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Hounsu Kim

MIR/AI Researcher

Languages

  • Korean (Native)
  • English (Professional)
  • Japanese (Basic)

Interests

Career Profile

Hello, I’m a Ph.D student at Music and Audio Computing Lab, KAIST, advised by Prof. Juhan Nam. My current research focuses on speech synthesis, audio tokenization, and music generation. I’m currently interested in efficient processing of audio by disentangling its features. I’m also interested in generative models such as GAN, discrete/continuous domain diffusion models, LLMs etc. I like writing songs and lyrics with my acoustic guitar. Some of my favorite artists include Radiohead, Yamashita Tatsuro, Velvet Underground, Byeong-woo Lee etc.

Education

Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2023 - present
Ph.D Student in Graduate School of Culture Technology

Music and Audio Computing Lab (Advisor - Juhan Nam)

Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2021 - 2023
MSc in Graduate School of Culture Technology

Music and Audio Computing Lab (Advisor - Juhan Nam)

Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2015 - 2021
BSc in Mechanical Engineering

Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted

2012 - 2015
Diploma, High School

Experiences

Neutune Co. Ltd.

2021.06 - 2021.09
Research Intern in Neutune
Neutune

Publications

  • D3RM A Discrete Denoising Diffusion Refinement Model for Piano Transcription
    • Hounsu Kim, Taegyun Kwon, Juhan Nam
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2025
  • CoNMod Controllable Neural Frame-based Modulation Effects
    • Gyubin Lee, Hounsu Kim, Junwon Lee, Juhan Nam
    Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx24)
    **Best Student Paper Award**
  • Expressive Acoustic Guitar Sound Synthesis with an Instrument-Specific Input Representation and Diffusion Outpainting
    • Hounsu Kim, Soonbeom Choi, Juhan Nam
    Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2024
  • A Study of Electro-Discharge-Sintering of Ti-6Al-4V Spherical Powders Doped with Hydroxyapatite by Spex Milling and Its Consolidation Characteristics
    • Y. J. Cho, Y. H. Kim, Y. H. Jo, M. J. Kim, H. S. Kim, S. W. Kim, J. H. Park, and W. H. Lee*,
    J. Kor. Powd. Met. Inst., 20.5 (2013) 376-381

    Projects

    ToplAIner - Acoustic Guitar Conditioned Singing Voice Generation [Poster] - 2023 Fall KAIST GCT731 Topics in Music Technology Final Project

    Academic Advising

    Gyubin Lee

    Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
    Department of Electronic Engineering

    Donghoon Kang

    Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
    Department of Computer Science

    Teaching Activities

    Introduction to Culture Technology

    Spring 2022
    KAIST | Teaching Assistant

    Musical Applications of Machine Learning

    Fall 2022
    KAIST | Teaching Assistant

    Fundamentals of Computer Music

    Fall 2023
    KAIST | Teaching Assistant

    Musical Applications of Machine Learning

    Spring 2024
    KAIST | Teaching Assistant

    Fundamentals of Computer Music

    Fall 2024
    KAIST | Teaching Assistant

    Musical Applications of Machine Learning

    Spring 2025
    KAIST | Teaching Assistant