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1 of 22 YOUNGCHUL SUNG Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering KAIST, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea Tel) 82-42-350-3484 Fax)82-42-350-3410 Email) [email protected] http://wisrl.kaist.ac.kr/youngchulsung.html EDUCATION Aug. 2000 May 2005 Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Minor Field: Applied Mathematics Advisor: Prof. Lang Tong Mar. 1993 Feb. 1995 M. S. in Electronics Engineering Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Advisor: Prof. Sangwook Nam Mar. 1989 Feb. 1993 B. S. in Electronics Engineering Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER Mar. 2010 Present Associate Professor, Dept. of EE, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Feb. 2007 Feb. 2010 Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Aug. 2012 Jul. 2013 Visiting Scientist, The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Host: Prof. Lizhong Zheng Oct. 2005 Jan. 2007 Senior Engineer, Corporate R & D Center, Qualcomm, Inc. 5775 Morehouse Dr., San Diego, CA 92121, USA Jun. 2005 Sep. 2005 Postdoctoral Associate, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Jan. 1995 Jun. 2000 Senior Research Engineer, LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea Dept. of Digital Communications (Jan. 97 - Jun. 00), supervisor: Dr. Kyungkuk Lee Dept. of Satellite Communications (Jan. 95 - Dec. 96), supervisor: Dr. Nakmyeong Kim

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    YOUNGCHUL SUNG

    Associate Professor

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    KAIST, Daejeon 305-701

    Republic of Korea

    Tel) 82-42-350-3484

    Fax)82-42-350-3410

    Email) [email protected]

    http://wisrl.kaist.ac.kr/youngchulsung.html

    EDUCATION

    Aug. 2000 May 2005 Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Minor Field: Applied Mathematics

    Advisor: Prof. Lang Tong

    Mar. 1993 Feb. 1995 M. S. in Electronics Engineering

    Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

    Advisor: Prof. Sangwook Nam

    Mar. 1989 Feb. 1993 B. S. in Electronics Engineering

    Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

    EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER

    Mar. 2010 Present Associate Professor, Dept. of EE, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Feb. 2007 Feb. 2010 Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Aug. 2012 Jul. 2013 Visiting Scientist, The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) of

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Host: Prof. Lizhong Zheng

    Oct. 2005 Jan. 2007 Senior Engineer, Corporate R & D Center, Qualcomm, Inc.

    5775 Morehouse Dr., San Diego, CA 92121, USA

    Jun. 2005 Sep. 2005 Postdoctoral Associate, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Jan. 1995 Jun. 2000 Senior Research Engineer, LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea

    Dept. of Digital Communications (Jan. 97 - Jun. 00), supervisor: Dr. Kyungkuk Lee

    Dept. of Satellite Communications (Jan. 95 - Dec. 96), supervisor: Dr. Nakmyeong Kim

    mailto:[email protected]://wisrl.kaist.ac.kr/youngchulsung.html

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    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Signal Processing for Communications

    Communication Theory and Systems

    Statistical Signal Processing and Statistical Inference

    Signal Processing Theory and Methods

    Research History

    2007 ~ Present: Wireless Communications & Signal Processing for Communications - mmWave, Massive MIMO, Interference Control, Linear Relaying

    Statistical Signal Processing and Statistical Inference

    2005 ~ 2007: WCDMA (3GPP Release 6) at Qualcomm, San Diego, CA

    2000 ~ 2005: Statistical Signal Processing and Inference: Asymptotic Statistics and Large Deviations

    - Correlated Random Processes with Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks 1995 ~ 2000: CDMA at LG Electronics

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

    Professional Affiliations

    IEEE Senior Member (S92, M93, SM09)

    IEEE Signal Processing Society, Communication Society, Information Theory Society

    Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE) of Korea

    Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS),

    International Professional Activities and Services

    Editorial Services

    Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Sep. 2017 ~ Present

    Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Jan. 2012 ~ Jan. 2014

    Editor, ICT Express, 2014 ~ Present

    Guest Editor, 2012 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on

    Theories and Methods for Advanced Wireless Relays, 2012

    Technical Committee (TC) Activities

    Member, UNESCO/Netexplo Advisory Board (UNAB), May. 2015 Apr. 2017

    IEEE Communications Society, Asia Pacific Board (IEEE ComSoc APB)

