Professor

Prof. Kiyoung Choi

Kiyoung Choi received the B.S. degree in electronics engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1978 and the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, in 1980. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, USA, in 1989. From 1978 to 1983, he was with GoldStar Inc., Korea and from 1989 to 1991, he was with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., USA. In 1991, he joined the faculty of the Department of Electronics Engineering, Seoul National University as an assistant professor. In 1995, he joined the faculty of School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University where he is now a professor. His primary interests are in VLSI design and various aspects of computer-aided design including hardware-software codesign, high-level synthesis, and low-power system design. He was a Minister of Science and ICT from September 2019 to May 2021. He has retired and is an Emeritus Professor at ECE, Seoul National University as of 2023.