Sungrae Hong

About

I am a Ph.D. candidate at GSDS, KAIST, advised by Prof. Mun Yong Yi* in the Knowledge System Lab. My research focuses on Medical Image Analysis, especially Multiple Instance Learning for whole-slide and microscopy histopathology, uncertainty calibration, and multimodal diagnosis systems.

Daejeon, South Korea sr5043@kaist.ac.kr
Open to collaborations

News

Four papers accepted to MICCAI 2026

A paper accepted to Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (IF: 7.4)

A paper accepted to SIGIR 2026

Two papers accepted to CVPR 2026

A paper accepted to WACV 2026

A paper accepted to MICCAI 2025 Workshop

Two papers accepted to ISBI 2025

Experience

Graduate Researcher & Project Manager

Knowledge System Lab, GSDS / ISE, KAIST

Multimodal AI-based computer-aided diagnosis for gastrointestinal endoscopic biopsies (Seegene Medical Foundation). Multiclass and multi-resolution MIL, priority-aware mistake severity training, and decision making under uncertainty.

Graduate Researcher

Knowledge System Lab, GSDS / ISE, KAIST

Next-generation medical diagnosis system based on AI (Seegene Medical Foundation). Whole-slide segmentation, weakly supervised microscopy pathology classification, microscopy diagnosis team manager.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Data Intelligence Lab, IE, Seoultech

Safety monitoring model based on IoT for subminiature sensors (IITP). Time-series modeling and anomaly detection in sequential data.

Publications

Selected

CVPR 2026

Every Error has Its Magnitude: Asymmetric Mistake Severity Training for Multiclass Multiple Instance Learning

CVPR 2026

Sungrae Hong, Jiwon Jeong, Jisu Shin, Donghee Han, Sol Lee, Kyungeun Kim, Mun Yong Yi*

WACV 2026

Diagnose Like A REAL Pathologist: An Uncertainty-Focused Approach for Trustworthy Multi-Resolution Multiple Instance Learning

WACV 2026

Sungrae Hong, Sol Lee, Jisu Shin, Jiwon Jeong, Mun Yong Yi*

MICCAI 2026

RaLMPH: Reliability-aware Learning for Multi-Pathologist Harmonization in Whole-Slide Image Classification

MICCAI 2026

Sungrae Hong, Jiwon Jeong, Soeun Cheon, Donghee Han, Sol Lee, Jisu Shin, Kyungeun Kim, Mun Yong Yi*

MICCAI Workshop

Priority-Aware Clinical Pathology Hierarchy Training for Multiple Instance Learning

MICCAI MSB EMERGE 2025
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Best Paper

Sungrae Hong, Kyungeun Kim, Juhyeon Kim, Sol Lee, Jisu Shin, Chanjae Song, Mun Yong Yi*

ISBI 2025

Towards Classifying Histopathological Microscope Images as Time Series Data

ISBI 2025

Sungrae Hong, Hyeongmin Park, Youngsin Ko, Sol Lee, Bryan Wong, Mun Yong Yi*

Other

JIM 2026

Beyond Creative Generation: A Deep Generative Framework for High-Fidelity Pseudo-Virtual Prototyping and Design Evaluation

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing IF: 7.4

Sol Lee, Sungrae Hong, Jisu Shin, Mun Yong Yi*

MICCAI 2026

DiagMIL: Uncertainty-Gated Coarse-to-Fine Multi-Resolution MIL for WSI Diagnosis

MICCAI 2026
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Early Acceptance

Jiwon Jeong, Sungrae Hong, Donghee Han, Jisu Shin, Kyungeun Kim, Mun Yong Yi*

TBA
MICCAI 2026

Missing Modality-Aware Calibration for Trustworthy Brain Tumor Segmentation

MICCAI 2026
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Early Acceptance

Sol Lee, Hyeonji Kim, Sungrae Hong, Donghee Han, Mun Yong Yi*

TBA
MICCAI 2026

Reasoning Trace Divergence: An Empirical Signal for Trustworthy Black-Box MLLMs in Histopathology Classification