    Chair, Chapters Coordination Committee (CCC), Jan. 2018 Dec. 2019

    Chair, Membership Development Committee (MDC), Jan. 2016 Dec. 2017

    Vice Chair, Information Services Committee (ISC), Jan. 2014 Dec. 2015

    Vice Chair, Meeting and Conference Committee (MCC), Jan. 2012 Dec. 2013

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    Member, IEEE Communications Society, Signal Processing and Communications Electronics

    (IEEE ComSoc SPCE) Technical Committee, Jan. 2014 - Present

    Member, Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association (APSIPA),

    Signal and Information Processing Theory and Methods (SIPTM) TC,

    Jan. 2010 Present

    Member, IEEE Communications Society, Student Competition Committee, 2017, 2016

    Conference Activities

    Organizing Role

    Organizing Committee Member, The East Asian Summer School of Information Theory, 2018

    TPC Co-Chair, 2017 KICSNorth America, Information Theory Workshop, San Diego, CA

    TPC Track Chair, 2014 IEEE VTC

    Asia-Pacific Publicity Chair, 2012 IEEE Globecom

    Sponsorship Chair, 2009 IEEE WiOpt

    TPC Member

    2018 Globecom, ICC, ISWCS

    2017 Globecom, ISWCS, WCSP, ICIC

    2016 Globecom, ISWCS, APCC, URSI AP-RASC mmWave comm. special session organizer

    2015 Globecom, ICC, ISWCS

    2014 Globecom, ICC, MILCOM, APSIPA

    2013 Globecom, DCOSS, APSIPA

    2012 Globecom, APSIPA, TENCON

    2011 Globecom, ICC, ITC-CSCC/Special Sesssion Organizer

    2010 Globecom, DCOSS, PIMRC, MILCOM, APSIPA

    2009 Globecom, APSIPA

    2008 SAM

    External Expert Reviewer for

    ICASSP 2018/2017/2013/2012/2011/2010/2009/2008

    SPAWC 2011/2010

    Activities in Korea

    Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS)

    - Elected Trustee (2014 - Present)

    - International Liaison Division, Director (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)

    - Domestic Journal Division, Director (2014)

    - Associations Representative (2012, 2011)

    Technical Committee (TC) Activities

    - KICS, Coding and Information Theory Society

    Chair (2015)

    Vice Chair (2014)

    Secretary (2013, 2012, 2011)

    TC Member (2008 Present)

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    - KICS, Mobile Communications Society

    TC Member (2010-Present)

    - KICS, Military Communications Society

    Secretary (2011,2010, 2009),

    TC Member (2009 Present)

    Conference and Workshop Activities:

    Organizing Role

    - TPC Vice Chair, JCCI 2017

    - TPC Vice Chair, JCCI 2016

    - Financial Committee Chair, JCCI 2011

    - Special Session Committee Chair, JCCI 2010

    - TPC Co-Chair, KICS 2011 Future IT Forum

    TPC Member

    - KICS Mobile Communications Society 2011

    - KICS Military Communications Workshop 2008,2009,2010

    - KICS 2009 Fall Workshop Special Session

    HONORS AND AWARDS

    The 1st intramural AI Soccer Competition, Championship, with students Woojun Kim et al.,

    KAIST, Mar. 2018

    The 1st AI Soccer World Cup, Second Prize, with students Woojun Kim et al., Dec. 2017

    Samsung Humantech Paper Award (Two bronze awards): One coauthored with Gilwon Lee and

    the other coauthored with Junyeong Seo et al., Jan. 2015

    Distinguished Service Award, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS),

