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Seungdae Baek, Min Song, Jaeson Jang, Gwangsu Kim, Se-Bum Paik

Face detection in untrained deep neural networks.

Nature Communications 12, 7328. (2021)

Youngjin Park, Seungdae Baek, Se-Bum Paik

A brain-inspired network architecture for cost-efficient object recognition in shallow hierarchical neural networks.

Neural Networks 134, 76–85. (2020)

Seungdae Baek, Youngjin Park, Se-Bum Paik

Species-specific wiring of cortical circuits for small-world networks in the primary visual cortex.

PLOS Computational Biology 19(8), e1011343. (2023)

Graduate Student Researcher (2018-Present)

Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)

Jeonghwan Cheon, Sang Wan Lee, Se-Bum Paik

Pretraining with random noise for fast and robust learning without weight transport.

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 37 (NeurIPS). (2024)

Graduate Student Researcher (2023-Present)

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, KAIST

Undergraduate Student Researcher (2021-2022)

Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

Minjun Kang, Seungdae Baek, Se-Bum Paik

Hard-wired visual filters for environment-agnostic object recognition.

bioRxiv 615752. (2024)

Post-bacc Research Assistant (2023-Present)

Cognitive Intelligence Lab, KAIST (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2023)

Brain and Machine Intelligence Lab, KAIST (Advisor: Sang Wan Lee)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2020)

Developmental and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, KAIST (Advisor: Sang Ah Lee)

Post-master Research Assistant (2024-Present)

Cognitive Intelligence Lab, KAIST (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)

B.S. Psychology (Double Major_Biochemistry), 2022

Yonsei University

M.S. Cognitive Science, 2024

Yonsei University

Graduate Student Researcher (2023-Present)

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, KAIST (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-2020)

Synthetic Biosystems Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology (Advisor: Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019)

Group of Cell Regulation, Nagoya University (Advisor: Makoto Kinoshita, Asako Shindo)

Graduate Student Researcher (2025-Present)

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, KAIST (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)

Undergraduate Student Researcher (2023)

Behvaioral Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Ewha Womans University (Advisor: Jeiwon, Cho)

Undergraduate Student Researcher (2023)

Developmental and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, SNU (Advisor: Sang Ah Lee)

B.S. Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Double Major in Psychology, Minor in Computer Science and Engineering), 2025

Ewha Womans University

Graduate Student Researcher (2025-Present)

Brain and Cognitive Sciences, KAIST (Advisor: Se-Bum Paik)

Undergraduate Student Researcher (2023-2024)

Computational Cognitive Affective Neuroscience Lab, SKKU (Advisor: Choong-Wan Woo)

B.S. Global Bio Medical Engineering, 2025

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Almas Serikov, Iryna Martsishevska, Wooyeon Shin, Jeongjin Kim

Protocol for in vivo dual-color fiber photometry in the mouse thalamus.

Star Protocols (2024)

Anna Shin, Seahyung Park, Wooyeon Shin, Jeonghoon Woo, Minju Jeong, Jeongjin Kim, Daesoo Kim

A brainstem-to-mediodorsal thalamic pathway mediates arousal from slow-wave sleep.

Current Biology (2023)

Geunhong Park, Wooyeon Shin, Yongjun Park, Sooyoung Chung, Daesoo Kim, Jeongjin Kim

Neural correlates of multidimensional motor outputs in an excitatory parafascicular-zona incerta circuit.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications vol. 591, pp. 102-109.. (2022)

Hyeonsu Lee, Woochul Choi, Dongil Lee, Se-Bum Paik

Comparison of visual quantities in untrained neural networks.

Cell Reports 42.8. (2023)

Hyeonsu Lee, Woochul Choi, Youngjin Park, Se-Bum Paik

Distinct role of flexible and stable encodings in sequential working memory.

Neural Networks 121. (2020)

Minju Jeong, Hyeonsu Lee, Youngsoo Kim, Eric Hou-Jen Wang, Se-Bum Paik, Byung Kook Lim, Daesoo Kim

Interhemispheric Cortico-Cortical Pathway for Sequential Bimanual Movements in Mice.

eNeuro 8.4. (2021)

Gwangsu Kim, Jaeson Jang, Seungdae Baek, Min Song, Se-Bum Paik

Visual number sense in untrained deep neural networks.

Science Advances 7.1. (2021)

Gwangsu Kim, Dong-kyum Kim, Hawoong Jeong

Spontaneous emergence of rudimentary music detectors in deep neural networks.

