Education

• Ph.D. Degree in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea (Mar. 2012 - Feb. 2020)

  • Advisor: Prof. Saewoong Bahk

• B.S Degree in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Yonsei University, Korea (Mar. 2005 - Feb. 2012) 

Experiences

• Work Experiences

  • Staff Engineer, 6G Research Team, Advanced Com. Research Center (ACRC), Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics (Mar. 2021 - Current)

  • Intern, Mobile Communication Business, Samsung Electronics (Jan. 2011 - Feb. 2011)

  • Network Manager, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army (Aug. 2007 - Jul. 2009) 

• Teaching Assistant

  • 420.469, Design of Network Protocols with Experiments, Seoul National University, Fall 2014.

  • 4541.525A, Data Networks, Seoul National University, Spring 2014.

  • 420.469, Design of Network Protocols with Experiments, Seoul National University, Fall 2012.

Research Interests

• B5G/6G Cellular Systems

• IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Research Projects

• Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT), Nov. 2017 - Feb. 2021

  • “Intelligent and Integrated IoT Network Architecture and Platform with Virtualized Interfaces”

• Samsung Electronics, Jul. 2015 - Feb. 2021

  • "Protocol Designs for LTE/WLAN Device's High Speed Data Communications" 

• Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT), May. 2016 - Apr. 2018

  • "A Study on Bluetooth Low Energy based Networking and Indoor Localization Schemes for Fire and Disaster Protection Systems"

• Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP), Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2018

  • "Spectrum Sensing and Future Radio Communication Platforms"

• Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIT) & Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP), Jun. 2013 - May. 2015

  • "Cloud MIMO Systems for Big Data Environments"

• Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (National Research Foundation of Korea), Sep. 2012 - Aug. 2015

  • "SC-RAN: Design and Operation of Multi-mode SC-RAN for Mobile Data Explosion"

Honor and Awards

• Ministerial Award from Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of Korea, Mobile Korea 2023, Nov. 2023.

• Excellent Researcher Award, Advanced Communications Research Center (ACRC), Samsung Research, Sep. 2023.

• Student Travel Grant Award, IEEE ICNP, Oct. 2019. 

• Qualcomm Global Fellowship Award, Qualcomm Korea, Jul. 2014.

• Excellent Paper Award, KICS, Jan. 2013.

• Excellent Graduation Prize from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Feb. 2012.

Professional Services

• Paper Reviewer: IEEE Trans. Commun., IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., Samsung Humantech Paper Award, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC

Skills and Expertise

• Programming: C/C++, MATLAB, Java, Git

• Prototyping Tools: Linux Wireless Device Driver (ath9k/ath9k-htc)

• Evaluation and Measurement Tools: Network Simulator 3 (NS-3), Hostapd, Wireshark, AirPcap, inSSIDer, Iperf, IxChariot

• Desktop Editing: Vim, TeX (Overleaf, LaTeX, BibTeX), Microsoft Office