COSE405: Computer Science Colloquium, 2026 Fall
Weekly invited talks by speakers from academic institutions and industry. Each talk runs 16:45–17:45, including an on-the-spot Q&A.
Course Information
- Instructor: Jihyeok Park (박지혁)
- Office: 507, IT & General Education Center (정운오IT교양관)
- Email: jihyeok_park@korea.ac.kr
- Lecture: 16:30–17:45 Wednesdays @ 301,
Aegineung
(애기능생활관)
- Attendance is open 16:30–16:45 — finish the check before the talk starts at 16:45.
- Teaching Assistant: Sungmin Park (박성민)
- Email: ryan040@korea.ac.kr
- Office hours: By appointment via e-mail
- Materials: each speaker is asked for reading material or their slides, shared after the talk on the LMS.
- Language: the course is offered in English, but the language of the talk and the slides is up to the speaker; some may be in Korean.
Grading
This course is graded pass/fail. You pass if you meet all three:
- attend at least 11 of the 13 talks — checked with a code, starting on September 9 (not at the orientation);
- submit at least 11 of the 13 weekly reports — a review of the talk and any material the speaker shares, due 23:59 on Saturday; and
- submit both essays — pick the single most memorable talk in the range
and say why:
- midterm by October 21 — among the talks from September 9 to October 14
- final by December 16 — among the talks from October 28 to December 9
Each report and essay is 1 page (A4) in English or Korean, submitted on the LMS.
Schedule
| # | Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 09/02 | Orientation | 박지혁 (Korea University) |
| 1 | 09/09 | 에이전틱 AI 보안의 새로운 위협: 추론 및 실행 흐름 하이재킹 | 장부루 (Korea University) |
| 2 | 09/16 | Beyond the Microscope: AI-Powered Advances in Translational Pathology | 안상정 (Korea University Anam Hospital) |
| 3 | 09/23 | Towards Socially-Intelligent AI: Modeling Human Social Interactions | 이상민 (Korea University) |
| 4 | 09/30 | Worlds for Humans and Agents: Built, Inhabited, and Dreamed | 강형엽 (Korea University) |
| 5 | 10/07 | Towards Intelligent, Rational, and Safe AI Agents | 이정범 (Korea University) |
| 6 | 10/14 | Closing the Loop of Alignment in Generative AI | 정형진 (Korea University) |
| 10/21 | Midterm | Essay (by 10/21) | |
| 7 | 10/28 | Token economy를 위한 추론 최적화(vLLM 중심) | 조규남 (LG Uplus) |
| 8 | 11/04 | 사이버보안의 새로운 전장: 오픈소스, 공급망, 제품보안 | 이희조 (Korea University) |
| 9 | 11/11 | Enabling Always-On AI: System Support for On-Device Speech Intelligence | 김세연 (Korea University) |
| 10 | 11/18 | AI for Science Across Scales: From Microscopic Principles to Mesoscopic Dynamics | 박성우 (Korea University) |
| 11 | 11/25 | Physically Capturing and Representing 3D Humans in Worlds | 문경식 (Korea University) |
| 12 | 12/02 | From Data to Action: Designing Context-Aware AI Agents | 서홍석 (Korea University) |
| 13 | 12/09 | Touching VR: Haptic Interaction for Immersive Experiences | 박채용 (Korea University) |
| 12/16 | Final | Essay (by 12/16) | |