Education

  • Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, Mar 2021 - Present
  • M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, Feb 2021
  • B.S. in Statistics, Sungkyunkwan University, Feb 2019

Research Interests

  • Healthcare Service System Design
  • Data Analytics
  • Optimization

Journal Publication

  • "Predicting research projects’ output using machine learning for tailored projects management", Kim, H., Jang, H., Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, Aug 8, 2023

Preprints

  • "Systematic review on healthcare systems engineering utilizing ChatGPT", Kim, J., Lee, J., Kim, H., and Lee, T., May 20, 2024 [arXiv]
  • "A Conceptual Framework for Spatial Accessibility: Aligning Metrics with Urban Service Determinants", Ahn, J., Kim, H., Yoon, Y., and Lee, T., Mar 16, 2026 [SSRN]

Manuscripts

  • "Partition-Consistent Edge Representation and Operators for Multi-Objective Districting", Kim, H. and Lee, T., Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Under Review

Conference Presentations

  • "From Feasible to Valuable Infeasible: a Dual-Population Framework for Healthcare Districting", Kim, H. and Lee, T., 2026 INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Raleigh, NC, USA, Jul 28, 2026
  • "Urban Accessibility Analytics via LLM-MCP: Service-Aware Metric Recommendation and GIS Execution", Kim, H., Ahn, J., Yoon, Y., and Lee, T., KCC 2026, Jeju, Korea, Jun 25, 2026
  • "Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization for Healthcare Districting: A Customized NSGA-II Approach", Kim, H. and Lee, T., 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Oct 28, 2025
  • "Multi-objective Optimization Algorithm for Delineating Healthcare Service Areas Based on NSGA-II", Kim, H. and Lee, T., 2025 KIIE Annual Spring Conference, Jeju, Korea, Jun 18, 2025
  • "Optimization for Delineating Healthcare Service Areas Integrating Geographical Contiguity and Soft Constraints", Kim, H. and Lee, T., Korea Society of Preventive Medicine Fall Conference, Busan, Korea, Oct 24, 2024
  • "Korea’s Healthcare Service Areas: A Review of Delineation Methods and Proposal for an Adjustment Framework", Kim, H., Lee, J. S., and Lee, T., Korea Society of Preventive Medicine Fall Conference, Busan, Korea, Oct 24, 2024
  • "An Improved Methodology for Delineating Hospital Service Area", Kim, H., Lee, J. S., and Lee, T., 2023 KIIE Annual Fall Conference, Ulsan, Korea, Nov 3, 2023
  • "Exploring Research Trends of Healthcare System Engineering using Chat-GPT", Kim, J., Kim, H., Lee, J. S. and Lee, T., 2023 KIIE Annual Fall Conference, Ulsan, Korea, Nov 3, 2023
  • "Designing a Deep-learning-based Multi-input Model to Predict the Outcome of R&D Projects", Kim, H., Lee, T. and Jang, H., 2020 KIIE Annual Fall Conference, Seoul, Korea, Nov 13, 2020

Research Projects

  • Patient Journey 데이터 기반 의료전달체계 취약성 분석 연구, 한국연구재단, Sep 2026 - Present
  • GS건설-KAIST 미래 도시 인공지능 핵심 기술 연구개발, GS건설, Jul 2024 - Mar 2026
  • 순천형 공공보건의료 마스터플랜 추진전략 수립 연구용역, 순천시, Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
  • 지역 필수의료 제공체계 진료권 조정, 국립중앙의료원, Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
  • 국가 연구개발사업의 전략적 예산배분을 위한 기계학습/최적화 기반 의사결정모형 설계, 한국연구재단, Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
  • 의료정책 효과 시뮬레이션 모형 개발 연구, 국민건강보험공단, Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

Award

  • Dean's List, 2017 Fall
  • Dean's List, 2017 Spring

Contact

huijae.kim@kaist.ac.kr