at the University of Sydney before joining Griffith University in 1996.

Dr. Jo has led numerous research projects across diverse fields, applying data analysis with satellite, IoT, and drone data to areas such as bushfire detection, medical image analysis, robotics, UAVs, and eLearning. He has published over 150 refereed papers, and his research team explores cutting-edge AI technologies, including advanced machine learning models such as transformers and LLMs, as well as symbolic reasoning techniques like knowledge graphs. Dr. Jo has organised the International Robot Olympiad in Australia twice, in 2006 and 2010. Currently, he serves as the Chair of the International Robot Olympiad Committee (IROC) and the President of the Australian Robotics Association (ARA).

Positions

2022: General Chair, The Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA) 2022 conference, Gold Coast Australia
2021, 2022, 2023: Organiser, Australia-Korea Space Forum (AKSF), sponsored by AKF (DFAT), Austrade (DFAT), Korean Embassy in Australia.
2021: Finalist, Australian Space Award (Innovator of the Year), Australian Space Connect 
2016: General co-chair, RiTA 2016: the 5th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications, Beijing, Dec 11-14, 2016.
2016: International Fellowship from the Korean Biomedical Research Centre, Korea
2014: International Fellowship from National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Since 2014: Chair, World Innovative Technology (WIT) Challenge, Australia
Since 2008: President, Australian Robotics Association
2003~2023: Director, Robotics and Computer Games (RnG) Lab
2010: General Chair, the 12th International Robot Olympiad (IRO), Tellebudgera, Australia
2009: International Fellowship, Queensland Government, Australia
2006: General Chair, the 8th International Robot Olympiad (IRO), Southport, Australia
1997~2011: Principal, Korean Language and Culture School, Southport, Gold Coast

Projects and Grants (as a Chief Investigator or a member)

2024: “Proactive Carbon Monitoring with AI and Digital Twins”, CSIRO-DFAT Aus4Innovation Partnership Grant, $894,658
2024~2025: Electromagnetic Wave Imaging (EMI) Based on Magnetic Fields Detection, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea
2022: the Australian Space Manufacturing Network (ASMN) project ($52million)
2003~2022: Australia-Korea Foundation Grant ($83,000)
2021: Foreign object detection (FOD) using machine learning techniques,
from Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea 
2021: Collaboration on Satellite Data Analysis using Artificial Intelligence
with Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and Korean Space Industry ($350,000) 
2012: GURIP grant, Griffith University ($50,000)
2020: Spotlight Project: Small Satellite Development Griffith University ($400,000)
2018: MRI image analysis for abnormality detection KAIST ($70,000)
2014: Drone-based gas pipeline monitoring system, Adani Mining Grant ($770,000) 
2014: Drone-based bridge crack inspection, SIEMA ($50,000)
2014~2015: Google CS4HS ($35,000)
2012~2015: IEEE CIS grant ($15,000)
2006: Intelligent Robotics, Korean National Strategic Research Project $10m
Jointly with the KAIST Intelligent Robotics research group

Contact Details

Postal Address: School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, QLD Australia 4222
Work Telephone: 61-07-5552 8266
Fax: 61-07-5552 8066
Email Address: j.jo@griffith.edu.au

Recent Activities (Jun Jo and the research team)

2024

Skin Cancer Detection and Analysis Project (Griffith Industry Partnership)
Suicide Symptom Detection and Analysis Project (Griffith Industry Partnership)

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SmartFarm

2023

Goe-stationary satellite image-based Bushfire Detection Project

DigitalTwin

2019

Invited speech at the Australia Global Alumni event in Jakarta, Indonesia

A talkshow with the mayor of Sejong City, Korea.

2018

Target building detection from drone imagery

Car type identification and counting from drone imagery

Deep Learning of Object Identification

Geostationary Satellite Image-based Bushfire detection using Big Data and Deep learning

2017

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Feature Detection, Description and Matching

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Feature-based Object Matching

Exo-2017

Workshop on Entrepreneurship, Seoul Korea, July

2016

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Multiple Face Recognition Once a face has been registered in a database, CCTVs or drones can share and recognise the face at anytime at any place.

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Face Detection and Chasing The drone can detect and chase a target person.

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Drone Dancing

International Visits: Chairman of Korean National Assembly, Korean National Security Research Institute, Peking University, Hefei, Dr Woosuk Hwang