Associate Professor
Sep. 2023 - Present
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Yonsei University
Associate Professor
Jul. 2021 - Aug. 2023
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
Associate Professor
Sep. 2018 - Jun. 2021
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Assistant Professor
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2018
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Temasek Research Fellow/Principal Investigator
Feb. 2014 - May 2016
iTrust, Centre for Research in Cyber Security
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore
Research Fellow
Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2014
Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD)
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore
Supervisor: Prof. Tony Quek
Postdoctoral Fellow
Oct. 2010 - Oct. 2013
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Supervisor: Prof. Moe Z. Win
Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mar. 2007 - Aug. 2010
Yonsei University
Supervisor: Prof. Daesik Hong
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2009
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Wireless Communication and Networking Group (WCNG)
Supervisor: Prof. Jeffrey G. Andrews
M.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mar. 2005 - Feb. 2007
Yonsei University
Supervisor: Prof. Daesik Hong
B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Magna Cum Laude
Mar. 2001 - Aug. 2004
Yonsei University
Distinguished Faculty Award: Education (우수업적교수상: 교육부분), Yonsei University, Mar. 2025
Distinguished Teaching Award (우수강의상), Yonsei University, Mar. 2025
Outstanding Service Award, IEEE Communication Society Radio Communications Technical Committee, Dec. 2022
AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars Honorable Mention in Internet of Things (IoT), Apr. 2021
Haedong Young Engineering Researcher Award (해동젊은공학인상), Korean Institute of Commun. and Information Sciences (KICS), Dec. 2020
IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award, Dec. 2020
Best Teaching Award (우수교육상), DGIST, Sep. 2020
WCSP 10-Year Anniversary Excellent Paper Award, IEEE Int. Conf. Wireless Commun. and Signal Processing, Oct. 2019
IEEE Communications Society AP Outstanding Paper Award, Dec. 2017
IEEE Communications Society AP Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Dec. 2014
Best Paper Award, IEEE Int. Conf. Wireless Commun. and Signal Processing, Oct. 2014
Exemplary Reviewer, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, 2014, 2013, 2012
Temasek Research Fellowship, Ministry of Defence, Singapore, Nov. 2013
Exemplary Reviewer, IEEE Communications Letters, 2012, 2011
Chun-Gang Outstanding Research Award (춘강학술상), Chun-Gang Memorial Foundation, Korea, Jun. 2011
Seoul Fellowship, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea, Aug. 2008
Full Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Yonsei Univ., Korea, Mar. 2005 – Feb. 2007
Graduate Magna Cum Laude, Yonsei Univ., Korea, Aug. 2004
Excellent Creative Research Award, Yonsei Univ., Korea, Oct. 2003
Technical Committees
Journals
Conference/Workshops
Organizing Committee
Poster Co-chair, IEEE Communications Theory Workshop (CTW), Jul. 2023, Hualien, Taiwan
Student Travel Grant Co-chair for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2022, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Chair for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Apr. 2020, Seoul, Korea.
Publicity Chair for IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing, Networking and Services (SmartCNS), Oct. 2019, Shenyang, China
Symposium/Track Co-Chair
Symposium Co-Chair for International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), 'Emerging Areas in Communications Symposium' Symposium, Nov. 2023, Hangzhou, China.
Symposium Co-Chair for IEEE Global Communication Conference (GLOBECOM), 'Signal Processing for Communications' Symposium, Dec. 2020, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Track Co-Chair for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 'Track1: PHY and Fundamentals,' Apr. 2020, Seoul, Korea.
Track Co-Chair for IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 'Services, Applications, and Business' Track, Sep. 2019, Istanblu, Turkey.
Track Co-Chair for IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 'Services, Applications, and Business' Track, Sep. 2017, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Symposium Co-Chair for International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), 'Machine Learning in Communications and Signal Processing' Symposium, Oct. 2018, Hangzhou, China.
Workshop Co-Chair
Workshop on Wireless Physical Layer Security for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun. 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Semi-Annual Brainstorming Workshop on Wireless 5G, Sep. 2015, Singapore
Workshop on Global and Social Resource Sharing in/through Wireless Networks for IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), May 2015, Glasgow, Scotland
Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks for IEEE Global Communication Conference (Globecom), Dec. 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA