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Sunghyun Choi is a tenured professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) since April 2026. His research focuses on AI-native network architectures, autonomous network operations, and next-generation wireless and mobile systems.

Prior to joining KAIST, he was Corporate Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics, where he led the Advanced R&D Team at Samsung Networks and spearheaded the development of Samsung CognitiV NOS, an AI-powered, cloud-native platform for network automation across planning, deployment, operation, and optimization. He also served as Head of the Advanced Communications Research Center at Samsung Research, leading research and standardization in 6G, 5G Advanced, and IoT connectivity.

Previously, he was a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) from 2002 to 2019, where he also served as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering. He began his career at Philips Research USA as a Senior Member of Research Staff. He was also a visiting associate professor at Stanford University from 2009 to 2010.

He received his B.S. (summa cum laude) and M.S. degrees from KAIST in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1999. He has co-authored over 270 technical papers, with an h-index of 68, and holds over 200 patents. He is an IEEE Fellow.

Experiences

Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) since Apr. 2026
Executive Vice President and Head of Advanced R&D Team, Samsung Networks, Samsung Electronics from July 2023 to Dec. 2025
Executive Vice President and Head of Advanced Communications Research Center, Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics from Dec. 2021 to Feb. 2024
Senior Vice President and Head of Advanced Communications Research Center, Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics from Sept. 2019 to Dec. 2021
Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Engineering, Seoul National University from Sept. 2017 to Aug. 2019
Vice Chair of Research Affairs, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University from Sept. 2016 to Aug. 2017
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University from Sept. 2011 to Aug. 2019
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University from Oct. 2006 to Aug. 2011
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University from June 2009 to June 2010
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University from Sept. 2002 to Sept. 2006
Project Leader, a 6 men-year project on IEEE 802.11 WLAN in Philips Research USA from Aug. 2000 to Aug. 2002
Senior Member Research Staff, Philips Research USA from Sept. 1999 to Aug. 2002

Education

Ph.D. from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in Sept. 1999
M.S. from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Feb. 1994
B.S. from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Feb. 1992
Top Executive Course in the Samsung Leadership Program (SLP), Samsung University, Oct. 2023

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