Experience

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA

August 2025 - Present

• Advisor: Professor Sungkyu Lim
• Research Focus: EDA for 2.5D/3D IC Design, ML for EDA

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

March 2019 - August 2025

PhD Intern, Machine Learning Architecture Systems

Keysight Technologies, Calabasas, CA

Summer 2026

• Design and implement algorithms for autonomous neural architecture creation and model expansion using C++, CUDA, and libtorch
• Develop meta-learning systems for automatic model scaling and connectivity optimization across GNN, FNO, and Transformer architectures
• Build frameworks for autonomous model discovery, enabling neural networks to self-optimize topology based on real-time training feedback

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Southern California (USC)

August 2025 - Present

• Research on EDA for 2.5D/3D IC design and machine learning for EDA (Advisor: Prof. Sungkyu Lim)

Intern, Controller Development

Samsung Memory Division, Hwaseong, South Korea

May 2024 - August 2024

• Team: Signal Processing Task Group, Algorithm Part
• Project: AI Storage Solution - Near-Data Processing for SSD-Based Information Retrieval
• Implemented FPGA-based IVF+PQ hardware IP with HLS, demonstrating 20x acceleration vs CPU
• Modeled hardware accelerator for metadata filtering with prefetching mechanism

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hardware-AI Convergence (HAI) Laboratory, Yonsei University

September 2024 - August 2025

• Designed RISC-V processor and Chisel-based reconfigurable computing array for OpenGeMM acceleration (Advisor: Prof. Jaeyong Chung)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

High-Speed Circuits & System Laboratory, Yonsei University

August 2023 - August 2024

• Developed FPGA-based digital control systems and thermal crosstalk algorithms for Silicon Micro Ring Modulators (Advisor: Prof. Woo-Young Choi)