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We lead the development of key and fundamental technologies, driving the nation's future in the era of infinite technological competition.

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Nam Yul Yu

Communication & Information Science Lab.

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  • Multiple access techniques for 5G and 6G wireless communications
  • Deep learning for wireless communications
  • Communication and information theory

Introduction

  • Communication and Information Science Laboratory conducts theoretical researches on communication, signal processing, and deep learning techniques for 5G and 6G wireless systems. Our goal is to apply the theoretical knowledge to practical applications of wireless communications for connecting our society in a seamless way. Our research interest include grant-free access in massive machine-type communications (mMTC), channel estimation for mmWave multiuser MIMO systems, reconfigurable intelligent surfaced (RIS) aided multiuser communications, and deep learning for wireless communications, etc.

Research Field

  • • Multiple access technology for next-generation wireless communications
  • • Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) for 5G and 6G
  • • Reconfigurable intelligent surfaced (RIS) aided multiuser communications
  • • Semantic communications
  • • Federated and distributed learning for wireless communications
  • • Deep learning for wireless communications

Education

  • 2007 University of Waterloo, Canada (Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering)
  • 2000 POSTECH, Korea (M.S. Electronic and Electrical Engineering)
  • 1995 Seoul National University, Korea (B.S. Electronics Engineering)

Professional Career

  • 2023-Present Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, GIST, Korea
  • 2016-2023 Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, GIST, Korea
  • 2014-2016 Associate Professor, Division of Liberal Arts and Science, GIST College, Korea
  • 2013-2014 Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lakehead University, Canada
  • 2008-2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Lakehead University, Canada
  • 2000-2003 Engineer, Telecommunication R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, Korea

Professional Services

  • IEEE Senior Member
  • 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member, International Conference on Sequences and Their Applications (SETA)
  • 2009-2011 Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Awards

  • 2019 Excellent Undergraduate Teaching Award, GIST
  • 2012 Recognition of Editors, IEEE Information Theory Society
  • 2002 Excellent Patent Award, Telecommunication R&D Center, Samsung Electronics