    Nov. 2014

    Samsung Humantech Paper Award (Silver), coauthored with Juho Park, Jan. 2013

    Samsung Humantech Paper Award (Bronze), coauthored with Heejung Yu, Feb. 2011

    Representative of Korean Young IT Engineers and Researchers Appointed by Korean Government

    for the 1st Korea, China, Japan Young Researchers Workshop, held together with

    Korea, China, Japan Summit Meeting, May 2010

    JCCI 2010 Best Paper Award, coauthored with Juho Park, Apr. 2010

    ICASSP 2005 Best Student Paper Award, May 2005

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    INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES

    International Talks, Presentations, and Lectures in Conferences, Workshops and Tutorials

    6. Youngchul Sung, User scheduling and beamformer design in massive MIMO and mmWave massive MIMO,

    a tutorial in 2017 Summer School of Information/Communication Theory and Technologies,

    IEEE Communications Society, Taipei Chapter, Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Aug. 2017

    5. Youngchul Sung et al., Hybrid beamformer design for mmWave wideband multi-user MIMO-OFDM

    systems, invited to the Special Session on Millimeter Wave Communication Systems for 5G,

    2017 IEEE SPAWC, Sapporo, Japan, Jun. 2017

    4. Youngchul Sung et al., On the performance of randomly directional beamforming between line-of-sight and

    rich scattering channels, invited to the Special Session on Signal Processing for Millimeter Wave

    Communication Systems, 2015 IEEE SPAWC, Stockholm, Sweden, Jun. 2015

    3. Youngchul Sung, Coordinated beamforming with relaxed zero forcing, invited to the Special Session on

    Interference Management Techniques, 2011 IEEE WCSP, Nanjing, China, Nov. 2011

    2. Youngchul Sung, Koreas roadmap for green information technology and smart grid, at the first Korea-

    China-Japan Young Researchers Workshop, held together with Korea-China-Japan Summit Meeting,

    Jeju, May 2010

    1. Youngchul Sung, Visions for smart grid, at the Korea-China-Japan Green Technology Forum, Mar. 2010

    International Talks, Presentations, and Lectures at Universities

    14. Youngchul Sung, User scheduling in mmWave massive MIMO, at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Oct. 2017 (Host: Prof. Feifei Gao)

    13. Youngchul Sung, User scheduling in mmWave massive MIMO, at The Hong Kong University of Science

    and Technology, Hong Kong, Aug. 2017 (Host: Prof. Vincent Lau)

    12. Youngchul Sung, User scheduling in mmWave massive MIMO, at City University of Hong Kong,

    Hong Kong, Aug. 2017 (Host: Prof. Ray Cheung)

    11. Youngchul Sung, User scheduling in mmWave massive MIMO, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong,

    Hong Kong, Aug. 2017. (Host: Prof. Jinanwei Huang/Yingjun Zhang)

    10. Youngchul Sung, User scheduling in mmWave massive MIMO,at National Taiwan University, Taipei,

    Taiwan, Aug. 2017 (Host: Prof. Hsuan-Jung Su/Borching Su)

    9. Youngchul Sung, A new paradigm for adaptive beamforming for large-scale antenna arrays, at

    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, Jul. 2013 (Host: Prof. H. Vincent Poor)

    8. Youngchul Sung, Pareto-optimal beam design for coordinated beamforming in next generation wireless

    networks, at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 2013 (Host: Prof. Georgios Giannakis)

    7. Youngchul Sung, Algorithmic aspect of interference alignment: Adpative approaches to real practice,

    at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Dec. 9, 2010 (Host: Prof. Jian Li)

    6. Youngchul Sung, Innovations, Ricatti and Kullback-Leibler divergence, at Niigata University, Japan,

    Oct. 22, 2010 (Host: Prof. Masahiro Yukawa)

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    5. Youngchul Sung, Algorithmic aspect of interference alignment: From iterative to recursive approaches,

    at Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, June 11, 2010 (Host: Prof. Shuguang Cui)

    4. Youngchul Sung, Managing interference in next generation wireless networks, at Tokyo Institute of

    Technology, October 8, 2009 (Host: Prof. Isao Yamada)

    3. Youngchul Sung, Asymptotic behavior of ad hoc sensor networks for statistical inference: Large deviations

    analysis, at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, July 2008 (Host: Prof. Lang Tong)

