Professor

• 3/2000: Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota , USA .

• 6/1996: M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota , USA .

• 2/1993: B.S. Electronics Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Korea .

• 9/2004 ~ Present:  Professor. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Inha University, South Korea.

• 8/2010 ~ 8/2011: Visiting Scholar, Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.

• 3/2005~2/2006: Visiting Researcher, Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Deajeon, South Korea.

• 8/2002 ~ 8/2004: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.

• 6/1999 ~ 8/2002: Member of Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs innovations), USA.

Hanho Lee (S’97-M’98-SM’13) received M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees, both in Electrical & Computer Engineering, from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, in 1996 and 2000, respectively. In 1999, he was a Member of Technical Staff-1 at Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs, Holmdel, New Jersey, USA. From April 2000 to August 2002, he was a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) at Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs Innovations), Allentown, USA, where he was involved in the design of DSP multi-processor architecture. From August 2002 to August 2004, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut, USA. Since September 2004, he has been with the Faculty of the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea, where he is currently a Full Professor. He leads the Digital Integrated Systems Lab and is the Director of Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AI-SoC) Research Center, Inha University. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), South Korea, in 2005. He was a Visiting Scholar with Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill, USA, from 2010 to 2011, and a Visiting Professor with The University of Texas at Dallas, USA, from 2017 to 2018.

His research interests include algorithm and VLSI architecture design for post-quantum cryptography, homomorphic encryption, forward error correction coding, artificial intelligence, and digital signal processing. He has published more than 200 refereed journal and conference papers in above research areas, together with 1 book chapters and 40 granted patents. 

He is the Vice President of Technical Activities of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) since 2024, and was a member of Board of Governor (BoG) of the IEEE CASS, from 2020 to 2023. He was a Technical Committee (TC) Chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems for Communications (CASCOM) Technical Committee for the 2020-2022 term. He was a member of the ISCAS steering committee in 2022. He served as an Associate Editor in Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems and serves/served as Guest Editor of several journal special issues. He also served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science and a Guest Editor for Electronics Journal. 

He served as General Chair of 2023 International Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems (ISICAS’2023), Local Arrangement Chair of 2022 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS’2022), Tutorial Co-Chair of 2024, 2022 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Special Session Co-Chair of ISOCC’2024. He served as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair of 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS’2021), TPC Co-Chair of APCCAS’2016, and Secretary General of ISCAS’2012. He served on the TC Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems (DISPS). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS), CASCOM TC, VLSI Systems and Application (VSA) TC. He is Elected Vice President of The Korea Institute of Semiconductor Engineers.

He received numerous awards for his technical achievements and academic society service, including Minister of Science and ICT Award, Best Hardware Demo Awards Second Place in 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust(HOST), First Prize in 2020 Haedong Best Paper Award at the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE), Korea, Best Poster Paper at the 24th Korean Conference on Semiconductors, 2013 Best Paper Award at the IEIE, and Best Paper Award at the International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC) in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2015. 

• Vice President (Technical Activities), IEEE Circuit and Systems Society (CASS), 01/2024 ~ 12/2025.

• Senior Editor,  IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, (2024-2025)

• 반도체공학회 선출 부회장 (2023.01~현재)

• General Chair, 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems(ISICAS’2023)

• 2023, 2024 World Top 2% Scientist (Elsevier)

• Local Arrangement Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS2022), 2022.06.

• Tutorial co-chair, 2024, 2022 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS) 

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) chair, 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'2021), 2021.

• Board of Governor, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS), (2020.01.01~2023.12.31)

• TC chair, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Circuits and Systems for Communication (CASCOM) Technical Committee (2021.01.01-2022.12.31)

• 대한전자공학회 SoC설계연구회 위원장 (2019)

• Associate Editor in Chief, IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems, Sept. 2019 ~ Present

• Guest Editor, Special Issue ‘VLSI Architecture Design for Digital Signal Processing”, MDPI Electronics (2019)

• Special Session Chair, 2019 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC2019)

• 대회장, 2019 SoC 학술대회, 2019년 5월17일(금)-18일(토)

• 운영위원장, 2019년도 SoC설계연구회 하계 워크샵

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) co-chair, 2016 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS’2016), 2016.

