Youngjae Kim (PhD)

       Professor, CSE, Sogang University, Seoul,  Republic of Korea 

       BK21 4단계 세계 최고 수준의 실무형 빅데이터 융복합 인재양성사업단 단장 (2020.09-현재)

       Co-Director: DISCOS (Data-IntenSive AI COmputing and Systems Laboratory)

       Office: AS911, 35 Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 04107

       Tel: +82-2-705-8933, E-mail: youkim.AT.sogang.ac.kr

Research Interest 

Infrastructure-Aware AI Systems: From Distributed Training to  LLM Serving   

High-Performance and Intelligent Storage Systems for Data-Intensive Workloads

Cross-Layer Design for Storage, Memory, and Compute in Large-Scale HPC Systems

Next-Generation Key-Value Stores: Performance, Efficiency, and Device Integration

Operating System and File System Support for ZNS, FDP, and SSDs

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, 2009. (Advisor: Prof. Anand Sivasubramaniam)

M.S. in Computer Science, KAIST, Korea, 2021-2003. (Emeritus Prof. Seungryoul Maeng)

B.S. (honors) in Computer Science, Sogang University, Korea, 1995-2001. (Soldier, Korea Military Army, 1996-1998)

Experience

Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Sogang University. (2016-Present)

Visiting Professor, Global Quality Reliability Assurance, SK hynix. (April. 2025-Present)

Visiting Professor, Memory System Research, SK hynix. (Jul. 2022-Jun. 2023)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Engineering, Ajou University. (2015-2016)

R&D Staff, US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA. (2009-2015)

Adjunct Professor, School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA. (2011-2014)

Faculty Affiliate, The University of Tennessee, TN, USA. (2011-2015)

Research Engineer, Embedded OS Team, Embedded Software Center, ETRI, Daejeon, Korea. (2003-2004)