Professor

Biography

Jeong-Gun Lee received his B.S. degree in computer engineering from Hallym University in 1996, and M.S. and Ph.D degree from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, in 1998 and 2005. Currently, he is a Full Professor in the department of computer engineering at Hallym University. Prior to joining the faculty of Hallym University in 2008, he was a visiting postdoctoral researcher of the Computer Lab. at the University of Cambridge and a research professor at GIST, respectively. In 2014 and 2021, he was a visiting scholar of the Computer Lab. at the University of Cambridge and Lab of Image, Intelligence and Innovation at the University of Ottawa, respectively. His research interests focus on low EMI asynchronous circuit designs, FPGA based reconfigurable system designs, energy efficient heterogeneous computing, and GPU based parallel computing.

Research Interests

Deep learning for medical and biosignal analysis, robust and label-efficient learning, energy-efficient model compression and accelerator design, GPU-based parallel computing, and low-EMI, error-resilient digital circuit design. See the Research Interest page for details.

Current Roles

• Mar. 2017 – presentTenured Full Professor, Division of Software (Big Data Major) / Dept. of Computer EngineeringHallym University
• Jan. 2026 – Feb. 2028Department ChairHallym University
• Sep. 2018 – presentDirector, Smart Computing Lab (연구소)Hallym University
• Mar. 2008 – presentDirector, A.I. Accelerated Computing Lab (AIAC 연구실)Hallym University

Education

• Feb. 2005Ph.D., Information and CommunicationsGwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
• Feb. 1998M.E., Information and CommunicationsGwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
• Feb. 1996B.S., Computer Science (First Honor Graduate)Hallym University

Academic Experience

Hallym University

• Mar. 2017 – presentTenured Full Professor
• Mar. 2012 – Feb. 2017Associate Professor
• Mar. 2008 – Feb. 2012Assistant Professor
• Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2024Director, SW Curriculum Committee
• Jul. 2019 – Jun. 2021Vice President for Student Affairs
• Feb. 2018 – Jun. 2019Department Chair
• Apr. 2018 – Jun. 2019Director, Open Source SW Education Center

Other Institutions

• Sep. 2022 – Dec. 2024Associate Member, Lab of Image, Intelligence and Innovation (LIII)University of Ottawa, Canada
• Jan. 2014 – Jan. 2015Visiting Scholar, Computer LaboratoryUniversity of Cambridge, UK
• Aug. 2007 – Feb. 2008Research ProfessorGwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
• May 2005 – Jun. 2007Post-Doctoral Fellow, Computer LaboratoryUniversity of Cambridge, UK
• Mar. – Apr. 2006Visiting ScholarUCLA, USA

Awards & Honors

• Dec. 2024Top Contributor, Optimized Road Damage Detection Challenge (ORDDC’2024), IEEE BigData 2024
• May 2024Outstanding Paper Award, ASK 2024 Spring Conference, Korea Information Processing Society (KIPS)
• Oct. 2018Best Paper Presentation Award, IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS)
• Feb. 2012Best Teaching Award, Hallym University
• Nov. 2002Best Paper Award, Asia-Pacific Conference on System-on-Chip (AP-SoC)
• Mar. 2005 – Jun. 2007Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Korean Government
• Mar. 1996 – Feb. 2001Full Graduate Scholarship, Korean Government
• Feb. 1996First Honor Graduate, Hallym University
• Mar. 1992 – Feb. 1996Full Undergraduate Scholarship, Hallym University