MICCAI 2026

Anastasiia Kazmina, Constantin Venhoff, Bryan Wong, Sungrae Hong, Yutong Xie, Mun Yong Yi*

TBA
SIGIR 2026

Every Preference Has Its Strength: Injecting Ordinal Semantics into LLM-Based Recommenders

SIGIR 2026

Jiwon Jeong, Donghee Han, Sungrae Hong, Woosung Kang, Mun Yong Yi*

CVPR Workshop

DRCoD: Toward Robust Continual Learning of Diffusion Models for Tire Manufacturing Prototyping

CVPR 2026 AI4RWC Workshop

Jisu Shin, Sol Lee, Sungrae Hong, A Young Kim, Youngbin You, Jeongheon Park, Jungsoo Oh, Mun Yong Yi*

ISBI 2025

Rethinking Pre-Trained Feature Extractor Selection in MIL for Whole Slide Image Classification

ISBI 2025

Bryan Wong, Sungrae Hong, Mun Yong Yi*

WACV 2025

Uncertainty-based Data-wise Label Smoothing for Calibrating MIL in Histopathology Image Classification

WACV 2025 Oral

Hyeongmin Park, Sungrae Hong, Chanjae Song, Jongwoo Kim, Mun Yong Yi*

AAAI Workshop

TireDiff: A Framework for Conditional Tire Footprint Images Generation from Manufacturing Tabular Data

AAAI AI2ASE 2025

Sol Lee, Jisu Shin, Sungrae Hong, Chanjae Song, Youngbin Yoo, Jeongheon Park, Jungsoo Oh, Mun Yong Yi*

Projects

TBD

Seegene Medical Foundation Β· KAIST

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Development of a Multimodal Artificial Intelligence-Based Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Biopsies

Seegene Medical Foundation Β· KAIST

Based on digital whole-slide images (WSIs) of colon tissue specimens, we developed a diagnostic model tailored for non-malignant cases. In this project, our primary focus was placed on: (a) pre-processing massive WSI datasets, (b) building a high-fidelity model capable of expert-level collaboration with pathologists, (c) optimizing the model's diagnostic prioritization for specimens, and (d) enhancing the model's rejection capabilities for uncertain estimations. Serving as the project manager, I not only led the entire lifecycle but also spearheaded the technical solutions for areas (a) through (d), which ultimately resulted in the successful conclusion of the project and peer-reviewed publicatios.

A Study on the Next Generation Medical Diagnosis System Based on AI

Seegene Medical Foundation Β· KAIST

This project aimed to classify gastric and colorectal biopsy samples exhibiting benign conditions versus dysplasia within digital pathology workflows. We pioneered approaches to efficiently train models on gigapixel Whole Slide Images (WSIs) while ensuring robust adaptation to newly integrated datasets. Notably, I served as the Project Manager (PM) and lead developer for a follow-up study focused on diagnostic models for noisy, microscope-based images. In my role as PM, I successfully translated Seegene’s business requirements into concrete technical specifications, steering the team to deliver high-impact engineering outcomes. Leveraging the insight that manual microscopic observations by pathologists function as time-series data, I formulated a novel distance metric based on Dynamic Time Warping (DTW). This work was successfully published at ISBI 2025. Our developed solution is currently deployed in clinical settings to cross-verify pathologists' diagnostic decisions.

IoT-based Safety Monitoring for Subminiature Sensors

IITP Β· Seoultech

Time-series modeling and anomaly detection for sequential sensor data in industrial safety monitoring.

Awards

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CVPR 2026 Outstanding Reviewer Top 5% among 17,491 Reviewers
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MICCAI MSB EMERGE Workshop Best Paper Award Β· 2025
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KAIST ISE Research Day Excellent Prize Β· 2024
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Military AI Competition (MAICON) Special Award by GenesisLab Β· 2023
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ETRI HUMAN AI Paper Competition MSIT Minister's Award (κ³ΌκΈ°λΆ€μž₯관상) Β· 2022
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Seoultech IE Capstone Competition Grand Prize Β· 2020

Service

Conference Review

CVPR2026
MICCAI2026
ECCV2026
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Teaching Assistant

  • HanKook Tire AI Education β€” KAIST-IE
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