Young-June Choi is a professor at Ajou University, Korea. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University, Korea, in 2000, 2002, and 2006, respectively. From Sept. 2006 through July 2007, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. From 2007 through 2009, he was with NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ, USA, as research staff member. He joined Ajou University from Sept. 2009 as a faculty member, founded Ajou Applied AI Lab, and served the dean of graduate school of AI convergence at Ajou University from 2023. He was a visiting professor at California State University at Long Beach in 2023, an adjunct professor at Seoul National University from Sept. 2015 to Aug. 2016, and a honorary professor at Xiangtan University, China from Dec. 2013 through 2015. Prof. Choi served as General Vice-chair of WCNC 2020, served TPC chair of ICOIN 2019, and chaired for many international conferences. He has published more than 150 international papers and holds 50 patents. He received the best paper award from the Journal of Communication and Networks in 2015, the Haedong Young Scientist Award in 2015 and many academic awards. He is an IEEE senior member and served an executive director of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) and a director of Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (KIISE). Dr. Choi is also the founder and CEO of The AI Lab, Inc., which educates artificial intelligence and related certificates that anyone can easily learn and use.

Research Areas

• • AI for Education: Knowledge Tracing, Recommendation Systems, Reinforcement Learning

  • Anomaly Detection: Network Security and IoT

  • 6G Edge Computing 

 Professional Activities and Service 

• • General Vice Chair, WCNC 2020

  • TPC Co-Chair, ICOIN 2019

  • Organizing Committee (Web chair), IEEE DySPAN 2018

  • Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University, Sept. 2015 - Aug. 2016

  • Honorary Professor, Xiangtan University, China, Dec. 2013 - Dec. 2015

• • IEEE Senior Member

Selected Publications - Journal

• • Yafeng Deng, Rajib Paul, and Young-June Choi, "Multiple QoS Enabled Intelligent Resource Management in Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems,  vol. 25, no. 9, pp.12081-12094, Sept. 2024

  • Saiqin Long, Xin Dai, Tingrui Pei, Jiasheng Cao, Hiroo Sekiya, and Young-June Choi, "Energy-efficient VM opening algorithms for real-time workflows in heterogeneous clouds", Neurocomputing, 2021

  • Robert Basomingera and Young-June Choi, "Deep Multi-Task Conditional and Sequential Learning for Anti-Jamming", IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 123194-123207, Sept. 2021

• Yafeng Deng, Dohyung Kim, and Zhetao Li and Young-June Choi, "Implementing Distributed TDMA using Relative Distance in Vehicular Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 7295-7305, July 2020

• Hui Xia, Zhetao Li, Yuhui Zheng, Anfeng Liu, Young-June Choi, and Hiroo Sekiya, "A Novel Light-Weight Subjective Trust Inference Framework in MANETs", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2, April - June 2020

• Rajib Paul, Young-June Choi, Young-Sik Kim, Jiwoong Jang,, "Channel Hopping Using p-ary m-sequence for Rendezvous in Cognitive Radio Networks", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, pp. 1516-1519, vol. 8, no. 6, Dec. 2019

• Rajib Paul and Young-June Choi, "Autonomous Interface Selection for Multi-Radio D2D Communication", IEEE Access, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 108090-108100, Dec. 2019

• Yalew Zelalem Jembre and Young-June Choi, "Distributed and Jamming-Resistant Channel Assignment and Routing for Multi-hop Wireless Networks", IEEE Access, vol. 6, issue 1, pp. 76402-76415, Dec. 2018

• Qingyong Deng, Zhetao Li, Jiabei Chen, Fanzi Zeng , Hui-Ming Wang, Liang Zhou , and Young-June Choi, "Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for Hybrid Access in OFDMA-Based Cognitive Femtocell Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 10830-10840, Nov. 2018

• Wooguil Pak and Young-June Choi, "High Performance and High Scalable Packet Classification Algorithm for Network Security Systems", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 38-49, Jan. 2017

• Rajib Paul and Young-June Choi, "Adaptive Rendezvous for Heterogeneous Channel Environments in Cognitive Radio Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, issue 11, pp. 7753 - 7765, Nov. 2016 

• Hyung-Sin Kim, Myung-Sup Lee, Young-June Choi, JeongGil Ko, Saewoong Bahk, "Reliable and Energy Efficient Downward Packet Delivery in Asymmetric Transmission Power-based Networks", ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 12, issue 4, Sept. 2016

• YuXin Liu, Anfeng Liu, Yanling Hu, Zhetao Li, Young-June Choi, Hiroo Sekiya, Jie Li, "FFSC: An Energy Efficiency Communications Approach for Delay Minimizing in Internet of Things", IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 3775-3793, 2016

