Seminar

The Department of Industrial Engineering will host a research seminar to share the latest research trends and share academic insights.

We welcome the participation of undergraduate and graduate students interested in innovative research!

📅 Seminar Information

• Date & Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 2:00 PM
• Venue: Room N101, Building 110
• Speaker: Namkyeong Lee, Ph.D.
• Topic: Artificial Intelligence for Molecular Science

📑Abstract:

Recently Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been revolutionizing various fields in science, especially in molecular science domain. In This presentation showcases innovative research in AI for Molecular Science, focusing on accelerating scientific discovery through novel computational methodologies. The work is broadly divided into two main themes: advancing Molecular Relational Learning using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and harnessing the power of Multimodal AI for molecules. For relational learning, we introduce methods, such as the Conditional Graph Information Bottleneck (CGIB), to accurately model how molecules interact by identifying task-specific core substructures. For multimodal learning, the research addresses the inherent data scarcity in molecular science by proposing novel strategies for integrating heterogeneous data modalities—from graph structures and spectra to human language descriptions—using multi-modal transformers and next-generation LLM Agents.

 

👤Pesenter Bio: 

Namkyeong Lee is a recent Ph.D. graduate at KAIST, where he is advised by Prof. Chanyoung Park. He has broad interest in the field of AI for Science, especially applying GNNs and Language Models for drug discovery. In collaboration with the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), he has contributed to various projects in the field. He has also gained diverse industry experience, serving as a research intern at both Naver Corporation and Genentech. In addition, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was mentored by Prof. Jimeng Sun