New Technology Global Frontier, GIST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

School of
Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science

http://eecs.gist.ac.kr/eng
Contact
Tel: +82-62-715-2202, 2203

The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Gwangju Institute of Science research activities and to contribute to practical uses and the dissemination of the technologies. All
and Technology (GIST) is continuously striving to produce the world’s most talented researchers faculty members and students of the School are committed to nurturing science and technology
and technologists who will embrace and transform the world of tomorrow by focusing on the de- leaders who will lead the future of the nation within the academic and industrial sectors.
velopment of innovative technologies. With these objectives, the School is playing a key role in
leading various research fields across a diverse spectrum of devices, systems, and software: from
AI and robotics, big data and cloud computing, biomedical informatics, circuits and systems, IoT Within the School’s organization, research groups with three to seven professors are organized to
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and cyber security, energy systems and sensors, photonics and nanotechnology, and signal and
information systems. These technologies include key parts of electric, electronic, and computers to
lead the global economic market of the future and to create new technologies with massive social
and economic impact.
To meet the needs of the future where AI, AR gaming, drone and IoT are emerging as new buzz-
words, the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is focusing on the field of elec-
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the field of computing that includes computation and algorithms. With a shared vision and objec-
tives, students and researchers in the graduate courses and doctoral programs who have diverse
backgrounds and degrees (electric, electronic, computation, computer, information, telecommuni-
cation, control and measurement, mechanic, physics, chemical, math, statistics, and industrial engi-
neering) gather to study and develop core technologies to drive the future in creative and cooperative
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perform group research in eight different areas. This is to enhance efficiency and competitiveness
of research while responding faster to new emerging academic areas based on convergence with
relevant academic disciplines. As part of these efforts, the school is hosting diverse research groups,
including BK21 Plus Program, Amano Center for Advanced LEDs, Gwangju Senior technology com-
plex, Photonics Research Facility Center, Photonics Research Facility Center, Center for Photon
Information Processing, Gwangju Digital consumer Electronics Center, Massively Distributed Sensor
Network Center, Intelligent Sensors Research Center, Super Computing Center, Realistic Broadcast-
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ing Research Center, Center for Integrated Access Systems, Electronic Warfare Research Center,
Smart Software Research Center, Center for Hybrid Optical Access Network, and Center for Optimal
Dementia Care Technology Research to take the lead in global research and commercialization of
technologies with active cooperation between industry and academia.
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Major Research Areas

- Human media communication & processing
- Multimedia Signal Processing Name Education E-mail Phone
- Visual Communications Moongu Jeon Univ. of Minnesota
mgjeon@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2406
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Scientific Computation)
- Integrated Circuits and Systems - Computational Systems Biology
- Analog And Mixed-signal Integrated Signal and - Data Mining &
Information Young-Dahl Jho Seoul National Univ.
Circuit Design Computational Biology jho@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2230
(Associate Professor) (Ph.D. in Physics)
- Semiconductor Device Simulation
Systems - BioComputing
- High Speed Integrated Circuit Sung Chan Jun Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech.
scjun@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2216
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics)
Circuits and Biomedical
Systems Informatics Hong-Kook Kim Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech.
hongkook@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2228
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng.)
School of
Energy Electrical Big Data Jong Won Kim Seoul National Univ.
Systems and Engineering and and Cloud jongwon@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2219
- Data Science (Professor) (Ph.D. in Control & Instrumentation Eng.)
Sensors Computer Computing
Science - Data Analytics
- Cloud Computing Kiseon Kim Univ. of Southern California
kskim@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2207
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng.)
- Microwave-optoelectronic IoT and Photonics and
Integrated Devices Cybersecurity Nanotechnology Byung-geun Lee University of Texas at Austin
and System - Solid-Stated Lighting bglee@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-3231
(Associate Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Applied Optics
- Optical Nano-Technology Byeongha Lee Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
AI and - Heat-smart Optoelectronics & (Professor) (Ph.D. in Physics, Optics)
leebh@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2234
Robotics Phonon Engineering
- Networked Computing Systems - Specialty Optical Heung-No Lee University of California, Los Angeles
heungno@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2237
- Wired & Wireless Communication Systems Fibers Technologies (Professor) (Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering)
- Communication & Information Science - Photon Information Processing
- INFOrmation sensing, processing, controlling, and - Flexible OptoElectronics Dong-Seon Lee University of Cincinnati
dslee66@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2248
(Professor) (Ph.D. - Electrical & Computer Eng. / Computer Science)
NETworking - Computer Vision - Integrated Nanophotonics
- Communications and Sensor Networks - Programming Systems Hyunju Lee Univ. of Southern California
- Wireless Networking and Security hyunjulee@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2213
- Machine Learning and Vision (Professor) (Ph.D. in Computer Science)
- Communications and Computing - Meta-Evolutionary Machine Intelligence
Minjae Lee Univ. of California, Los Angeles
minjae@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2205

Faculty
(Associate Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering)

Hyuk Lim Seoul National Univ.

