Yonghwi Kim, Ph.D.

Starting in 2026, I will serve as an Assistant Professor at Dankook University. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Yonsei University, where I also earned my Ph.D. in EE/CS as a member of the Intelligent Networking Lab. (INL). I also served as a visiting postdoctoral researcher at HKUST in the iComAI Lab and have industry experience spanning cellular and military communications. My research focuses on intelligent, machine learning-driven systems and low-complexity signal processing for next-generation wireless networks, covering both protocol design and physical-layer techniques.

My research emphasizes prototype-driven development of practical 6G systems, bridging new algorithms and architectures with real-world wireless platforms. In particular, I am interested in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) as a key 6G application, including its extension toward satellite communications and synthetic aperture radar (SAR). I also explore AI-RAN built on open and programmable RAN platforms, where AI can interact directly with communication, sensing, and radio resource management functions. Across these areas, I develop algorithms using signal processing, optimization, and AI, and validate them through over-the-air (OTA) prototypes, software-defined radio (SDR) platforms, and realistic system-level simulations (SLS).

I received 1st prize in the IEEE ComSoc 4M Thesis Competition, am a 5-time winner of the Samsung Humantech Paper Award, and have presented prototyping work at IEEE GLOBECOM 3 times. I hold 5 patents (including a U.S. patent) and have published in 6 top-tier journals, with one paper ranked in the top 0.4% of JCR.