• Sung-Guk Yoon, Young-June Choi, Jong-Keun Park, and Saewoong Bahk, "Stackelberg Game based Demand Response for At-Home Electric Vehicle Charging", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 4172 - 4184, June 2016

• Wooguil Pak and Young-June Choi, "High-performance packet classification for network-device platforms", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1252-1255, June 2013

• Young-June Choi and Kang G. Shin, "Opportunistic Access of TV Spectrum Using Cognitive-Radio-Enabled Cellular Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 3853-3864, Oct. 2011

• Young-June Choi and Sampath Ragarajan, "Analysis of Best Channel Feedback and its Adaptive Algorithms for Multi-Carrier Wireless Data Systems", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 10, no.8, pp. 1071-1082, Aug., 2011

• Abhinav Arora, Sung-Guk Yoon, Young-June Choi, and Saewoong Bahk, "Adaptive TXOP Allocation based on Channel Conditions and Traffic Requirements in IEEE 802.11e Networks", vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1087-1099, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, March 2010

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "Partial Channel Feedback Schemes Maximizing Overall Efficiency in Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1306-1314, April 2008

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "Multichannel Wireless Scheduling under Limited Terminal Capability", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 611-617, Feb. 2008

• Jung Hyon Jun, Young-June Choi, and Saewoong Bahk, "Power-Saving Schedulers for a WLAN with Task-Linking Topology Awareness", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 1345-1356, May 2007

• Young-June Choi, Kwang Bok Lee, and Saewoong Bahk, "All-IP 4G Network Architecture For Efficient Mobility and Resource Management", IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 42-46, April 2007

• Jin-Ghoo Choi, Young-June Choi, and Saewoong Bahk, "Power-Based Admission Control for Multicalss Calls in QoS-Sensitive CDMA Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 468-472, Feb. 2007

• Young-June Choi, Jongtack Kim, and Saewoong Bahk, "QoS-aware Selective Feedback and Optimal Channel Allocation in Multiple Shared Channel Environments", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no.11, pp. 3278-3286, Nov. 2006

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "Delay-Sensitive Packet Scheduling for a Wireless Access Link", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 1374-1383, Oct. 2006

• Young-June Choi, Suho Park, and Saewoong Bahk, "Multichannel Random Access in OFDMA Wireless Networks", IEEE Journal of Selected Areas on Communications (JSAC), special issue on 4G systems, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 603-613, March 2006

Selected Publications - Conferences

• • Chenglong Yan, Yafeng Deng, and Young-June Choi, "A novel deep reinforcement learning based clustering scheme for WSN", IEEE Globecom 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 4-6, 2023

  • Jeongae Choi, Muhammad Ozair Mughal, Young-June Choi, Donghyun Kim, Jos´e A. L´opez-Salcedo, and Sunwoo Kim, "CUSUM-based Joint Jammer Detection and Localization", IEEE DySPAN 2018, Oct. 22-25, 2018, Seoul, Korea

  • Joo-Yeop Song, Woomyo Lee, Jeong-Han Yun, Hyunjae Park, Sin-Kyu Kim and Young-June Choi, "Abnormal Traffic Generation for Testing Intrusion Detection Systems for Industrial Control Networks", Twelfth Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection, Mar. 12-14, 2018, Arlington, VA, USA 

  • Jae-Jun Ko, Jong-Won Lee, and Young-June Choi, "Computation Offloading for Energy Efficiency of Smart Devices", UBICOMP 2017, Sept. 11-15, 2017, Hawaii, USA

  • Hyunjae Park and Young-June Choi, "Energy-efficient Web Browsing in Smartphones", Asian Students Symposium on Emerging Technologies (ASSET) held wth MobiSys, June 23-30, 2016, Singapore

  • Jae-Jun Ko, Jong-Won Lee, and Young-June Choi, "A Novel Computation Offloading Technique for Reducing Energy Consumption of Smart watch", Asian Students Symposium on Emerging Technologies (ASSET) held wth MobiSys, June 23-30, 2016, Singapore

  • Moon Soo Cha, So Yeon Kim, Jae Hee Ha, Min-June Lee, Young-June Choi, Kyung-Ah Sohn, "Fast and Effective Content Based Document Information Retrieval System", IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (IEEE/ACIS ICIS 2015), June 28 - July 1, 2015. Las Vegas, USA

• Hyung-Sin Kim, Young-June Choi, Saewoong Bahk, "Elimination of Multi-hop Transmission from Downlink in Low Power and Lossy Networks", IEEE ICC 2014, June 10-14, Sydney, Australia