hlim@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2229
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng. & Computer Science)
Name Education E-mail Phone
Hojung Nam Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech
Gwangju Institute of Science and hjnam@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2641
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Chang Wook Ahn (Assistant Professor) (Ph.D. in Bio and Brain Eng.)
Technology (GIST) cwan@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2661
[Professor]
[Ph.D. in Information & Communication Eng.]
Chang-Soo Park Texas A&M Univ.
csp@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2218
Jinho Choi Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech (Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng.)
jchoi0114@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2260
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng.),
Tae Joon Seok UC Berkeley
Youngjoo Chung Princeton Univ. tjseok@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2659
[Assistant Professor] [Ph.D. in Electrical Eng. & Computer Sciences]
ychung@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2214
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Plasma Physics)
Jong-In Song Columbia Univ.
Byoung Seung Ham Wayne State University jisong@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2208
bham@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2642 (Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng.)
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Eletrical and Computer Eng.)

12 Won-Taek Han
(Professor)
Case Western Reserve Univ.
(Ph.D. in Materials Science (Glass))
wthan@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2215 Young Min Song
Gwangju Institute of Science and
Technology (GIST) ymsong@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2655
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[Assistant Professor]
[Ph.D. in Information & Mechatronics]
Yo-Sung Ho Univ. of California at Santa Barbara
hoyo@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2211
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Eng.) Jong Won Shin Seoul National University
jwshin@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2235
(Associate Professor) (Ph. D. in EECS)
Sung-Min Hong Seoul National University
smhong@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2640
(Assistant Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Eng. & Computer Sci.)
Nam Yul Yu University of Waterloo
nyyu@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-3716
Jae-Hyung Jang Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Associate Professor) (Ph. D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering)
jjang@gist.ac.kr +82-62-715-2209
(Professor) (Ph.D. in Electrical Computer Eng.)
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Labs, Centers
Meta-Evolutionary Machine Intelligence(MEMI) Laboratory
Chang Wook Ahn, Ph.D. https://sites.google.com/view/gist-memi/home
Communications and Computing Laboratory (CCL)
Jinho Choi, Ph.D. http://ccl.gist.ac.kr
Optical Nano-Technology Laboratory (ONTL)
Youngjoo Chung, Ph.D. http://ontl.gist.ac.kr/
Photon Info. Processing Laboratory
Byoung Seung Ham, Ph.D. http://pip.gist.ac.kr
Specialty Optical Fibers Technologies Laboratory (SOFT Lab.)
Won-Taek Han, Ph.D. http://soft.gist.ac.kr
Visual Communications Laboratory (VCLab)
Yo-Sung Ho, Ph.D. http://vclab.gist.ac.kr
Semiconductor Device Simulation Laboratory
Sung-Min Hong, Ph.D. https://sites.google.com/view/gist-sdsl/
Microwave-optoelectronic Integrated Devices And Systems (MIDAS)
Group
Jae-Hyung Jang, Ph.D. http://midas.gist.ac.kr
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Machine Learning & Vision Laboratory
Moongu Jeon, Ph.D. https://sites.google.com/view/mlv
Heat-smart Optoelectronics & Phonon Engineering
Young-Dahl Jho, Ph.D. http://hope.gist.ac.kr/
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BioComputing Laboratory
Sung Chan Jun, Ph.D. https://biocomput.gist.ac.kr/
Human Media Communication & Processing
Hong-kook Kim, Ph.D. http://aiter.gist.ac.kr
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Labs, Centers
Networked Computing Systems Laboratory
JongWon Kim, Ph.D. http://nm.gist.ac.kr
Communications and Sensor Networks Laboratory (CSNL)
Kiseon Kim, Ph.D. http://comlab.gist.ac.kr/
Analog & Mixed-signal Integrated Circuits Design Laboratory
Byung-Geun Lee, Ph.D. http://analog.gist.ac.kr
Applied Optics Laboratory
Byeong Ha Lee, Ph.D. http://aolab.gist.ac.kr
INFOrmation sensing, processing, controlling, and NETworking Laboratory
Heung-No Lee, Ph.D. http://infonet.gist.ac.kr
Solid-State Lighting Lab (SSLL)
Dong-Seon Lee, Ph.D. http://ssll.gist.ac.kr/
Data Mining and Computational Biology Laboratory
Hyunju Lee, Ph.D. http://combio.gist.ac.kr
Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab
Minjae Lee, Ph.D. https://sites.google.com/view/icsl/icsl
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Wireless Networking and Security Laboratory
Hyuk Lim, Ph.D. http://wits.gist.ac.kr
Computational Systems Biology Laboratory
Hojung Nam, Ph.D. http://www.csblgist.net/
Wired and Wireless Communication Systems Laboratory
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Chang-Soo Park, Ph.D. http://www-ocl.gist.ac.kr
Integrated Nanophotonics Laboratory
Tae Joon Seok, Ph.D. https://sites.google.com/view/inpl
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Labs, Centers

