Activities and Awards

🎁 Academic Service

Conferences and Journals Review

• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (TCAS-II), 2026
• IEEE Asian Pacific Conference on Circuit and Systems, 2026
• IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2026

🏅 Awards and Scholarships

• Senior Capstone Design Contest (at SKKU) - Engineering Innovation Prize Jun. 2025

• Extra-Curricular Challenge Scholarship (Top 100 Volunteers in SKKU)
  Mar. 2025

• Academic Excellence Scholarship (Top 12% GPA recipients in SKKU)
  Fall 2022

🧠 Skills

Programming & ML

CUDA (kernel optimization), C/C++, Python (PyTorch)

Hardware & EDA

(System)Verilog, Synopsys IC Compiler II, Design Compiler, Xilinx Vivado, Cadence Virtuoso

Simulation & Verification

gem5, dramsim3, Ramulator 2.0, NVIDIA Nsight Compute, MATLAB

💼 Workshops & Training

IDEC Workshop – Synopsys IC Compiler II for Block-Level Auto Place & Route

Sep. 17–19, 2025

Hands-on training in ASIC backend design flow including floorplanning, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, timing closure, and post-layout verification using Synopsys IC Compiler II.

🚌 Extra-Curricular Experience

Teach for Korea

Feb. 2023 – Dec. 2024

• Provided high-school mathematics instruction to underserved students, offering emotional support and career guidance; counseled students weekly on university applications and study habits.
• Supported organizational operations: scheduled sessions and coordinated volunteers.

Google Developer Students’ Club

Sep. 2022 – Aug. 2023

• Built and maintained a React front end (using Hooks and Context API) for a sentiment-analysis diary app; integrated AI sentiment API and published the app on Google Play Store.

SungKyunKwan University Amateur Orchestra

Mar. 2022 – Dec. 2023

• Performed as second violinist in concerts; coordinated rehearsal schedules and managed stage logistics.
• Designed fundraising materials—posters, merchandise, pamphlets—for club events.

🗨️ Proficiency

• TOEFL (obtained Mar. 2025): 103 (Reading: 28, Listening: 28, Speaking: 23, Writing: 24)
• GRE (obtained Nov. 2025): Verbal (150, 39%), Quantitative (168, 81%), Writing (3.5, 43%)