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Last Updated: Nov. 11, 2025
Education
- PhD. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego , 2023 ~
- M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Sogang University, 2016
- B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Sogang University, 2014
Research experience
- Sep. 2023 : Graduate Research Assistant
- Stable Lab and work with Jishen Zhao
- Advisor: Professor Juho Kim
- Feb. 2015 : Research Assistant
- CAD & VLSI Research Lab at Sogang University
- Master’s Thesis: Efficient Flash Cache Management in Online Transaction Processing Server
- Advisor: Professor Juho Kim
- Feb. 2014 : Research Assistant
- CAD & VLSI Research Lab at Sogang University
- Project : Process variation and BTI-aware Static Timing Analysis with Samsung Electronics
- Advisor: Professor Juho Kim
Work experience
- Feb. 2020 : Embedded Software Engineer
- SK Hynix Inc.
- Duties included: Power Loss Protection
- Project : PE9110 (ATOMOS (in-house controller) + 128L 3D TLC)
- Supervisor: Dr. Dongyoung Seo
- Feb. 2018 : Embedded Software Engineer
- SK Hynix Inc.
- Duties included: FTL Optimization for QoS requirement
- Project : SE5031 (Zirconlite (in-house controller) + 96L 3D TLC)
- Supervisor: Technical Leader Jaehoon Heo
- Feb. 2017 : Embedded Software Engineer
- SK Hynix Inc.
- Duties included: SSD Firmware Development
- Project : BC501 (Cephues (in-house controller) + 72L 3D TLC)
- Supervisor: Technical Leader HaeLyong (Harry) Song
- Feb. 2016 : Junior Embedded Software Engineer
- SK Hynix Inc.
- Duties included: SSD Performance Analysis
- Supervisor: Technical Leader BeomJu Shin
- Feb. 2008 : Computer Technician
- NAVY, Republic of Korea
- Duties included: maintains Linux OS servers at Naval Headquarters
Technical Skills
- LLM Benchmarking & Inference Frameworks: vLLM, llama.cpp, llama3
- Profiling & Benchmarking Tools: Linux perf, AMD uProf, NVIDIA Nsight Systems
- Programming Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, UNIX shell
- Platform: Windows XP/7/8/10, Linux, UNIX server
- Debugger: TRACE32 (hardware debugger for embedded systems such as ARM architecture)
Patents
- Granted (12)
- U.S. 10,741,254: “Memory system and operating method thereof.”, 2020
- U.S. 10,860,227: “Memory controller, memory system having the same, and method of operating the same.”, 2020
- U.S. 11,269,528: “Data storage device, operation method thereof and controller therefor.”, 2022
- U.S. 11,307,942: “Memory system, memory controller and method for operating memory controller.”, 2022
- U.S. 11,404,137: “Memory system and operating method of memory system”, 2022
- U.S. 11,422,747: “Memory system and method for operating memory controller included therein.”, 2022
- U.S. 11,556,252: “Storage device and method of operating the same.”, 2023
- U.S. 11,593,006: “Data storage apparatus and method for managing valid data based on bitmap table.”, 2023
- U.S. 11,599,275: “Memory controller for controlling power loss recovery and method of operating the same.”, 2023
- U.S. 11,704,050: “Memory system for determining a memory area in which a journal is stored according to a number of free memory blocks.”, 2023
- U.S. 12,216,914: “Apparatus and method for power-loss data protection in a system.”, 2025
- U.S. 12,287,979: “Data storage apparatus and operating method thereof.”, 2025