News and Announcements
2024
Mar 2024: Our recent work was published and chosen as an Editor's Pick in Applied Physics Letters.
Mar 2024: Dr. Joon Young Kwak has moved to Ewha Womans University as an Associate Professor.
Mar 2024: Our recent work was published and featured on the back cover of Advanced Functional Materials.
Feb 2024: Dong Yeon Woo, Yong Woo Sung and Dae Kyu Lee received M.S. degree. Congrats!
2023
Dec 2023: Our work on 2D hBN-based neuromorphic devices is introduced in various news media/articles.
Dec 2023: Dr. Yooyeon Jo received PSI outstanding postdoc award (PSI 우수연구원) from KIST. Congratulations!
Jul 2023: Eunpyo Park received Young Researcher Poster Award for his paper in AWAD 2023 conference. Congratulations!
Jul 2023: Joonsang Yoo joined our group as an UST intern.
Jun 2023: Jun Hyeong Lee finished internship. All the best for your future endeavors!
Jun 2023: Dong Geun Jeong joined our group as an intern.
Apr 2023: Received KIST Scientist of the Month Award (이달의 KIST인 상) from KIST!
Apr 2023: Jiwon Na joined our group as an intern.
Mar 2023: Jun Hyeong Lee joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
Feb 2023: Received Best Research Team of the Year Award (우수 연구개발팀 상) from KIST!
2022
Dec 2022: Da Gil Ryu finished internship and joined Samsung Electronics. Congratulations!
Nov 2022: Dr. Yooyeon Jo received Best Poster Award for his paper in ENGE 2022 conference. Congratulations!
Oct 2022: Our joint work with KAIST on new 2D materials-based synaptic device is introduced in various news media/articles.
Sep 2022: Da Gil Ryu joined our group as an intern.
Sep 2022: Yeong Jun Park finished internship. All the best for your future endeavors!
Jul 2022: Eunpyo Park received Young Researcher Award for his paper in AWAD 2022 conference. Congratulations!
Mar 2022: Dong Yeon Woo and Dae Kyu Lee joined our group as graduate students.
Feb 2022: Yeong Jun Park joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
Jan 2022: Taehyun Kim finished internship and joined Vitesco Technologies. Congratulations!
2021
Sep 2021: Yong Woo Sung joined our group as a graduate student.
Aug 2021: Taehyun Kim received M.S. degree. Congrats!
Jul 2021: Dr. Yooyeon Jo joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher.
Jul 2021: Min Jee Kim joined our group as a graduate student and DongYeon Woo joined as an intern.
May 2021: 과기부 정보통신기획평가원 (IITP) 신개념 Processing-in-memory (PIM) 반도체선도기술개발 과제 선정! Received research grant from the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), Ministry of Science and ICT
Funding: $1,250,000/year for 2 years (2021~2022)
Project : eFLASH 기반의 PIM 시냅스 어레이 제작 및 인공신경망 하드웨어 개발
PI (총괄책임자) : Dr. Joon Young Kwak (KIST)
Apr 2021: 과기부 한국연구재단 (NRF) 차세대 지능형반도체 과제 선정! Received research grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT
Funding: $1,000,000/year for 3 years (2021~2023)
Project : 고신뢰성 초저전력 뉴런 소자 어레이 기반 SNN 뉴로모픽 시스템 개발
PI (총괄책임자) : Dr. Joon Young Kwak (KIST)
Mar 2021: Dr. Kwak hosted Prof. Gunuk Wang from Korea University through the KIST Visiting Scholar Program. Welcome to KwakLab!
Feb 2021: Eunpyo Park and Minkyung Kim received M.S. degree. Minkyung Kim joined Samsung Electronics. Congrats!
2020
Dec 2020: Seung Jun Hwang finished internship. Now at SK Hynix. Congrats!
Sep 2020: Seung Jun Hwang joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
Sep 2020: Gichang Noh joined our group as a graduate student.
Aug 2020: Taehun Rim and Seungjae Uhm finished internship. Now at LG Display. Congrats!
Aug 2020: Taehyun Kim joined our group as a graduate student.
Jun 2020: Sungji Lee and Dayun Jung finished internship. All the best for your future endeavors!
Apr 2020: Seungjae Uhm joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
Mar 2020: Sungji Lee, Dayun Jung, and Taehun Rim joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
Feb 2020: Hyunho Yoo finished internship. Now at SKKU.
Jan 2020: Suyeong Kim finished internship. Now at Samsung Electronics. Congratulations!
Jan 2020: Hyunho Yoo joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
2019
Dec 2019: Won third prize in the end-of-year performance presentations of all main projects in KIST!
May 2019: Won a grant for KIST-KAIST Joint Research Lab project!
Funding : $200,000/year for 3 years (2019~2021)
Co-PI (공동책임자) : Dr. Joon Young Kwak (KIST) and Prof. Kibum Kang (KAIST)
Mar 2019: Suyeong Kim joined our group as an undergraduate intern.
Mar 2019: Eunpyo Park and Minkyung Kim joined our group as graduate students.
Jan 2019: Jimyung Song finished internship. Now at KEPCO KPS. All the best for your future endeavors!
2018
Dec 2018: Hyunmuk Ryu joined LG Display and Jung Hyo Park joined Magnachip. Congratulations!
Nov 2018: The first-ever KIST neuromorphic chip is out! Our work is introduced in various news media/articles.
Sep 2018: Jung Hyo Park, Hyunmuk Ryu, and Jimyung Song joined our group as undergraduate interns.