I am a reseach engineer at Hyundai Motor Company, focusing on vehicle security and digital key systems. I finished my combined Undergraduate-Masters program at the Won Research Group at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). My current research interests include low-power embedded systems, computer architecture, and integrated circuits for sensing applications, with a focus on edge inferencing in sensor systems and beyond-CMOS sensor and neuromorphic semiconductor integration. I believe that bringing advanced algorithms to the edge can enhance sensor systems to aid people, save lives and drive innovation across various contexts, such as (1) wearable biomedical monitoring and (2) computing in space applications.
Theories and progress related to my research are recorded in my tech blog and my Github.
Education
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
- Advisor : Prof. Sang Min Won
- Mar 2023 - Feb 2025
- B.S., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
- Sep 2019 - Feb 2023
- B.S., Bio-Mechatronic Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
- Mar 2015 - Feb 2023
Experience
- Research Engineer, Hyundai Motor Company (Jan 2025 - Current)
- Collaboration with Waymo/Google for digital key systems working with self-driving systems
- Research Assistant, SKKU Won Research Group (Dec 2020 - Feb 2025)
- Sensor systems, neuromorphic systems, near-sensor computing, quantization
- Visiting Researcher, University of Pennsylvania (Jul 2023)
- Research collaboration (Advisor: Prof. Mark G. Allen)
- Intern(Long Term Training Program), Samsung Electronics S.LSI (Aug 2020 - Dec 2020)
- Image sensors, image signal processing, software framework, enterprise design patterns
- Intern, Fromnull Software (Apr 2018 - Nov 2018)
- Embedded software, application software
- Sergeant, Republic of Korea Army(ROKA) - U.S. Joint Forces (Jul 2016 - Apr 2018)
- Military interpreter, SIGINT @ USAG Humphreys
Awards & Honors
- Hyundai Motors Research Fellowship
- Grantor: Hyundai Motor Company, June 2024
- Best On-Site Conference Poster Presentation
- Grantor: Korean Conference on Semiconductors (KCS), April 2023
- Surim Foundation Award: Talent in Engineering Division
- Grantor: Surim Foundation, Dec 2022
- Headquarters Invitation and Technology Presentation at Qualcomm
- Grantor: Christiano Amon, Qualcomm Inc, San Diego, CA, USA, Jul 2022
- 2021 ICT Colloquium - Research Award
- Grantor: Minister, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea, Nov 2021
- Capstone Project Award
- Grantor: Sungkyunkwan University, Jun 2021
- SKKU President’s List
- Grantor: President, Sungkyunkwan University, Dec 2020
- Design Award, Smart Car Design Competition
- Grantor: Sungkyunkwan University, Aug 2020
- Academic Scholarship
- Grantor: Sungkyunkwan University, Jun 2020, Dec 2020
- Creativity-Success Scholarship
- Grantor: Sungkyunkwan University, Dec 2019