Professor

John Kim
ADVISOR
John Kim is currently an associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in Daejeon, Korea. John Kim received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and B.S/M.Eng from Cornell University. His research interests include computer architecture, interconnection networks, security, and mobile systems. Prior to graduate school, he worked on the design of several microprocessors at Intel and at Motorola.
Ph.D Students

Hans Kasan
Hans Kasan joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in September 2018.
His current research topic is load-balancing, but is struggling to achieve work-life balance.
E-mail : hanskasan@kaist.ac.kr

Gilbert Jonatan
Gilbert Jonatan joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Sep. 2021. His research interests are interconnection network & homomorphic encryption
E-mail : gilbertjonatan@kaist.ac.kr

Cheryl Siy
Cheryl Siy joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Sep. 2020. Her current research topic is Human Computer Interface
E-mail : cmsiy@kaist.ac.kr

Jihyun Kim
Jihyun Kim joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Sep. 2022. Her research interests are hardware security for emerging architectures.
E-mail : kimjihyun@kaist.ac.kr

Jonghoon Kang
Jonghoon Kang joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Sept 2023. His current research topic is System Architecture mainly for AI, NoC, and memory subsystem. He is also currently working at SAIT.
E-mail : jh.kang@kaist.ac.kr

Dongkyun Lim
Dongkyun Lim joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2024.
His current research interests are collective communication and microarchitectural security.
E-mail : dk.lim@kaist.ac.kr
M.S. Students

Christopher Rocca
Christopher Rocca joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Sep. 2023. His research interests are GPU architecture and interconnect network.
E-mail : christopher.rocca@kaist.ac.kr

Yuanxin Pang
Yuanxin Pang joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Sep. 2023.
Her current research topics is Human Computer Interface.
E-mail : yuanxinpang@kaist.ac.kr

Beomsu Kim
Beomsu Kim joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2024. His current research topics is Storage system and AI acceleration.
E-mail: kbs26@kaist.ac.kr

Jina Song
Jina Song joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2024. Her current research topics is interconnection networks and AI acceleration.
E-mail : s_jina@kaist.ac.kr

Hyeonwoo Sung
Hyunwoo Sung joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in September 2024. His current research topic is processing-in-memory.
E-mail : hwsung@kaist.ac.kr

Gyeonggeun Jung
Gyeonggeun Jungjoined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. His current research topic is Interconnection Networks & Processing- In- Memory.
E-mail: gyeonggeun@kaist.ac.kr

Seongwon Jo
Seongwon Jo joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. His current research topic is computer architecture and interconnection network.
E-mail: gyeonggeun@kaist.ac.kr

Yaejoon Oh
Yae Joon Oh joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. His current research topic is interconnection network & computer architecture.
E-mail:ohyeah5@kaist.ac.kr

Jiyoung Lim
Jiyoung Lim joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. Her current research topic is AI acceleration.
E-mail: jiyounglim@kaist.ac.kr

Dang Vu Hai
Dang Vu Hai joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. His current research topic is performance modeling and computer architecture.
E-mail: dang.vh@kaist.ac.kr

Jinwoo Park
Park Jinwoo joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. Before joining CSNL, he has worked in Samsung for 11 years at Flash memory Design Team (2014~2024). His current research topic is Storage System & Interconnection Networks.
E-mail: j1018.park@kaist.ac.kr
Undergrad Interns

Doheon Kwon
Doheon joined CSNL in the Department of Electrical Engineering at KAIST in March 2025. His current research topics is interconnection networks and multi-GPU system.
Email: dhkwon03@kaist.ac.kr
Alumni
Kihoon Jung(2025) – TBA
Hyojun Sun(2025) – XCENA
Jiho Kim – MangoBoost
Gwangsun Kim – ARM Research (now assistant professor at POSTECH)
Wonjun Song – ETRI (now assistant professor at Kangwon University)
Jongin Lee – Startup company
Seokwoo Song – Samsung Research
Byungchul Hong – Furiosa AI
Gyubeom Jeon(2025) – Samsung
Xiangyu Wu (2024) – PhD student at HKUST (GZ)
Sanzhar Shabdarov (2024) – Samsung Foundry
Hyuntaek Cho (2023) – SK Hynix
Yassawe Kainolda (2023) – TBA
Tho Mai (2023) – TBA
Jangpyo Lee (2022) – Samsung LSI
Jiheon Lee (2022) – Samsung LSI
Sangheon Lee (2021) – Samsung Memory
Muhammad Tanvir (2021) – Codeplay Software
Jaeguk Ahn (2021) – Samsung DS
Jaeyoung Choi (2021) – Samsung LSI
Sanghun Cho (2021) – KaKao Brain
Gi Hong Do (2021) – Technical Research Personnel for Military Service, Nat Games
Cheolgyu Jin (2020) – Samsung Research
Gyuyoung Gwak (2020) – Technical Research Personnel for Military Service, Tmax Soft
Ian Libao (2020) – KAIST (Graduate School of Culture Technology)
Youngkwang Han (2019) – KAIST (graduate school)
Jaemoon Sim (2018) – Naver
Yeonju Ro (2018) – Samsung Research (now PhD student at UT Austin)
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