Principle investigator

Education

(2019) Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea 

(2013) M.S. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea 

(2011) B.S. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea 

Professional Experience

(03/2021 – Present) Assistant Professor, School of ICT, Robotics and Mechanical Engineering, HKNU, Anseong, South Korea 

(12/2019 – 02/2021) Senior Researcher, Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Daejeon, Korea 

(09/2019 – 12/2019) Post-doctoral Researcher, Information & Electronics Research Institute, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea 

(10/2014 – 02/2015) Research Scientist, Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea 

Honors and Awards

(10/2023) Student Excellence Paper Award (Co-recipient as a research advisor), The 54th Symposium of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE2023–Fall)

(05/2023) Student Excellence Paper Award (Co-recipient as a research advisor), The 53rd Symposium of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE2023–Spring)

(10/2022) Student Excellence Paper Award (Co-recipient as a research advisor), The 52nd Symposium of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE2022–Fall)

(05/2022) Student Excellence Paper Award (Co-recipient as a research advisor), The 51st Symposium of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE2022–Spring)

(11/2019) Outstanding Paper Award, 2019 Symposium of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS2019–Summer) 

(09/2017 – 08/2018) Fellowship, Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTRec) 

(04/2018) Annual Excellence Award, 2017 Research Performance Evaluation in School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST 

(02/2018) Bronze Prize, The 24th Samsung Humantech Paper Award

(01/2018) Outstanding Paper Award, 2017 Symposium of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS2017–Fall) 

Academic Activities

Membership

• Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Member of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS)

• Member of Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE)

• Member of Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE)

Society Service

○ 한국통신학회(KICS)

• • 이사: 하계3(2022), 지능3(2024)

  • 집행이사: 50주년기획(2023 – 2024)

○ 대한전자공학회(IEIE)

• • 협동이사: 국문논문(2023)

○ 한국정보통신학회(KIICE)

• • 이사: 국문지(2022 – 2024)

Editorial Board

• Associate Editor, Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (2022 – 2024)

Technical Program Committee (TPC)

• IEEE CCNC 2025 (Millimeter-wave, Terahertz and Optical Communications and Networking)

• IEEE VTC2024–Spring (Spectrum Management, Green Communications, Services and Security; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications, Vehicular Networks, and Telematics)  [Link1], [Link2]

• IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 (Selected Areas in Communications: Machine Learning for Communications)

• IEEE SECON 2023 (Workshop on Semantic Communication for 6G)   [Link1], [Link2]

• ITC-CSCC 2023 (Communications)   [Link]

Conference Session Chair

• ICEIC2024 (System and Control 2)

• KICS2023-Fall (5G/6G I)

• KIICE2023-Fall (ICT Convergence Technology, Mobile Communication and Optical Application System)

• ICTC 2023 (Wireless 4)

• ITC-CSCC 2023 (Communications 2, 4, 5)

• KICS2022–Summer (Wireless Communications II)

• KIICE2022–Spring (Wireless Communications and Signal Processing; Data Communications and Network)

• KICS2022–Winter (Metaverse-based Poster Session)

• ICEIC 2022 (Signal Processing II)

Journal Reviewer

• IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

• IEEE Transactions on Communications

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

• IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

• IEEE Systems Journal

• IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

• IEEE Access

• IEEE Signal Processing Letters

• Elsevier ICT Express

• ETRI Journal

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering

Conference Reviewer

• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)

• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

• IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)

• IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS)

• IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB)

Lectures

On-Going

     ○ Graduate Courses

• (Spring 2024) Special Topic of Machine Learning

• (Fall 2023) Advanced Linear Algebra

• (Fall 2023) Advanced Mobile Robot

     ○ Undergraduate Courses

• (Spring 2021 – 2024) Digital Engineering 

• (Spring 2022 – 2024) Engineering Mathematics 

• (Spring 2023 – 2024) C Programming

• (Spring 2021 – 2023) Optimization Theory 

• (Spring 2022 – 2024) ICT, Robot, Machine-Converged Capstone Design

• (Fall 2021 – 2024) Elementary Design of Engineering

• (Fall 2022 – 2024) Linear Algebra 

• (Fall 2024) Algorithm and Data Structure

• (Fall 2021 – 2024) Creative Convergence Capstone Design

Past

○ Undergraduate Courses

• (Spring 2021) C++ Programming

• (Spring 2021) Electronic Circuit Design

• (Spring 2022) Electromagnetics

• (Fall 2021 – 2023) C Algorithm & Application 

• (Fall 2021) Robot System