MK

Minsung Kim

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, where I work with Prof. Kyle Jamieson at the Princeton Advanced Wireless Systems (PAWS) Research Group.

I study quantum and emerging computing systems for next-generation wireless networks (Quantum x Wireless). My dissertation research has been supported by Princeton University Graduate School & SEAS, NSF QENeTs Project, NASA ARC & USRA RIACS, D-Wave Systems, InterDigital, and Qualcomm.

I am a recipient of the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (North America), the Princeton SEAS Award for Excellence, and the Siebel Scholars Award (Class of 2024 Siebel Scholar).

Curriculum Vitae (CV) | minsungk@cs.princeton.edu | Princeton, NJ

education

Princeton University, NJ

M.A. & Ph.D. in Computer Science

Advisor: Prof. Kyle Jamieson

Dissertation: "Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Computation for Wireless Networks" (In progress)
FPO Committee: Prof. Kyle Jamieson, Prof. Jennifer Rexford, Prof. Yasaman Ghasempour,
Prof. Ravi Netravali, Prof. Lin Zhong (Yale), Dr. Davide Venturelli (NASA/USRA RIACS)

2017 - 2023 (expected)

Korea University, Seoul

B.E. in Electrical Engineering with Great Honor

Advisor: Prof. Sangheon Pack

2016

Stanford University, CA

Visiting Student, Electrical Engineering

2016

Professional experience

Meta, PhD Software Engineer Intern (Summer. 2022), Systems and Infrastructure, Menlo Park, CA

InterDigital Communications, PhD Research Intern (Summer. 2021), R&I Department, Conshohocken, PA

Advisor: John Kaewell, Senior Principal - Advisor to CTO

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, CA

Advisor: Dr. Davide Venturelli, Research Scientist & USRA RIACS Quantum Associate Director

Affiliated Researcher (2018 - 2021), NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL)
PhD Research Intern (Summer. 2020), NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL)
PhD Research Intern (Summer. 2019), NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL)
Visiting Scholar (Summer. 2018), Universities Space Research Association (USRA)

publications

(+: co-primary author)

M. Kim, and K. Jamieson, "Finer-Grained Decomposition for Parallel Quantum MIMO Processing" in IEEE ICASSP 2023, 5 pages, Special Session on Quantum Computing for Machine Learning and Signal Processing (Invited Paper).

[short paper, talk]

M. Kim, D. Venturelli, J. Kaewell, and K. Jamieson, “Warm-Started Quantum Sphere Decoding via Reverse Annealing for Massive IoT Connectivity," In ACM MobiCom 2022, 14 pages, acceptance rate: 17.8% (56/314).

[paper, talk]

M. Kim+, S. Kasi+, A. Lott, D. Venturelli, J. Kaewell, and K. Jamieson, “Heuristic Quantum Optimization for 6G Wireless Communications," In IEEE Network, 35(4) July/August 2021, 8 pages, IF: 10.693, (1 of 3 Invited Papers in 2021).

[paper]

M. Kim, S. Mandra, D. Venturelli, and K. Jamieson, “Physics-Inspired Heuristics for Soft MIMO Detection in 5G New Radio and Beyond," In ACM MobiCom 2021, 14 pages, acceptance rate: 16.8% (19/113, summer deadline).

[paper, teaser, talk]

M. Kim, D. Venturelli, and K. Jamieson, “Towards Hybrid Classical-Quantum Computation Structures in Wirelessly-Networked Systems," In ACM SIGCOMM HotNets 2020, 7 pages, acceptance rate: 24.8% (30/121).

[paper, talk]

M. Kim, D. Venturelli, and K. Jamieson, “Leveraging Quantum Annealing for Large MIMO Processing in Centralized Radio Access Networks," In ACM SIGCOMM 2019, 15 pages, acceptance rate: 14.5% (32/221).