• TC Secretary of Circuits and Systems for Communication Technical Committee, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 2016 ~ Present.

• Associate Editor, Journal of Semiconductor & Technology Science, 2013 ~ Present

• Technical Program Vice Chair, 2015 International SoC Design Conference (ISoCC2015)

• 프로그램위원장, 2015년 오류정정 및 보안기술워크샵, 2015

• Technical Program Track chair, International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2014)

• 한국반도체학술대회 (Korean Conference on Semiconductors), 분과위원장, 2013~2015

• Secretary, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Seoul Chapter, 2012 ~ Present

• 대한전자공학회, 평의원, 이사, 2011 ~ Present.

• 대한전자공학회 (IEEK), 전자공학회지 특집회 편집위원, 2012.

• Special Session Chair, 2012 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC2012)

• 대한전자공학회 반도체소사이어티, 총무이사, 2012-2013

• International Liaison Co-Chair, 2012 IEEE Asia Pacific conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS2012)

• 제19회 한국반도체학술대회 (The 19h Korean Conference on Semiconductors), 공동분과위원장, 2012

• Secretary General, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS2012)

• Special Session Chair, 2011 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC2011)

• Technical Committee Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society, Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems (DISPS), Jan. 2011 ~ Dec. 2013.

• 제18회 한국반도체학술대회 (The 18th Korean Conference on Semiconductors), 분과위원, 2011

• Guest Editor, Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2011

• Guest Editor, Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science, 2011

• Track Chair, 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS2010), 2010

• 대한전자공학회 (IEEK), 전자공학회논문지 편집위원, 2010

• Local Arrangement Chair, 2010 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC2010)

• General Secretary, 2010 International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC 2010)

• 대한전자공학회 (IEEK), 협동이사, 2010

• 2010년 SoC학술대회, 운영위원, 2010

• Publication Committee Chair, The 9th International Symposium on Communication and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2009), 2009

• Member of IEEE, IEICE, IEEK, 2000- Present

• Member of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 2000 - Present

• Committee member for IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Seoul Chapter, 2005 - Present

• Technical Program Committee member in IEEE International Symposium on Cirucits and Systems (ISCAS), 2006 - Present

• Special Session Chair in 2008 IEEE Asian Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS2008), 2008

• Member of Technical Program Committee for IEEE Asian Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), 2006

• Section Chair for 2005 IEEE International SoC Design Conference

• Member of Technical Program Committee for IEEE International SoC Conference 2004, 2005

• Expert for the Global Network of Korean Scientists & Engineers (KOSEN), 2003-2004

• Inclusion on Marquis Who's Who, 2004-Present

• 과학기술정보통신부장관상 수상, ICT 인력 양성 사업 우수과제, 2023.11.16

• 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust(HOST)에서 ‘최우수 하드웨어 데모 2위상 (Best Hardware Demo Awards Second Place)’ 수상. 2023.05.02

•  2023년도 SoC 학술대회, 우수발표논문상, 2023.05.13

• 대한전자공학회 2020년 해동 최우수 논문상 수상, 2020.11.27

• 대한전자공학회 반도체 소사이어티 우수 논문상, 2019.12.16

• 인하대 공대 교수상, 2017.12.18

• 우수 포스터상 수상 (Best Poster Award), 제24회 한국반도체학술대회, 2017.02.15

• 2015 IEIE SoC Design Group Award 수상, 2015 International SoC Design Conference, 2015.11.03

• 2013년도 대한전자공학회 논문상, 대한전자공학회, 2013.11.23

• 2013년도 대한전자공학회 공로상, 대한전자공학회, 2013.11.23

• IEEK Best Paper Award, 2009 International SoC Design Conference, 2009.11.23

• 우수 포스터논문상 수상 (Best Poster Paper Award), 제 15회 한국반도체 학술대회, 2008.02.20

• IEEE SSCS/EDS Seoul Chapter Best Paper Award, International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2006.06.27

• 우수 논문상 수상 (Best Paper Award), 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계학술대회, 2006.06.21