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
- Knowledge Graph-Augmented Agentic AI Systems and RAG Systems
- LLM Serving Systems, Efficient LLM Inference, Distributed LLM Serving, and Deep Learning Training Systems
- Cloud AI Infrastructure, Distributed and Heterogeneous Resource Management, and AI Resource Orchestration
- Storage Systems, NVMe and CXL Systems, Key-Value SSDs, Computational Storage, and Memory Systems
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, 2024–2009. (Advisor: Prof. Anand Sivasubramaniam)
- M.S. in Computer Science, KAIST, Korea, 2021–2003. (Emeritus Prof. Seungryoul Maeng)
- B.S. with honors in Computer Science, Sogang University, Korea, 1995-2001. (Military Service: Republic of Korea Army, 1996–1998)
Industry Appointment, Leadership & Research/Academic Experience
- R&D Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), TN, USA, 2009–2015
- Technical Advisor, Global Quality & Reliability Assurance, SK hynix, April 2025–Present
- Technical Advisor, Memory System Research, SK hynix, July 2022–June 2023
- Department Chair, Computer Science & Engr., Sogang University, 2023–2025
- Adjunct Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2011–2014
- Faculty Affiliate, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, 2011–2015
- Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, 2015–2016
- Research Engineer, Embedded OS Team, Embedded Software Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon, Korea, 2003–2004