[paper, talk]

honors and awards

Siebel Scholar (Class of 2024) $35,000 Award, Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation
Adiabatic Quantum Computing (AQC) Junior Scientist Award (2023), CQuIC & LANL
Andrew Kim Memorial Foundation Engineering Award (2023), Andrew Kim Memorial Foundation
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Award for Excellence (2022), Princeton University
Travel Grants: ACM SIGMOBILE Award, ACM SIGCOMM Award, Princeton Dean's Funding Award, Princeton SEAS Award
Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (2021) $100,000 Award for Innovative Research, Qualcomm
Princeton Honorific Fellow Nominee (2021 & 2022), Princeton University
Graduate Prize Scholarship (2021 & 2023), Korea University Alumni Association of New York
NASA NAMS Student Spotlight (2020), NASA Ames Research Center
Graduate School Ph.D. Fellowship (2017), Princeton University
Presidential Best Research Award (2016), Korea University
Qualcomm IT Tour (Class of 2015) Invited Small Conference with Executive Chairman (Dr. Paul Jacbos), Qualcomm,
Creative Challenger $2K Research Funding Scholarships (2016), Korea University
Merit-Based Undergraduate Scholarships & Academic High Honor Awards (all semesters)

talks

Conference Talks

IEEE ICASSP'23, Rhodes Island, Greece
"Finer-Grained Decomposition for Parallel Quantum MIMO Processing"
Northeast Regional Conference'23, Montclair, NJ
"Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Computation for Wireless Networks" (short)
ACM MobiCom'22, Sydney, Australia
"Warm-Started Quantum Sphere Decoding via Reverse Annealing for Massive IoT Connectivity"
ACM MobiCom'21, New Orleans, LA
"Physics-Inspired Heuristics for Soft MIMO Detection in 5G New Radio and Beyond"
ACM SIGCOMM HotNets'20, Chicago, IL, virtual
"Towards Hybrid Classical-Quantum Computation Structures in Wirelessly-Networked Systems"
NASA Symposium'20, NASA Ames Research Center, CA, virtual
"Quantum-Inspired Heuristics for Wireless Networks"
ACM SIGCOMM'19, Beijing, China
"Leveraging Quantum Annealing for Large MIMO Processing in Centralized Access Networks"
ICTC'16, Jeju, Korea
"Warning and Detection System for Epidemic Disease"

Invited Talks

Yonsei University (2023), Korea, virtual
"Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Computation for Wireless Networks", host: Prof. Chan-Byoung Chae
KAIST (2023), Daejeon, Korea
"Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Computation for Wireless Networks", host: Prof. Jeongseok Ha
International Network on Quantum Annealing (INQA) at UCL, UK (2023), virtual
"Warm-Started Quantum Sphere Decoding via Reverse Annealing for Massive IoT Connectivity", host: Prof. Daniel Lidar
Ajou University (2022), Suwon, Korea
"Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Computation for Wireless Networks", host: Prof. Wonjae Shin
KAIST (2022), Daejeon, Korea
"Quantum and Quantum-Inspired Computation for Wireless Networks", host: Prof. Sung-Ju Lee
Qualcomm (2021), CA, virtual
"QIF Summit: Quantum Computation for Wireless Networks", host: Qualcomm
Princeton University (2020), NJ, virtual
"Quantum Annealing for MIMO Processing", host: Princeton Quantum Science and Engineering Group
Pusan National University (2019), Pusan, Korea
"Quantum Computing and Wireless Systems", host: Prof. Wonjae Shin
Korea University (2016), Seoul, Korea
"CCP Winner: Smart Public Transportation", host: Korea University Center for Teaching and Learning

Special Lectures

Ajou University (2021), Suwon, Korea
"Wireless Communications and MIMO Techniques" at Mobile Communications (ECE 432)

service

Technical Program Committee

ACM SenSys'22 (Shadow)
ACM MobiCom S3'22

Artifact Evaluation Committee

ACM CoNEXT'23
ACM MobiCom'23

Reviewer

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
IEEE ICASSP
Springer Quantum Machine Intelligence
IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
IEEE Network
IEEE Transactions on Communications
Elsevier ICT Express

other experience

Undergraduate Internship, Department of Wireless Engineering, Korea Telecom (KT)

Best Project & Outstanding Intern Award

Winter. 2015

Intelligence Agent & Translator (Eng), Foreign Affairs Division, National Police

21-month Military Service (Sergeant at Rublic of Korea Army)

2012 - 2014