Prime Minister’s Commendation for Contributions to National Informatization (April 2000); KRNET 2007 Internet Technology Award (July 2007).
Research Experience
Senior Researcher at Hewlett-Packard (Apr. 1988 – Oct. 1997); Associate Professor at School of Computing, KAIST (Dec. 1997 – Aug. 2003); Professor at School of Computing, KAIST (Sep. 2003 – Present); Dean, Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST (Apr. 2011 – Apr. 2016); Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science, KAIST (Feb. 2012 – Feb. 2015); ICT Endowed Chair Professor, KAIST (Mar. 2019 – Present); Dean, College of Engineering, KAIST (Mar. 2021 – Feb. 2023); Vice President for Academic Affairs, KAIST (Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2024).
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science from KAIST (1987); M.S. in Computer Science from KAIST (1984); B.S. in Computer Engineering from Seoul National University (1982).
Background
KEPCO Professor at KAIST, with research interests in Intelligent Edge Computing, Distributed Computing, Urban Computing, and Social Computing.
Miscellany
In the last five years, he has held several public service positions, including Chairperson of the Internet Address Policy Committee at the Ministry of Science and ICT, Member of the Regulatory Reform Committee (Convergence IT Division) at the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and Member of the Information and Communication Expert Committee at the Korea Industry Security Association.