Bio

I am an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and the Computer Sciences department (by courtesy) at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, I was a Research Assistant Professor at Information and Electronics Research Institute of KAIST, working with Prof. Changho Suh. Before that, I was a postdoctoral scholar at the same institute. I received my PhD in May 2016 from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at UC Berkeley and my Master of Science degree from the same department in December 2012, both under the supervision of Prof. Kannan Ramchandran. I was a member of Berkeley Laboratory of Information and System Sciences (BLISS, aka Wireless Foundation) and BASiCS Group. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in May 2010.

Research Interests

machine learning, deep learning, information theory and coding

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of California, Berkeley, 2010.08 - 2016.5
Major : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisor : Prof. Kannan Ramchandran
Thesis : Speeding up distributed storage and computing systems using codes

Master of Science (MS), University of California, Berkeley, 2010.08 - 2012.12
Major : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Advisor : Prof. Kannan Ramchandran
Thesis : An Optimized Distributed Video-on-Demand Streaming System: Theory and Design

The Joint Communications Society/Information Theory Society Paper Award, 2020, IEEE
The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2016, http://gsi.berkeley.edu/programs-services/award-programs/ogsi/ogsi-2016/
Best Paper Award Finalist, 2013, IEEE MASCOTS 2013
KFAS Fellowship, 2010 - 2015, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS)
(Presidential Award) Korea Talent Award (대한민국 인재상), 2009, Korea Foundation for Advancement of Science & Creativity (KOFAC)