Yong-Hwan Lee received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Dankook University, Korea, in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the same institution in 2007. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Game Content at Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea, where he teaches game development, computer graphics, and digital image processing. His research interests include deep learning-based signal and image processing, object detection, image compression and colorization, computer vision, XR/AR technologies, and applied AI methodologies. His recent work focuses on deep learning architectures for visual recognition and on AI-driven pipelines for the restoration and digital archiving of cultural heritage materials. He has been actively involved in ISO/IEC JPEG standardization activities, contributing to JPSearch, JPEG AR, and JPEG XT. He has published widely in international journals and conferences on image processing and machine learning, and serves as a reviewer for several international journals.