About

Integrated M.S./Ph.D.

Compiler Research Laboratory (CORELAB)
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • Office: Engineering Hall #3, C407, Yonsei University
  • Email: dongkwan@yonsei.ac.kr
  • Research: Mobile Computing, Autonomous Vehicle, Homomorphic Encryption

Hello. I am Dongkwan Kim, a graduate student, advised by Prof. Hanjun Kim.

Education

Integrated M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mar 2020 - Present
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Advisor: Prof. Hanjun Kim | Compiler Research Laboratory (CORELAB)

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mar 2014 - Feb 2020
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Experience

Research Assistant

Mar 2020 - Present
Compiler Research Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Projects:

  • Privacy-Preserving Compiler: designed a compiler frontend/backend for fully homomorphic encryption (fhe) to enable secure computation in edge-cloud collaborative systems
  • Fault Detection System: implemented a sensor fault detection module for the apolloauto platform to enhance system reliability.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Jan 2019 - Feb 2020
Compiler Research Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Projects:

  • Thermal-Aware Scheduling: Developed a dynamic CPU/GPU job scheduler with temperature prediction and integrated multiscale object detection for performance validation

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2018 - Jun 2023
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Data Structures (EEE2020) (Mar 2023 - Jun 2023)
  • Microprocessors (EEE3540) (Sep 2022 - Dec 2022)
  • Engineering Information Processing (ENG1108) (Sep 2018 - Dec 2018)

Recognition

ASPLOS/EuroSys 2025 Contest Track

Apr 2025
Hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

3rd Place Winner - Optimized Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI) Implementation of Llama 3.2 1B (Inference)

  • Fused kernel callsto remove redundant memory traffic; optimized batching on AWS Trainium

The 30th Humantech Paper Awards

Feb 2024
Hosted by Samsung Electronics

Silver Prize - Computer Science & Engineering

  • Proposed a bootstrapping placement algorithmfor Homomorphic Encryption compilers to reduce computational overhead

ICT Challenge 2023

Sep 2023
Hosted by Ministry of Science and ICT

Minister Award (2nd Place)

  • Demonstrated the future applicability of Homomorphic Encryptionand the optimization capabilities of the compiler

Academic Excellence Award

Jun 2019
Hosted by Yonsei University

High Honors

Publication

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Contact

Laboratory Address

Compiler Research Laboratory

Engineering Hall #3, C407, Yonsei University


50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

03722

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Email

dongkwan@yonsei.ac.kr

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