Professor

Education 

• B.S. in EE, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 1992 ~ 1995

• M.S. in EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA 1995 ~ 1997 

• Ph.D. in EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA 1997 ~ 2002

Experience

• Department Head (2022 ~ present), Dept. of Semiconductor System Engineering, KAIST.

• Associate Head (2020 ~ 2021), Circuit Division Chair (2018 ~ 2020), School of EE, KAIST.

• Research Scientist, Google Inc., London, UK, 2016 ~ 2017.

• Assistant (2004 ~) / Associate (2009 ~) / Full Professor (2014 ~ present), KAIST, Daejeon, Korea. 

• Research Scientist, Marvell Inc., Santa Clara, CA. 2011 ~ 2012. 

• Military service, Seoul, Korea. 2003 ~ 2004.

• Member of technical staff, Engim Inc., Acton, MA. 2002 ~ 2003.

 Brief Bio 

SeongHwan Cho received the B.S. degree in EE from KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, in 1995, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EECS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 1997 and 2002, respectively. During the summer of 1999, he was with IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. In 2002, he joined Engim Inc., where he was involved in data converters, phased-locked loops (PLL) and voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) design for IEEE 802.11(a)(b)(g) WLANs. In 2003-2004, he served the military of Korea as a public service agent. Since November of 2004, he has been with KAIST in the department of EE, where he is now a KEPCO Chair Professor. His research interests include analog and mixed-signal circuits for communication, sensors and memory. He was a visiting research scientist at Marvell, Santa Clara, USA from 2016 to 2017 investigating efficient RF power amplifier for WIFI. He was a visiting research scientist at Google, London, UK from 2016 to 2017 exploring cardiovascular health-care using machine learning and wearable devices. He is a KEPCO Chair Professor of KAIST and a Fellow of IEEE.

Technical Activity 

• Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2016 ~ 2017.

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - I, 2010 ~ 2011, 2014 ~ 2015.

• Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Nov. 2009.

• IEEE ISSCC Student Research Preview (SRP) Chair 2017 ~ 2018, Co-chair 2012~2016

• IEEE ISSCC Executive Committee Secretary 2016 ~ 2018

• IEEE A-SSCC TPC Chair (2022), Co-Chair (2021), Data Converters Sub-committee Chair (2012 ~ 2016), TPC Vice-Chair (2008)

• TPC Member, 

  • • IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference(ISSCC), 2009 ~ 2014. 

    • IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2010~2016.

    • IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference(A-SSCC), 2005 ~ 2016.

    • IEEE/ACM Intl Symp. on Low Power Electronics & Design(ISLPED), 2005 ~ 2008.

    • IEEE Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference(ASPDAC), 2005 ~ 2008.

Awards and Honors 

• KEPCO Chair Professor of KAIST (한전석좌교수)

• Haedong Academic Award (해동학술상) from the Institute of Semiconductor Engineers, 2023.

• IEEE Fellow

• Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, 2015 ~ 2016.

• 2012 IEEE Int'l Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC) Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper, Co-recipient.

• 2009 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, Co-recipient.  

• Scientist/Engineer of the Month (대전시 이달의 과학기술인), City of Daejeon, July 2010.

• Outstanding Lecturer Award from KAIST, 2008.

• Outstanding Lecturer Award from EE, KAIST, 2005, 2014, 2019, 2021.
  
  
  

Awards and Fellowships received by students

• 박동민 2012 IEEE Int'l Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC) Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper.

• 이정협, Best Design Award, Chip Design Contest, 16th Korean Conference on Semiconductors, Feb., 2009. (최우수상, 한국 반도체 학술대회 칩 디자인 콘테스트)

• 김재욱: Fairchild 논문공모전 대상(2011년)

• 유원식: 글로벌 박사 펠로우십(Global Ph.D. Fellowship) (2012년)

• 윤영규, 김재욱,장태광: 2009 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award. 

• 방수영, 이창익: URP 대상, (2009년)

• 정혜원, 홍은진: URP 대상, (2006년)

• 김재욱: 김영한 글로벌 리더 장학생(2006-2008)

• 김재욱: IDEC 국제학회 우수논문 수상(2011년)

• 박평원: 반도체 협회 장학생 (2011년)

• 박평원: 삼성전자 휴먼테크 장려상 (2005년)

• 박평원: 삼성전자 휴먼테크 장려상 (2005년)

• 김동인: University LSI Design Contest Special Feature Award, 23rd Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) (2018년)

• 박수진 : 반도체 설계대전 기업특별상-삼성전자 (2018년)

• 구남일 : 삼성전자 휴먼테크 동상 (2019년)

• 박수진: 2018 IEEE Int'l Solid-State Circuits Conf. (ISSCC) Student Research Preview (SRP) Outstanding Poster Award 

• 박수진: 반도체 협회 장학생 (2019년)

• 박수진: IEEE SSCS Women in Circuits, 2020 Rising Stars Award (2020년)

• 박수진: IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award (2022년)

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