High Speed Integrated Circuits Laboratory

Jong-In Song, Ph.D. http://speed.gist.ac.kr

Flexible OptoElectronics Laboratory

Young Min Song, Ph.D. https://www.gist-foel.net/

Multimedia Signal Processing Laboratory (MSPL)

Jong Won Shin, Ph.D. http://mspl.gist.ac.kr/

Communication and Information Science Laboratory (CISL)

Nam Yul Yu, Ph.D. https://sites.google.com/site/informationsciencelab/
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Student Interviews
Name: Olanrewaju Richard Afolabi
Nationality: Nigeria
Program: Ph. D.
Why did you decide to choose GIST?
Having recognized that graduate studies provide tre-
mendous opportunities for future career prospects,
I did extensive research for my choice of school and
country and realized that Korea ranks first in the
world in the field of IT & mobile communications. So,
studying in Korea would permit me to experience the
world’s most dynamic research technology and pro-
vide me with good opportunities for success in my
future career. Although I was accepted by two schools
in Korea, I chose GIST because it offered more funding
and had cheaper and more comfortable accommoda-
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tions plus travel reimbursement.
What is the best thing about GIST?
GIST is absolutely unique and growing rapidly. Re-
cently, GIST has been highly rated as being among
the world’s top 15 in citations-per-faculty since 2009
and every year after that by QS World University Rank-
ing. The students are studious and genuinely willing
to help whenever they can. The bonding among stu-
dents in each lab is inspiring. The faculty (professors)
18 are highly accomplished in their respective fields and
some of them treat international students like their
children. For instance, I would not hesitate to pick my
advisor as my mentor in Korea because of his fatherly
disposition and exemplary feats. Moreover, the labs
are well-equipped, and the campus gets more beau-
tiful every day.
What are your future career plans after graduating
from GIST?
My focus right now is on completing my Ph.D. as soon
as possible at GIST. Armed with the knowledge that a
Ph.D. degree opens tremendous doors of opportuni-
ties in my field, both at home and abroad, I’m open and
eager to explore what the future holds after I finish my
program.
What is your favorite part about life at GIST?
GIST is an institute that set targets and has a strong
focus on the goal of being among the world’s top 20
research institutes within the next 10 years. Such
ambitions create immense energy at GIST! You see
everyone working hard and playing well. Every day of
the week is filled with club sporting activities at the
multipurpose gymnasium, which has good facilities,
like badminton, soccer and fitness activities.
Besides, Koreans are very hospitable and many of
them try so hard to communicate in English. It’s al-
ways thrilling when Korean kids flock around me in
stores to teach me Korean and learn English in return.
Are you satisfied with the support you receive at GIST?
Am I Satisfied? Yes! Do I want more? Of course,
Yes!Actually, the scholarship support is enough to
have a comfortable life at GIST because it’s not an
expensive place. It is also noteworthy to mention that
the scholarship has no liability attached to it, which I
think is great.
What advice do you have for new applicants hoping to
enter GIST?
Apply and submit ALL required documents early. Be-
sides, arrive earlier because this helps to acclimatize
quickly. For Africans, be ready to learn a new, unique
language like Korean. Generally, be open to embrace
people with different cultures and conflicting ideolo-
gies. Decide for yourself to enjoy every Korean delica-
cy. Be humble enough to adapt and learn something
from everyone. Above all, be ready to work and study
from morning ‘till night!
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Name: Sanjog Bhatta
Nationality: Nepal
Program: M.S.
How long have you been at GIST?
Since February of 2009.
Why did you decide to choose GIST?
My advisor’s prompt and proficient response to my
queries, the matching of my academic interest with
what my advisor was into, and the area of research
that I would be involved in along with the reputation
and the academic environment of GIST all inspired me
in selecting GIST.
What is the best thing about GIST?
To describe the best things in regards to my GIST ac-
ademic life, the first thing I would like to address is
my advisor’s support and guidance, his generosity, his
helpful nature, his knowledge, and his excellent men-
toring skills. The next one is the overall educational
environment GIST has created and maintained.
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Are you satisfied with the support you receive at GIST?
With the quality of education that I am receiving at
GIST, I am satisfied. Qualified faculty members as well
as the academic facilities and other related facilities
are more than enough for a quality education.
I’ve found professors to be cooperative, friendly, and
well qualified with specific strengths to guide and in-
struct students. And my lab mates are very friendly
people who interact well and are supportive in every
respect.
What are your future career plans after graduating
from GIST?
After completing my program at GIST, I am willing to
work at various companies to increase my industrial
exposure. But GIST would be on the top of my list if I
plan to pursue other educational degrees.
What advice do you have for new applicants hoping to
enter GIST?
For those people who are hoping to enter GIST, I
would say, “Guys, GIST is one of the best places in the
world to earn a degree from.” Academically, GIST is
almost flawless and has a perfect environment that
inspire students to excel academically as well as to
enhance creativity. Additionally, friendly, cooperative
and helpful peers, staff, and faculty members inspire
students to do their best… GIST has sufficient facilities
to support educational goals, giving life to your cre-
ative ideas.
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