Jinha Chung

Ph.D. Candidate, Vertically Integrated Architecture Research Group (VIALab)
School of Electrical Engineering (EE)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Office: N1 818 @ KAIST
Email: jinha.chung@kaist.ac.kr
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GitHub: home

• KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology),
  Daejeon, Korea [Mar. 2021 - present]
  Integrated M.S. & Ph.D. student in School of Electrical Engineering
  Advisor: Prof. Minsoo Rhu

• KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology),
  Daejeon, Korea [Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2021]
  B.S. in Electrical Engineering
  Double major in Mathematical Sciences
  Cum Laude

• Undergraduate research intern at Vertically Integrated Architecture research group, KAIST
  Mar. 2019 - Aug. 2019: Building a TPU cycle-level simulator
  Jan. 2020 - Feb. 2021: Building recommendation system model accelerators
  Mentor: Youngeun Kwon and Yujeong Choi, Advisor: Minsoo Rhu

• Research engineer intern at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)
  Jun. 2023 - Sep. 2023: Exploring various use-cases of CXL-PNM
  Mentor: Yong Min Tai and Jinsu Park, Manager: Yeongon Cho

• Teaching Assistant (TA)

  • EE209: Programming Structure for Electrical Engineering - 2022 Spring (Head TA, Best TA Award), 2023 Fall

  • EE312: Introduction to Computer Architecture - 2021 Fall, 2022 Fall, 2024 Spring

• Yunjae Lee, Jinha Chung, and Minsoo Rhu, "SmartSAGE: Training Large-scale Graph Neural Networks Using In-storage Processing Architectures," The 49th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-49), New York, NY, June 2022

  • Acceptance Rate: 16% (67 among 400)

• Fields of interest
  Computer architecture, deep learning

• Programming languages
  Preference in: C/C++, Python, Bash (Shell script)
  Experience in: CUDA, Verilog

• Platforms / Frameworks
  Preference in: Ubuntu, Linux, PyTorch
  Experience in: TensorFlow

• Fluent in Korean and American English

• 119/120 (Reading 29/30, Listening 30/30, Speaking 30/30, Writing 30/30) on TOEFL iBT, test date: Feb. 23, 2019

• Second place in KAIST URP (Undergraduate Research Participation) program of 2018 Summer/Fall & Long-Term URP program Workshop
  Topic: Implementing Scalable Peer-to-Peer Network Simulation Framework for Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment of Bitcoin Network
  Check out the results here