Professor

About

Heung-No Lee, Ph.D.

Professor

GIST (Gwangju Inst. of Sci. and Tech.)

261 Cheomdan Gwagiro (Oryong dong), Buk-gu

Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea

Phone: +(82) 62-715-2237

FAX: +(82) 62-715-2204

E-mail: heungno@gist.ac.kr

CV, Korean page

Short Bio: Heung-No Lee received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 1993, 1994, and 1999, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He worked at HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA, USA, from 1999 to 2002 as a Research Staff Member. From 2002 to 2008, he was an Assistant Professor with the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Since 2009, he has been with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, GIST, South Korea, where he is a full professor. His technical works are in information theory, signal processing theory, communications/networking theory, and their applications. He was a recipient of several prestigious national awards, including the Top 100 National Research and Development Award, in 2012; the Top 50 Achievements of Fundamental Researches Award, in 2013; and the Science/Engineer of the Month, in January 2014. He also works in national policy and currently is serving as Advisory member of the Presidential Committee on Policy Planning.

Professional Interest

The candidate is seeking a professional opportunity for teaching and research. Primary teaching interests include machine learning, communications, information theory, and signal processing, and research interests include machine learning, signal processing, computational intelligence, computational imaging, communications , networks and Blockchain.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Eng., University of California, Los Angeles, Dec. 1999
    Title of Dissertation: Adaptive Diversity Combining, Equalization and Sequence Decoding for Time-Varying Dispersive Channels
    Advisor: Gregory J. Pottie, Ph.D.
  • M.S. in Electrical Eng., University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 1994
  • B.S. in Electrical Eng., University of California, Los Angeles, June 1993

Professional Positions Held

  • Director of ITRC Blockchain Inteligence Convergence Research Center, 2021.7 – 2029.6
  • Director of AI Research Institute, GIST, Korea, 2021.1 – 2023.1
  • Advisory member of the Presidential Committee on Policy Planning, 2020.9 – 2021.9
  • CEO of LiberVance Co., Ltd. GIST Teacher Start-up Venture 2020.1 – Present
  • Blockchain Advisory Committee of Korea Post Information Center 2018.10 – 2019.12
  • Director of Blockchain Internet Economic Research Center, GIST, Korea, 2018.8 – Present
  • Chairman of Communications Society of The Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea, 2017.1 – 2019.12
  • JCCI Academic Vice President of the Korean Institute of Communication Sciences, 2017.1 – 2017.12
  • Vice Chairman of The Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (Registered Director), 2017.1 – 2018.12
  • Future Science & Technology Holding Co., Ltd., Executive Director, 2016.9 – 2017.11
  • Research Director, GIST, Korea, 2016.9 – 2017.11
  • Director of Research Policy Center, GIST, Korea, 2016.9 – 2017.5
  • Director of Intelligent Sensors Research Center, GIST, Korea, 2015.12 – Present
  • Member of R&D Special Zone Committee of Future Creation Science Department, 2015.12 – 2017.12
  • Executive Director, Academic, Planning Department of The Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea, 2015, 2016
  • Visiting Prefessor, Chonnam Natioanl University Hospital, 2012 – 2016
  • Professor, GIST, Korea, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2009.1 – Present
  • Assistant Professor, the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, U. S. A., Electrical and Computer Eng. Department, 2002.1 – 2008.12
  • Research Staff Memver, HRL Laboratories, L. L. C., (Formerly Hughes Research Laboratories), Information Science Laboratory, 1999.12 – 2002.1

Editorial Services

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Awards and Honors

  • GIST Education Innovation Award 2021
  • Korean Society of Electronic Engineering Haedong scholarly Award 2019
  • GIST Research Award 2016 (for Contribution to Industrialization)
  • Top 11 Research Outcomes of GIST, 2016.
  • National Research Foundation, This Month Science/Engineer Award, January 2014.
  • Top 50 Achievements of National Research and Development, awarded by National Research Foundation of Korea, Oct. 15th, 2013.
  • Top 100 Achievements of National Research and Development, awarded by Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Planning, August, 28th, 2013.
  • Best Poster Award at the 6th International Symposium for Aging, Gwangju, Korea, Oct. 20th, 2012.
  • National Research Laboratory of Korea, 2010, National Research Foundation.
  • University of Pittsburgh Central Research Development Grant Awards: 2002, 2005
  • Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse Research Grant Award 2002
  • Who’s who in America, nominated in 2001 and
  • Departmental Scholar awarded upon graduation of UCLA, 1993
  • Graduated UCLA as an Honor Student (Cum Laude)
  • Member of Tau Beta Phi honor society

International Journal Editorship/Special Interest Group Membership

  • Elected Member of IEEE Computational Imaging Special Interest Group, Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2019.
  • Area Editor for AEU–International Journal of Electronics and Communications. Areas include channel coding, information theory, signal processing, communications theories. January 2013 – 2016.
  • Lead Guest Editor for EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. Special Issue on Networking Coding for Wireless Networks, Other Guest Editors: Sae-Young Chung (KAIST), Christina Fragouli (EPFL), and Zhi-Hong Mao (University of Pittsburgh). On-Line Publication: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcn/2010/si.nwc.html (Link taken on Jan. 8th, 2011).

Professional Society Activities

  • IEEE Senior Member since March 2013
  • International Technical Program Committees
  1. IEEE WCNC 2013, IEEE Globecom 2013 (Wireless Network), IEEE International Conference on Communications 2013 (Wireless Network)
  2. IEEE PIMRC 2012, 2013: Wireless Networks and Cross-Layer Tracks
  3. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2012: Wireless Network Symposium.
  4. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2012: Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium.
  5. IEEE Globecom 2009, Nov.30th-Dec. 4th, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  6. IEEE/CME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering 2009: April 9-11 at Tempe, AZ, USA
  7. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2008: Communication Theory Symposium, Beijing, China.
  8. International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference, MIMO Systems Symposium, August 12-16, 2007, Turtle Bay Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  9. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2007: Communication Theory Symposium, Scotland.
  10. IEEE International Conference on Communications 2005: Communication Theory Symposium, Seoul, Korea

IEEE Chapters

  • Gwangju Section Chair, Jan. 2013 – Feb. 2017
  • Gwangju Section Secretary, Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2012
  • Pittsburgh Chapter Chair for IEEE Signal Processing Society, June 2005 — Dec. 2008.

IEEE Conference Session Chairs

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Network Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications 2005: Communication Theory Symposium

Panels for Competitive National Science Foundation Programs (U.S.A.)

  • SBIR/STTR: Wireless Sensor Networks, program director: Dr. Murali Nair, Date July 31st, 2007.
  • CISE Networking Division, NeTS: Service Date: June 1-2, 2006, Program Director: Du David.
  • CISE Networking Division, NeTS: NOSS-Panel, Service Date: April 20-21, 2006, Program director: Guru Parulkar.
  • SBIR/STTR, program director: Dr. Murali Nair, date: August 26, 2005.
  • CISE Networking Division, Service Date: May 9-10th, 2005. Program Director: Dr. Joseph Evans.
  • SBIR, program director: Dr. Murali Nair, date: September 15, 2003.