Probabilistic Machine Learning Lab.

Our lab develops probabilistic methods for modeling both safe and unsafe distributions in AI, with the goal of controlling generation toward safe and reliable outcomes. Our research centers on diffusion and flow-matching frameworks for image, video, and language models, and we are actively extending these ideas to action models. We also study the fine-tuning of foundation models, including vision-language models and large language models, with particular attention to mitigating overfitting. Across these areas, trustworthiness and reliability serve as core principles shaping our research.

Research Focus

  • Probabilistic Generative Modeling: diffusion, flow matching, and neural processes
  • Safe and Controllable Generative AI: negative guidance and inference-time steering
  • Reliable Foundation Model Adaptation: Bayesian post-training and generalization
  • Multimodal and 3D Intelligence: vision-language learning and neural representations

Department of AI, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Latest News

[2026-07-29] Research exchanges with UBC and UC Irvine

Mingyu visited Prof. Mijung Park’s lab at UBC Computer Science and exchanged research ideas with Profs. Nikil Dutt and Stephan Mandt at UC Irvine. The UC Irvine visit also supported the KMU–UCI GREAT Program, an undergraduate research exchange hosted by Prof. Nikil Dutt, strengthening research collaboration and academic exchange across the institutions.

[2026-04-25] SGF presented as an ICLR 2026 Oral Talk

Mingyu delivered an oral talk on the SGF paper, “Safety-Guided Flow (SGF): A Unified Framework for Negative Guidance in Safe Generation,” at ICLR 2026.

[2026-04-17] SGF (ICLR 2026) featured in Korean media

Prof. Mingyu Kim’s ICLR 2026 paper, SGF, was covered by domestic media in Korea. The press article is available here.