Professor

Kwang Soon Kim

BSE, MSE, PhD, SMIEEE
Professor

Tel: +82-2-2123-5861
Fax: +82-2-312-4584
e-mail: ks.kim@yonsei.ac.kr

Engineering Building III, C514, C503(lab)
School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Yonsei University
50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03277, Korea

Education

Kyunggi High School of Science, Suwon, Korea, 1990.
B.S.E. (summa cum laude), Dept. Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 1994.
M.S.E., Dept. Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 1996.
Ph.D., Dept. Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 1999.

Professional Experiences

1996. 3 ~ 1999. 2 Teaching and Research Assistant, Dept EE, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
1999. 3 ~ 2000. 3 Postdoc researcher, Dept ECE, UC San Diego, La Jolla, U.S.A.
2000. 4 ~ 2004. 2 Senior member of research staff, Mobile Communication Lab.,
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea
2004. 3 ~ 2009. 2 Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2009. 3 ~ 2015. 8 Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
2015. 9 ~ Present Professor, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Honors and Awards

LG R&D Award: Industry-Academic Cooperation Prize, LG, 2013.
Jack Neubauer Memorial Award (Best system paper award, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology) IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, 2007.
Outstanding Researcher Award, Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, 2001.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, 1999.
Silver Prize, 6th LG Information & Communications Thesis Prize, 1998.
Silver Prize, 4th Samsung Humantech Thesis Prize, 1998.
Summa Cum Laude, KAIST, 1994.
Graduated with Honor, Electrical Engineering, KAIST, 1994.
Gold Prize, Korea Mathematics Olympiad, 1989.
Prize of the Minister of Education, Korea Information Olympiad, 1989.
Prize of the Minister of Science and Technology, Korea Information Olympiad, 1988.

Membership and Service

Senior Member, IEEE
Lifelong Member, IEEK
Lifelong Member, KICS
Member, IEICE
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Editor, Journal of Communications and Networks
Editor in Chief, KICS Journal
TPC (Co-)Chair : IWSDA 2013, IFAC TA 2013
TPC Vice-Chair : VTC 2014 Spring
OC Members : ISIT 2009, APWCS 2009, VTC 2014, ISITA 2015
TPC Members : Many Conference including APCC, APWCS, VTC, WCNC, etc.

Research Interests

Communication Theory
Signal Detection Theory
Coding Theory/LDPC Code Design
Distributed Massive MIMO for Cloud RAN
Resource and Interference Management
Ultra-dense Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Wireless LAN
D2D and Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Hybrid Beamforming for mmWave Radio and Small Cell Systems
New Waveform and Multiple Access Technologies for 5G Cellular Systems

Representative Publications

Publications at Yonsei, UC San Diego, and KAIST