Speaker Bio
Dr. Joongheon Kim has been with Korea University, Seoul, Korea, since 2019, where he is currently an associate professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and an adjunct professor at the Department of Communications Engineering and Department of Semiconductor Engineering. He has also been a director for the Net-Zero CAFE (Connectivity and Autonomy for Future Ecosystem) Research Center, sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), since 2024. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science and engineering from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, in 2004 and 2006; and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2014. Before joining Korea University, he was a research engineer with LG Electronics (Seoul, Korea, 2006--2009), a systems engineer with Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA, USA, 2013--2016), and an assistant professor with Chung-Ang University (Seoul, Korea, 2016--2019).
He serves as editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Internet of Things Journal. He was a recipient of Annenberg Graduate Fellowship with his Ph.D. admission from USC (2009), IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award (2020), IEEE ComSoc Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC) Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2020), and IEEE ComSoc MMTC Best Journal Paper Award (2021).