Awards and Research Grants

Research Grants/Funds

At Current Incheon National University in South Korea (Since August 31, 2020)

• Research Proposal (in Preparation)

• PI, 2023 Incheon National University Research Fund  (Funded)
  - Period: May, 2023 - April, 2024

• PI, 2022 Incheon National University Research Fund  (Funded)
  - Period: May, 2022 - April, 2023

• Co-PI, 2022 Incheon National University Research Grant for Group Study Project Support (Funded)
  - Period: January, 2022 - February, 2022

• PI, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Basic Research (한국연구재단 기본연구) 2021 (Funded)

- Period: June, 2021 - February, 2024

• PI, 2021 Incheon National University Research Fund for New Faculty (Funded)
  - Period: May, 2021 - April, 2022

• PI, 2020 Incheon National University Research Fund for New Faculty (Funded)
  - Period: October, 2020 - April, 2021

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At Previous UNCW in USA

• 2019 CAS Travel Award (with $1,000 fund)
  - University of North Carolina at Wilmington (November, 2019)

• 2019 Cahill Grant Award (with $5,000 fund)
  - University of North Carolina at Wilmington (January, 2019)

• 2017 Pilot Grant Award (with $3,500 Gifted Prize)
  - University of North Carolina at Wilmington (October, 2017)

• 2016 Summer Research Initiative Award (with $3,500 Gifted Prize)
  - University of North Carolina at Wilmington (February, 2016)

Academic Awards/Scholarships

• Academic Research Excellence Award at Incheon National University (인천대학교 학술연구상), 2023

• Academic Research Excellence Award at Incheon National University (인천대학교 학술연구상), 2022

• Teaching Excellence Award at Incheon National University (with $1,000 Gifted Prize) (인천대학교 우수강의상), 2021 (Fall Semester)

• Academic Research Excellence Award at Incheon National University (인천대학교 학술연구상), 2020 

• 2023 ICT Express Best Editor Award.
  - Winner of 2023 ICT Express Best Editor Award (with Honorarium and Plaque of Award) 

•  2023 ICT Express Best Reviewer Award.
  - Winner of 2023 ICT Express Best Reviewer Award (with Honorarium and Plaque of Award)   

• 2022 ICT Express Best Editor Award.
  - Winner of 2022 ICT Express Best Editor Award (with Honorarium and Certificate of Award) 

• Best Paper Award
  - The IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), Columbia University, USA (October, 2017) 

• Best Student Paper Award
  - The 19th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON), Singapore (December, 2013)

• Graduate Student Scholarship
  - Department Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA (August, 2007 - July, 2013)

• University of Texas at Dallas Korean Alumni Scholarship
  - Korean Student Association at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA (August, 2007)