PROFESSOR

김화정 (Hwajung Kim)

E-mail: hwajung.kim at seoultech dot ac dot kr

Phone: +82-2-970-6878

Office: 창학관 307호 (Changhak Hall 307)

Other Resources: More Information at Google Scholar and DBLP 

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Feb. 2023

  • • Dissertation: Optimizing Components for Data Durability on Different Software Layers

    • Advisor: Prof. Heon Young Yeom

• M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Feb. 2018

  • • Dissertation: Simulating Object Placement in Heterogeneous Memory System using Context-Aware Object Profiling Information

    • Advisor: Prof. Heon Young Yeom

• B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Aug. 2006

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor (Aug. 2023 ~ current)

  • • Dept. of ICT Convergence Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech)

• Postdoctoral Researcher (Mar. 2023 ~ Jul. 2023)

  • • Institute of Computer Technology, Seoul National University

• Senior Engineer (Jul. 2006 ~ Feb. 2018)

  • • Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics

    • For Master's degree, I received FULL financial support from the company (including tuition & salary)

Awards

• Excellence Award for Young Scientists, Korea Federation of Women's Science & Technology Associations (Nov. 2023)

  • 2023년 제 14회 미래인재상, 한국여성과학기술단체총연합회 Link

Other Activities

• (2025) 정보과학회 학회지 편집위원회 (고성능컴퓨팅 분야) Link

• Reviewer, ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (2026)

• Reviewer, Journal of King Saud University Computer and Information Sciences (2026)

• Reviewer, The Journal of Supercomputing (2023, 2024, 2025)

• Reviewer, Cluster Computing (2025)

• Reviewer, Scientific Reports (2024)