About me

Current Position

3rd Year Ph.D. Student in Computer Science | UC San Diego (2023 - Present)
Advisor: Prof. Jishen Zhao

My research focuses on memory and storage systems with the goal of improving:

🎯 Performance - Optimizing data access patterns and system throughput
⚡ Energy Efficiency - Reducing power consumption in data-intensive operations
🧩 Heterogeneous Computing Systems - Analyzing CPU, GPU, and CXL memory systems to identify bottlenecks and guide efficient infrastructure design for large-scale inference and bioinformatics applications

With 7+ years of industry experience in memory technology, I bring a unique perspective combining:

Accepted: “AlphaFold3 Workload Characterization: A Comprehensive Analysis of Bottlenecks and Performance Scaling (AFSysBench benchmark suite)”
PDF | GitHub
Jinpyo Kim, Mingi Kwon, Jishen Zhao (UCSD) - IISWC 2025

Published: “(Updated Version) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Programming and Optimizing Cache Coherent Heterogeneous Systems: CXL, NVLink-C2C, and AMD Infinity Fabric (HEIMDALL benhmark suite)”
Zixuan Wang, Suyash Mahar, Luyi Li, Jangseon Park, Jinpyo Kim, Theodore Michailidis, Yue Pan, Tajana Rosing, Dean Tullsen, Steven Swanson, Kyung Chang R\ yoo, Sungjoo Park, Jishen Zhao

Senior Embedded Software Engineer | SK Hynix inc. (2016 - 2023)

Pioneered the PE9110 in 2021, marking the advent of SK Hynix’s novel SSD architecture
Led development of enterprise SSD firmware solutions
Contributed to multiple patent-winning innovations in storage system design
Focused on performance optimization and reliability enhancement for datacenter SSDs

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (2023 - Present)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Advisor: Prof. Jishen Zhao

M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (2014 - 2016)
Sogang University
Advisor: Prof. Juho Kim

B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (2010 - 2014)
Sogang University