Nature Communications 315. 148. (2024)

Gwangsu Kim, Jaeson Jang, Se-Bum Paik

Periodic clustering of simple and complex cells in visual cortex.

Neural Networks 143. (2021)

Seungdae Baek, Youngjin Park, Se-Bum Paik

Species-specific wiring of cortical circuits for small-world networks in the primary visual cortex..

PLOS Computational Biology 19(8), e1011343.. (2023)

Eunee Lee, Seungjoon Lee, Jae Jin Shin, Woochul Choi, et al.

A brain-inspired network architecture for cost-efficient object recognition in shallow hierarchical neural networks..

Neural Networks 134, 76-85.. (2021)

Hyeonsu Lee, Woochul Choi, Youngjin Park, Se-Bum Paik

Distinct role of flexible and stable encodings in sequential working memory..

Neural Networks 121, 419-429. (2020)

Min Song, Se-Bum Paik, et al.

Hierarchical gradients of multiple timescales in the mammalian forebrain..

PNAS (2024)

Seungdae Baek, Min Song, Jang Jaeson, Gwangsu Kim, Se-Bum Paik, et al.

Face detection in untrained deep neural networks..

Nature Communications 12, 7328.. (2021)

Min Song, Jang Jaeson, Gwangsu Kim, Se-Bum Paik

Projection of orthogonal tiling from the retina to the visual cortex..

Cell Reports 34(1), 108581.. (2021)

Hyeonsu Lee, Woochul Choi, Dongil Lee, Se-Bum Paik

Comparison of visual quantities in single neurons in untrained brains.

Cell Reports (2023)

Eunee Lee, Seungjoon Lee, Jae Jin Shin, Woochul Choi, et al.

Excitatory synapses and gap junctions cooperate to improve PV neuronal burst firing and cortical social cognition in Shank2-mutant mice.

Nature Communications (2021)

Woochul Choi, Se-Bum Paik

Intrinsic timescales of sensory integration for motion perception.

Scientific Reports (2019)

Jaeson Jang, Min Song, Se-Bum Paik

Retino-Cortical Mapping Ratio Predicts Columnar and Salt-and-Pepper Organization in Mammalian Visual Cortex.

Cell Reports 30.1. (2020)

Min Song, Jaeson Jang, Gwangsu Kim, Se-Bum Paik

Projection of orthogonal tiling from the retina to the visual cortex.

Cell Reports 34.1. (2021)

Gwangsu Kim, Jaeson Jang, Seungdae Baek, Min Song, Se-Bum Paik

Visual number sense in untrained deep neural networks.

Science Advances 7.1. (2021)

M.S. Bio and Brain Engineering, 2022

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

B.A. Mathematics, 2020

University of California, Berkeley

M.S. Bio and Brain Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

B.S. Bio and Brain Engineering, 2016

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Ah Hyung Park, Seung Hyun Lee, Changju Lee, Jeongjin Kim, Han Eol Lee,, Se-Bum Paik, Keon Jae Lee, Daesoo Kim

Optogenetic Mapping of Functional Connectivity in Freely Moving Mice via Insertable Wrapping Electrode Array Beneath the Skull.

ACS Nano 10(2). (2016)

Pachaya Sailamul, Jaeson Jang, Se-Bum Paik

Synaptic convergence regulates synchronization-dependent spike transfer in feedforward neural networks..

Journal of Computational Neuroscience (2017)

M.S. Bio and Brain Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

An Soyoung, Choi Woochul, Se-Bum Paik

Development of a computational model on the neural activity patterns of a visual working memory in a hierarchical feedforward network..

Journal of the Korean Physical Society (2015)

M.S. Bio and Brain Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Suhee Cho, Hyeonsu Lee, Seungdae Baek, Se-Bum Paik

Neuromimetic metaplasticity for adaptive continual learning.

arXiv (2024)

Jinwoo Kim, Min Song, Jaeson Jang, Se-Bum Paik

Spontaneous Retinal Waves Can Generate Long-Range Horizontal Connectivity in Visual Cortex.

The Journal of Neuroscience 40(34). (2020)

Junho song, Woochul Choi, Se-Bum Paik, et al.

Precise Mapping of Single Neurons by Calibrated 3D Reconstruction of Brain Slices Reveals Topographic Projection in Mouse Visual Cortex.

Cell Reports Volume 31, Issue 8. (2020)