    2. Youngchul Sung, Asymptotic behavior of ad hoc sensor networks for statistical inference: Large deviations

    analysis, at University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2008 (Host: Prof. Ben Liang)

    1. Youngchul Sung, Fundamental limits of ad hoc sensor networks for statistical inference, at National

    Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, March 2008 (Host: Prof. Peter Yao-Win Hong)

    Invited Talks and Lectures in Korea

    31. Youngchul Sung, MIMO communications, in KICS CITS Information Theory Summer School,

    Aug. 2016

    30. Youngchul Sung, Massive MIMO: Practical challenges and solutions, in the 8th Future Communication

    Technology Workshop, Apr. 2014

    29. Youngchul Sung, Introduction to analysis and measure theory, in Lecture Series on Basic Math in

    Communications and Networking, KICS, Feb. 2012

    28. Youngchul Sung, Space-time coding and MIMO systems, in Error Control Coding Lecture Series,

    CITS of KICS, Feb. 2012

    27. Youngchul Sung, The 5th generation mobile communication: New opportunity for beamforming, in the 18th

    Wireless Communications Workshop, KICS, Feb. 2012

    26. Youngchul Sung, Introduction to information theory, in High Speed Digital Communications Lectures,

    Telecommunications Society of IEEK, Jan. 2012

    25. Youngchul Sung, New opportunity for adaptive beamforming? Beamforming, projection and relaxed

    zero-forcing receivers, in the 2nd KAIST Institute International Workshop on Smart Media, Sep. 2011

    24. Youngchul Sung, Technologies for overcoming short distance wireless interference, KICS- Korea Army

    Signal School Joint Workshop, Apr. 2011

    23. Youngchul Sung, Cross-layer design concept and methodology, in the 5th KICS Workshop on Cross-Layer

    Design in Wireless Networks, Apr. 2011

    22. Youngchul Sung, On beamformer design for MIMO interference channels, in the 17th Wireless

    Communications Workshop, KICS, Feb. 2011

    21. Youngchul Sung, Introduction to information theory, in High Speed Digital Communications Lectures,

    Telecommunications Society of IEEK, Feb. 2011

    20. Youngchul Sung, Space-time coding and MIMO systems, in Error Control Coding Lecture Series,

    CITS of KICS, Jan. 2011

    19. Youngchul Sung, Information theory for MIMO wireless communications, in Network Information Theory

    Lecture Series, CITS of KICS, Jul. 2010

    18. Youngchul Sung, Interference in next generation wireless networks, KRnet, Jun. 2010

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    17. Youngchul Sung, Interference alignment for interference-limited wireless networks, in 4th Wireless

    Network Cross-Layer Design Workshop, Korea Information and Communications Society (KICS),

    Apr. 2010

    16. Youngchul Sung, Space-time coding and MIMO systems, in Error Control Coding Lecture Series,

    CITS of KICS, Feb. 2010

    15. Youngchul Sung, Introduction to information theory, in High Speed Digital Communications Lectures,

    Telecommunications Society of IEEK, Jan. 2010

    14. Youngchul Sung, organizer of special session Recent advances in interference channels and interference

    alignment in KICS Fall 2009 Conference, Nov. 2009

    13. Youngchul Sung, Large deviations analysis to asymptotic behavior of large ad hoc sensor networks,

    KAIST and Chinese University of Hong Kong Joint Workshop, Daejeon, Korea, Jul. 2009

    12. Youngchul Sung, Information theory for wireless communications: MIMO systems, Korean Coding and

    Information Theory Society, Jul. 2009

    11. Youngchul Sung, Vision for 5G mobile communication systems, invited talk in KRnet, Jun. 2009

    10. Youngchul Sung, Co-channel interference management, Korea Army Signal School, Apr. 2009

    9. Youngchul Sung, PHY-oriented cross-layer design: MIMO-OFDM based cross layer design, 3rd

    Wireless Network Cross-Layer Design Workshop, Korea Information and Communications

