Hyungmin Cho, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Software, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea

hyungmin.cho [at] skku.edu

Education

Electrical Engineering M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University

Computer Science and Engineering B.S. from Seoul National University

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Research Interests

Computer Architecture

• Error resilient robust systems architecture
• Processor security

Efficient Deep Learning Platforms

• FPGA-based deep neural network acceleration
• Architecture design for reinforcement learning
• GPU scheduling techniques

Hardware Reliability

• Application-level error resilience techniques
• Soft error mitigation techniques

Selected publications

Conference Papers

• FA3C: FPGA-Accelerated Deep Reinforcement Learning - Hyungmin Cho, Pyeongseok Oh, Jiyoung Park, Wookeun Jung, and Jaejin Lee, ASPLOS 2019 (Acceptance rate: 21.1%)
• Cross-layer resilience in low-voltage digital systems: key insights - Eric Cheng, Jacob Abraham, Pradip Bose, Alper Buyuktosunoglu, Keith Campbell, Deming Chen, Cheng-Yong Cher, Hyungmin Cho, Binh Le, Klas Lilja, Shahrzad Mirkhani, Kevin Skadron, Mircea Stan, Lukasz Szafaryn, Christos Vezyrtzis, and Subhasish Mitra, ICCD 2017
• CLEAR: Cross-Layer Exploration for Architecting Resilience: Combining Hardware and Software Techniques To Tolerate Soft Errors in Processor Cores - E. Cheng, S. Mirkhani, L. Szafaryn, C.-Y. Cher, Hyungmin Cho, K. Skadron, M. Stan, K. Lilja, J. Abraham, P. Bose and S. Mitra, DAC 2016 (Acceptance rate: 17%).
• Understanding Soft Errors in Uncore Components - Hyungmin Cho, C.-Y. Cher, T. Shepherd, and S. Mitra DAC 2015 (Acceptance rate: 20.5%).
• Quantitative Evaluation of Soft Error Injection Techniques for Robust System Design - Hyungmin Cho, S. Mirkhani, C.-Y. Cher, J. A. Abraham, and S. Mitra, DAC 2013 (Acceptance rate: 23%).
• ERSA: Error Resilient System Architecture for probabilistic applications - L. Leem, Hyungmin Cho, J. Bau, Q. A. Jacobson, S. Mitra, DATE 2010 (Acceptance rate: 25%).

Journal Papers

• GPU-based acceleration of the linear complexity test for random number generator testing - HyungGyoon Kim, Hyungmin Cho, and Changwoo Pyo, JPDC 2019
• Tolerating soft errors in processor cores using clear (cross-layer exploration for architecting resilience) - Eric Cheng, Shahrzad Mirkhani, Lukasz G Szafaryn, Chen-Yong Cher, Hyungmin Cho, Kevin Skadron, Mircea R Stan, Klas Lilja, Jacob A Abraham, Pradip Bose, Subhasish Mitra, IEEE TCAD 2018
• ASIC-Resistance of Multi-Hash Proof-of-Work Mechanisms for Blockchain Consensus Protocols - Hyngmin Cho, IEEE Access 2018
• Impact of Microarchitectural Differences of RISC-V Processor Cores on Soft Error Effects - Hyngmin Cho, IEEE Access 2018
• System-level Effects of Soft Errors in Uncore Components - Hyungmin Cho, E. Cheng, T. Shepherd, C.-Y. Cher, and S. Mitra, IEEE TCAD 2017
• Gallager B decoder on noisy hardware - S. M. S. Yazdi, Hyungmin Cho, L. Dolecek, IEEE TCOM 2013
• ERSA: Error Resilient System Architecture for Probabilistic Applications - Hyungmin Cho, L. Leem, and S. Mitra, IEEE TCAD 2012

Teaching

• Computer Architecture
• Advanced Topics in Microprocessors (graduate)
• Assembly Programming Language
• Embedded Systems
• Introduction to Computer Science
• Design Project