Professor

Biography

Jungrae Kim is an assistant professor of Semiconductor Systems Engineering Department in College of Information and Communication Engineering at SKKU (SungKyunKwan University). His research topics are diverse key aspects of computer architecture, including Artificial Intelligence, Cloud/IoT Computing, Neural Processing Unit, Memory sub-system, Distributed Hardware System, Reconfigurable computing, and Reliable computing.

Prior to SKKU, he was a tech lead at Microsoft architecting Azure's next-generation datacenter networking accelerator (SmartNIC project). Before that, he was a senior engineer at Samsung Electronics, designing memory sub-system of cutting-edge application processors for Apple (up to iPhone4) and Samsung (Galaxy series). He distinguished himself to become the youngest Core-Personnel (핵심인재) and receive a Ph.D sponsorship (핵외학술연수) from the company.

Prof. Kim graduated from Seoul Science High School for gifted students in 1997. He received B.S., and M.S in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Seoul National University in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He earned a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2016.

Education

  • Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec 2016 (Advisor: Professor Mattan Erez)
    • Dissertation: "Strong, thorough, and efficient memory protection against existing and emerging DRAM errors"
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University, Aug 2003 (Advisor: Professor Soo-Mook Moon)
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Feb 2001
  • Seoul Science High School for gifted students, Feb 1997

Industry Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead, Microsoft Azure, Nov/2016 - Feb/2020
  • Senior Engineer, Samsung Electronics System LSI Division, Aug/2003 - Jul/2016

Honors

  • Best Paper Award, HPCA 2015 (one of the top conferences in computer architecture)
  • Best Paper Award, SELSE 2017
  • Full Financial Sponsorship (해외학술연수) from Samsung Electronics, 2011-2016
  • Core Personnel (핵심인재) from Samsung Electronics, 2007-2011

Office

  • Phone: (+82) 31-299-4398
  • Address:
    • 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-Gu, Suwon, Gyenonggi-Do, 16419, Korea
    • #400514, Semiconductor Building
    • (16419) 경기도 수원시 장안구 서부로 2066, 반도체관 400514호

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