Lectures & Talks

• 18 Feb. 2022Automatic Sleep Stage Classification with Deep Neural NetworksInvited Talk · Dept. of Big Data Science, Sogang University
• 14 Jan. 2020Deep Learning BasicsLecturer · Course for Medical Doctors, Sacred Heart Charity Hospitals of Ilsong Educational Foundation, Hallym University
• 22–23 May 2019Everybody Deep Learning with Open Source Keras (누구나 즐기는 딥러닝: 오픈소스 케라스와 함께!)Lecture · School of Software, Hallym University
• 1 May 2019How Is the World Changed by AI and Big DataInvited Talk · College of Business, Hallym University
• 30 Apr. 2019How Is the World Changed by AI and Big DataLecture · Computing and Thinking (특강: 컴퓨팅과 사고), Hallym University
• 21 Mar. 2019How Is the World Changed by AI and Big DataInvited Talk · Software Week Special Lecture, Hallym University
• 26–28 Jul. 2017Parallel Computing and ProgrammingLecture · Three-Day Intensive University–Industry Collaboration Workshop, Hallym University – GEOMAX Ltd.
• 25 Apr. 2017GPU CUDA ProgrammingInvited Talk · Dept. of Computer Science, Kangwon National University
• 3 Nov. 2016I Can Do CODE (나도 한다 SW)Invited Talk · Dept. of English Language and Literature, Hallym University
• 29 Sep. 2016GPU CUDA ProgrammingInvited Lecture · GEOMAX Ltd.
• 4 Apr. 2016Design Space Exploration of GPU-based Ultrasound Beamforming and Performance / Power / Energy OptimizationSiemens Lecture · Ultrasound, SUSKO, Siemens Healthcare Ltd.
• 7 Mar. 2016Circuit-Level EMI Pattern Analysis and the Basics of Side-Channel Attacks (회로 수준 EMI 패턴 연구 및 Side-Channel Attack 기초)Invited Talk · National Security Research Institute (NSRI), South Korea
• 12 Feb. 2016On a Distributed Shared Memory and Memory Consistency for MicroserverInvited Talk · Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), South Korea
• 6 Aug. 2010A Performance/Energy Analysis and Optimization of Multi-Core Architectures with Voltage Scaling TechniquesInvited Talk · Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
• 25–27 Feb. 2010Embedded System on Chip Design with Verilog-HDLInvited Lecture · Mokpo National University, Mokpo, South Korea
• 30 Oct. 2009A Performance/Energy Analysis and Optimization of Multi-Core Architectures with Voltage Scaling TechniquesInvited Talk · Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Giheung, South Korea
• 8 May 2009Yet Another Analysis of Multi-Core & Network-on-ChipInvited Talk · Multi-core System Design Workshop, Multi-core Design Methodology Research Center (ITRC), Hanyang University, South Korea
• 11 Nov. 2008Current Trend & Future of Asynchronous Circuit DesignInvited Talk · Expert Seminar Series, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), South Korea
• 20 Jul. 2007New System-on-Chip Design Trends: Network on Chip & Multi-Core ArchitectureInvited Talk · Expert Seminar Series, National Security Research Institute (NSRI), South Korea
• 5 Sep. 2005Selecting a Timing Regime for On-Chip NetworksTalk · 17th UK Asynchronous Circuit Forum, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
• 14 Jul. 2005Issues of Asynchronous Router Design for Network on a ChipHardware Discussion Talk · Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 28 Apr. 2005Integer Linear Programming: How to Optimize Something through LPTalk · Dept. of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, South Korea
• 7–8 Mar. 2005Arithmetic Algorithms & Their Design Space ExplorationLecturer · IC Design Education Center (IDEC), Chonnam National University, South Korea
• Jan. 2005Issues of Asynchronous Distributed Control and Variable Delay Computation for High Performance System DesignTalk · GIST / University of Osaka Joint Workshop, Jeju Island, South Korea
• 2004A Low Latency Asynchronous FIFO Combining a Wave Pipeline with Handshake SchemeTalk · 2004 GIST / University of Tokyo Joint Workshop on Asynchronous System Design, University of Tokyo, Japan

Professional Activities

• Reviewer for international journals and conferences, including IEEE Access, IET Electronics Letters, and MDPI journals.
• Member of IEEE, IEICE, and the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (KIISE).
• Evaluation Committee member, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
• Technical Program Reviewer, ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) 2014.