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We create what an AI has never seen, and teach it

Founded in 2023 to commercialise technology from the Visual and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Chung-Ang University.

IPIS Lab creates the situations an AI has never seen, and teaches them to it.

AI projects rarely fail on the algorithm. They fail at the moment someone discovers there is nothing to train on. Models can be downloaded; the training data for your site cannot be bought anywhere.

We turn that from a collection problem into a generation problem. Physics-based simulation and generative AI synthesise rare and hazardous conditions at scale, with ground-truth labels attached automatically (DataSynOps). We then use that data to read infrastructure imagery directly (InfraSafe AI).

The company was founded in 2023 to commercialise technology from the Visual and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Chung-Ang University, and has since delivered paid work across defense, environment, infrastructure and manufacturing.

History

How we got here

2023.06
Selected for the Lab-Specialized Startup Program — Chung-Ang University / KISED
2023.09
IPIS Lab Inc. founded
2023.12
Exhibited at CES 2024 · Certified test report CT23-102887K issued
2024
University Startup Program (lab-specialized) · two patents granted · selected for CES 2025 Seoul Pavilion
2025
Defense drone AI video analytics contract delivered · S.Challenge IR Grand Final, Excellence Award
2026.02
Selected for Public-Private Technology Commercialization R&D, Phase 1
2026.08
Selected for K-water open innovation · 2026 H2 Innovative IT Award
Team

Thirty years of imaging research, turned into an execution team

Joonki Paik, Ph.D.
FOUNDER & CEO

Professor, Department of Imaging Science, Chung-Ang University. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University (1990). Over thirty years in image processing and computer vision, with numerous national R&D programs led as principal investigator for the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Founded IPIS Lab in 2023 to commercialise the laboratory's technology.

Jinbeum Jang, Ph.D.Principal Researcher · Head of Technology
Ph.D. in Image Engineering, Chung-Ang University (2020). Leads generative AI and defect-detection pipelines
Injae LeeSenior Researcher
Object detection and tracking. Built the SAM2 auto-labeling pipeline
Hyungseok OhResearcher
3D vision and image processing
Minju BaekResearcher
EO-IR image analysis
Advisors

Global advisory network

A. Katsaggelos, Ph.D.Joseph Cummings Professor, Northwestern University
M. Abidi, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Yoon KimCSO, President — Twelve Labs
Company information

Registered details

Legal nameIPIS Lab Inc. (아이피스랩 주식회사)
CEOJoonki Paik
FoundedSeptember 18, 2023
Business registration103-86-02937
AddressRoom 615, Bldg. 305, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea
Email[email protected]
Field of businessSynthetic AI training data, video analytics AI development, infrastructure inspection automation
Contact

Tell us what has to be detected on your site

Tell us what has to be detected on your site. We will first assess whether that data can be generated. If you have sample footage, we will prepare an auto-labeling demonstration with it.