• Rajib Paul, Yalew Zelalem, and Young-June Choi, "Multi-Interface Rendezvous in Self-Organizing Cognitive Radio Networks", IEEE DySPAN 2014, Apr. 1-4, McLean, VA, USA (acceptance ratio = 28%)

• Yalew Zelalem, Rajib Paul, Young-June Choi, Kyung-yul Cheon, Chang-Joo Kim, "Channel Assignment and Jammer Mitigation for Military MANET: Case of Multiple Interfaces on Multiple Channels", ACM IMCOM 2014, Jan. 9-11, Siem Reap, Cambodia

• Ashwini Kumar, Kang G. Shin, Young-June Choi, Dragos Niculescu, "On Time-domain Coexistence of Unlicensed and Licensed Spectrum Users", IEEE DySPAN 2012, Bellevue, WA, USA, Oct. 16-19, 2012 (acceptance ratio = 25%) 

• Shehzad Amir and Young-June Choi, "Interference Coordination Scheme between WiFi and Zigbee Networks", in Proc. SECON 2012 (Poster), Seoul, Korea, June 19 2012 

• Furqan Khan and Young-June Choi, "Towards Introducing Self-Configurability in Cognitive Femtocell Networks", in Proc. SECON 2012 (Poster), Seoul, Korea, June 19 2012 

• Furqan M. Khan and Young-June Choi, "Adaptive Downlink Coverage Management for Hybrid Macro/Femtocell Networks", in Proc. IEEE ComComAP 2012, Hongkong, China, Jan. 11-13, 2012 

• Kyungtae Kim, Young-June Choi, "Performance Comparison of Various VoIP Codecs in Wireless Environments", ACM ICUIMC 2001, Seoul, Korea, Feb. 21, 2011 

• Young-June Choi, Narayan Prasad, and Sampath Rangarajan, "Network-Assisted Radio Resource Management for Cell-Edge Performance Enhancement", in Proc. QShine 2009, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Nov. 23-25, 2009 (Invited paper)” 

• Young-June Choi, Yan Xin, and Sampath Rangarajan, "Overhead-Throughput Tradeoff in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks", in Proc. IEEE WCNC, Budapest, Hungary, April 5-8, 2009 

• Young-June Choi and Kang G. Shin, "Power-Adjusted Random Access to a Wireless Channel", in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2008, Phoenix, AZ, USA, April 14-17, 2008 

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "Selective Channel Feedback Mechanisms for Wireless Multichannel Scheduling", in Proc. IEEE WoWMoM 2006, Niagara-Falls, NY, USA, June 26-29, 2006 

• Young-June Choi, Cheol Seung Kim, and Saewoong Bahk, "Flexible Design of Frequency Reuse Factor in OFDMA Cellular Networks", in Proc. IEEE ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006 

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "Random Access Strategy in Hierarchical OFDMA Wireless Networks", in Proc. WPMC 2005, Aalborg, Denmark, Sept. 17-22, 2005 (Invited paper) 

• Young-June Choi, Neung-Hyung Lee, and Saewoong Bahk, "IEEE 802.11 Performance Enhancement by MIMO Spatial Multiplexing", in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2005, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 11-14, 2005 

• Jung Hyon Jun, Young-June Choi, and Saewoong Bahk, "Affinity-based Power Saving MAC Protocol", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) 2005, Hawaii, HI, USA, March 8-12, 2005 

• Young-June Choi, Jongtack Kim, and Saewoong Bahk, "Downlink Scheduling with Fairness and Optimal Antenna Assignment for MIMO Cellular Systems", in Proc. IEEE Globecom 2004, Dallas, TX, USA, Nov. 29 ? Dec. 3, 2004 

• Young-June Choi, Jongtack Kim, and Saewoong Bahk, "Optimal Antenna Assignment considering QoS under MIMO environments", in Proc. IEEE ICC 2004, Paris, France, June 20-24, 2004 (acceptance ratio = 29%)

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "Scheduling for VoIP Service in cdma2000 1x EV-DO", in Proc. IEEE ICC 2004, Paris, France, June 20-24, 2004 (acceptance ratio = 29%)

• Young-June Choi and Saewoong Bahk, "QoS Scheduling for Multimedia Traffic in Packet Data Cellular Networks", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2003, Anchorage, AK, USA, May 2003 

• Joonhwan Kim, Young-June Choi, and Saewoong Bahk, "Interference-based Capacity Analysis in CDMA Cellular Systems", in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2003, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2003