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Education, experience, skills, and academic service.

Contact Information

Name Young-Eun Lee
Professional Title Postdoctoral Researcher
Email youngeun [at] stanford [dot] edu

Professional Summary

Postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University specializing in brain-computer interfaces, neural decoding, and imagined speech reconstruction from EEG and related biosignals.

Experience

  • 2024 - Present

    Stanford, CA, USA

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Stanford University
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • 2024 - 2024

    Seoul, Korea

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Korea University
    • Department of Artificial Intelligence
  • 2019 - 2020

    Stuttgart, Germany

    Visiting Researcher
    Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
  • 2016 - 2016

    Seoul, Korea

    Intern
    IBM Korea
    • Watson team

Education

  • 2017 - 2024

    Seoul, Korea

    PhD
    Korea University
    Brain and Cognitive Engineering
    • Supervisor: Seong-Whan Lee (Distinguished Professor at Korea University)
  • 2012 - 2016

    Pohang, Korea

    B.S.
    Handong Global University
    Electronic and Mechanical Engineering

Awards

  • 2021
    1st Prize, IEEE International BCI Competition (Track 5)
    IEEE
  • 2021
    Best Paper Award
    Korea University Graduate School
  • 2022
    AI Researcher Scholarship
    LG Display
  • 2017
    Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Plus Scholarship
    National Research Foundation of Korea

Invited Talks

  • Invited Speaker, DIBS Summer Lecture Series, Stanford University School of Medicine (Aug 2025)
  • Invited Speaker, 2024 Spring CUK AI Seminar Series, The Catholic University of Korea (Apr 2024)

Skills

Programming: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, C/C++, MATLAB
ML Models: CNNs, RNNs (LSTM, GRU), Transformers, GANs, Diffusion Models, AutoEncoders
Techniques: Real-time decoding, Generative modeling, Few-shot Learning, Signal processing

Academic Service

Journal & Conference Reviewer: AAAI; IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics; IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement; Journal of Engineering in Medicine; Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine; Scientific Data; Journal of Integrative Neuroscience; Brain Connectivity; Measurement Science Review; IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC); IEEE International Winter Conference on Brain-Computer Interface; International Conference on Multimodal Interaction