PROFESSOR
  • Biograhphy
  • Academic Summary
  • Employment
  • Professional Appointment
  • Research Interests
    • Professional Honors
  • Best Paper Awards
  • Invited Talks

    Professional Honors
 

  • Distinguished Professor, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 18 Aug 2022 
  • General Chair of IEEE ICC 2022, Seoul, IEEE Communications Society, 16-20 May 2022
  • Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2020, 2022, in recognition of exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% for field and year in Cross-Field, 18 Nov 2020, 15 Nov 2022
  • AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Honorable Mention, in recognition of outstanding and vibrant contributions in the field of Internet of Things
  • IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Award, for outstanding service as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters and exemplary service to IEEE Communications Society publications, 10 Dec 2019
  • Fellow, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for contributions to cross-layer design of wireless communications systems, 1 Jan 2019
  • Fellow, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), 1 Jan 2019
  • Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), 1 Jan 2019
  • Basic Research Excellence Award, Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea, 5 Dec 2018
  • HAEDONG Scholar Award, Haedong Science & Culture Foundation and The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), 5 Dec 2014  
  • ERC Excellence Award, Engineering Research Center (ERC), Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning of Korea, Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications, 1 May 2014
  • ITRC Excellence Award, Information Technology Research Center (ITRC), Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea, Cooperative Wireless Communications, 1 Jun 2008
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Jan 2012 – Dec 2015
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, IEEE/KICS Journal of Communications and Networks, Jan 2008 – Dec 2011
  • SKKU-Fellowship, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 1 Sep 2007 and 18 Feb 2021
  • Professional Engineer of British Columbia, Canada, P. Eng., licensed in Jan 2006
  • CFI New Opportunities Fund Award, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Jun 2004
  • Editor/Founding Area Editor of Cross-layer Design and Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Jan 2002 – Dec 2011
  • Editor of Spread Spectrum Transmission & Access/Editor at Large & Area Editor of Wireless Communications I, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Nov 2001 – Aug 2024
  • Academic Achievement Award, University of Southern California (USC), Apr 1990
  • Government Doctoral Fellowship, Ministry of Education of Korea, May 1985