Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, The State University of New York, Korea
C411 119-2 Songdo Moonhwa-Ro, Yeonsu-Gu, Incheon, Korea 21985
T. +82-32-626-1221
E. yoonseok.yang@sunykorea.ac.kr
Lab. Brain-inspired Computing Lab
SUNY Korea: https://cs.sunykorea.ac.kr/cs/html/sub02/0201.html?mode=V&mng_no=8a844cf6cbd8854de9cfcf45517a3b6b
Stony Brook University: https://www.cs.stonybrook.edu/people/faculty/yoonyang
Bio
Prof. Yoon-Seok Yang is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at SUNY Korea. Previously, he worked as a Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) silicon and research engineer at Google in Sunnyvale, California. Before joining Google, he was a research scientist at the Neuromorphic Computing Lab at Intel Labs in Santa Clara, California, from 2012 to 2022, focusing on neuromorphic computing systems and AI chip design. Prof. Yang earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
Research interests
His research interests primarily focus on Neuromorphic Computing, which involves the development of innovative algorithms and architectures for deep learning and spiking neural networks inspired by the brain.
Interests include: Neuromorphic computing, neuromorphic computing algorithms and applications, neuromorphic vision systems using event-based vision sensors, accelerator design for Artificial Intelligence (AI), multiprocessor architecture, machine learning-based image and signal processing, and cryptography for security.
Teaching
CSE 320 System Fundamentals II (Fall'23, Spring'24, Fall'25)
CSE 327 Computer Vision (Spring'25)
CSE 416 Software Engineering (Spring'23, Fall'24, Spring'25, Fall'25)
CSE 511 Brain and Memory Modeling (Fall'24)
Experience
SUNY Korea, Mar. 2023 - Current
Assistant Professor @ Dept. of Computer Science,
Google, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, Jan. 2022 – Mar. 2023
Silicon and Research Engineer @ Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) group, Google Cloud
Designed and validated cloud TPUs (Google’s AI chips)
Intel Labs, Santa Clara, CA, USA, Nov. 2011 – Jan. 2022
Research Scientist @ Neuromorphic Computing Lab, Intel Labs
Conducted research on neuromorphic computing for Intel neuromorphic chips (Loihi and Loihi2)
Developed a neuromorphic event-based vision system including dynamic vision sensors and Loihi neuromorphic chip for robot control, human gesture recognition, and autonomous driving systems
Developed FPGA-based emulation systems for the validation of Loihi and Loihi2
This extremely energy-efficient chip, which uses the data to learn and make inferences, gets smarter over time and does not need to be trained in the traditional way.
LG DTV Lab, South Korea, Feb. 2000 – June 2005
Senior Research Engineer @ LG DTV laboratory
Researched and developed the world first DMB SoC and Phone
Developed transport de-multiplexers, video decoders, video display processors for DTV SoCs
Researched security blocks and Conditional Access System (CAS) used in LG DTVs
Education
Texas A&M University, College-Station, TX, USA, Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2012
Ph.D. @ Computer Engineering
Area of Study: Energy efficient and high performance system-on-chip design
University of California, Irvine, CA, Sep. 2005 – Mar, 2008
MS @ Computer Engineering
Area of Study: Processing element design for multi-core systems
Hanyang University, South Korea, Mar. 1992 - Feb. 2000
BS and MS @ Control Engineering
Area of Study: Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design for video decoder
Publications and Patents
Awards
ETR (Emerging Technology Research) Division Recognition Award (Loihi 2), Intel Labs, 2021
ADR (Architecture & Design Research) Division Recognition Award (Loihi), Intel Labs, 2018
The 3rd Gordon E. Moore Awards at Intel Labs for Outstanding Research Achievement (Soft Graphics IP), Intel Labs, 2015
ADR (Architecture & Design Research) Division Recognition Award (SoC), Intel Labs, 2014
SII Department Award, Intel, April 2013
IAG (Intel Architecture Group) SII Division Recognition Award, Intel, 2013
R&D TDR (Tear Down & Redesign) Grand Prize, LG, 2005
TL2005 (Technology Leadership 2005) Gold Award, LG, 2003
Outstanding Research Engineer Award, LG, 2001
Superior Idea Award, LG, 2001