Research Interests

• • Wireless communications

  • Semantic communications

  • Distributed learning

  • Grant-free NOMA

Education

Ph.D. (2023.02~2026.02)

• • Department of Electrical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea

  • Advisor: Prof. Yo-Seb Jeon

  • Thesis: Towards Optimal Semantic Communications: Reconsidering the Role of Semantic Feature Channels

M.S. (2021.02~2023.02)

• • Department of Electrical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea

  • Advisor: Prof. Yo-Seb Jeon

  • Thesis: Communication-efficient federated learning via quantized compressed sensing

B.S. (2015.03~2021.02)

• • Department of Electronics Engineering at Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea 

  • Summa Cum Laude

Experience

Visiting Researcher (2024.01~2024.02)

• • Deakin University, Australia

  • Host: Prof. Jihong Park

Undergraduate Internship (2020.05~2021.02)

• • Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea 

  • Advisor: Prof. Wonjae Shin

Honors and Awards

Excellence Award (2026)

• • at the 5th POSTECH-EE Excellent Research Performance Contest

Best Doctoral Dissertation Award (2026)

• • from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Bronze Prize (2026)

• • at the SAMSUNG Humantech Paper Awards

  • KRW 5,000,000 (≈ USD 3,500)

POSTECHIAN Fellowship (2025)

• • from the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

  • KRW 6,000,000 (≈ USD 4,100)

Research Subsidies for Ph.D. Candidates (2024)

• • from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

  • KRW 25,000,000 (≈ USD 18,000)

Best Paper Award (2023)

• • at the Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Academic Summer Conference 2023

Best Master's Thesis Award (2023)

• • from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Excellence Award (2023)

• • at the 2nd POSTECH-EE Excellent Research Performance Contest

Best Paper Award (2022)

• • at the Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Academic Summer Conference 2022

Undergraduate Student Best Paper Award (2020)

• • at the Korea Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Academic Summer Conference 2020

Professional Services

Conference Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member

• • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2026

Journal Reviewer

• • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC)

  • IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM)

  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS)

  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)

  • IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (IoTM)

  • IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking (TMLCN)

  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TNET)

  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL)

  • Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN)

  • and others

Conference Reviewer

• • IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)