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Hahmin Jung’s research lies at the intersection of swarm robotics, multi-robot formation control, and intuitive human-robot interaction. His most impactful work introduces potential-function-based methods for shape formation in swarm simulations, a foundational approach that enables groups of simple robots to self-organize into desired geometric configurations without centralized control. This line of inquiry, with his top-cited paper garnering 15 citations, addresses fundamental challenges in scalability and local minima avoidance for unicycle robots. Alongside these theoretical contributions, Jung has pioneered tangible, smartphone-based interfaces for remote robot control. By leveraging iPhone accelerometers and Bluetooth or WiFi communication, he replaced traditional joysticks with intuitive tilt and touch modes, making robot teleoperation accessible to non-specialists. His series of papers on this topic (totaling over 20 citations) demonstrate systematic improvements in communication quality and user experience, including a novel racing game that turns multiple smartphones into ad-hoc robot controllers. Jung’s work bridges the gap between theoretical swarm algorithms and practical, low-cost interfaces, offering students and researchers a clear path from foundational formation principles to deployable, user-friendly robotic systems.