    Society (KICS), Apr. 2009

    8. Youngchul Sung, Space-time codes and MIMO systems, Lecture Series in Error Control Codes,

    Korean Coding and Information Theory Society, Feb. 2009

    7. Youngchul Sung, Large deviations principle and its applications, invited lecture, Korean Coding and

    Information Theory Society Workshop, Nov. 2008

    6. Youngchul Sung, Trends in wireless communications and related research topics, KT Infra Research

    Center, Nov. 2008

    5. Youngchul Sung, Cross-layer approach to wireless ad hoc sensor network design: Inference optimal design,

    2nd Wireless Network Cross-Layer Design Workshop, Korea Information and Communications

    Society (KICS), Apr. 2008

    4. Youngchul Sung, 4G Standards: OFDM, WiMAX and LTE, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Feb. 2008

    3. Youngchul Sung, Multiple access and wireless standards, KAIST EMDEC, Jan. 2008

    2. Youngchul Sung, Principe of latest wireless communication systems, KAIST IDEC, Nov. 2007

    1. Youngchul Sung, MIMO-OFDM systems, ETRI Mobile Communications Division, Oct. 2007

    JOURNAL ARTICLES

    Classification by Research Theme

    Statistical Signal Processing and Inference

    Large Deviations on Detection of Random Processes/Fields with Applications to Sensor Networks

    [5], [6], [7], [8], [10], [21]

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    Le Cams Contiguity and Local Asymptotic Normality (LAN) on Parametric Statistical Models

    [4], [11]

    Signal Processing for Communications

    Massive MIMO, mmWave Massive MIMO, and Beamforming

    Multi-user MIMO downlink scheduling and system aspects

    [33], [35], [38]

    Pilot signal design and channel estimation

    [29], [31], [34]

    Beamformer design and adaptive algorithms

    [22], [32], [40]

    New Multiple Access and Waveforms

    [36], [37], [39]

    Handling Wireless Interference: MIMO/MISO Interference Channels

    Interference alignment: Fast adaptive algorithms and outage analysis

    [14], [15], [16], [17], [20], [27]

    Pareto-optimal beamforming for MISO/MIMO interference channels

    [23], [26]

    Filter-and-Forward Relays: Capacity Analysis and Design

    [18], [19], [24], [25], [28]

    Blind Signal Processing for Communications

    [1], [2], [3], [9], [30]

    Chronological List International Journals (*Asterisks Denote Corresponding Authors.)

    < Submitted >

    40. Jihoon Chung, Yongjin Kwon, and Youngchul Sung*, Hybrid analog and digital beamformer design for

    millimeter-wave wideband multi-user MISO-OFDM systems, submitted to IEEE Journal on Selected

    Topics in Signal Processing, Sep. 2017

    < Published >

    39. Junyeong Seo and Youngchul Sung*, Beam design and user scheduling for non-orthogonal multiple access

    with multiple antennas based on Pareto-optimality, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,

    vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 2876 2891, Jun. 2018

    38. Gilwon Lee and Youngchul Sung*, A new approach to user scheduling in massive multi-user MIMO

    broadcast channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1481 1495, Apr. 2018

    37. Seungyul Han, Youngchul Sung*, and Yong H. Lee, Filter design for generalized frequency-division

    multiplexing IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 1644 1659, Apr. 2017

    36. Jungho So and Youngchul Sung*, Improving non-orthogonal multiple access by forming relaying

    broadcast channels, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1816 1819, Sep. 2016

    35. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung*, and Marios Kountouris, On the performance of random beamforming

    in sparse millimeter wave channels, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing,

    Special Issue on Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 560 575, Apr. 2016

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    34. Junyeong Seo, Youngchul Sung*, Gilwon Lee, and Donggun Kim, Training beam sequence design for

    millimeter-wave MIMO systems: A POMDP framework, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,

    vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 1228 1242, Mar. 2016

    33. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung*, and Junyeong Seo, Randomly-directional beamforming in mm-wave

    multi-user MISO downlink, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 2,

    pp. 1086 1100, Feb. 2016

    32. Donggun Kim, Gilwon Lee, and Youngchul Sung*, Two-stage beamformer design for massive MIMO

    downlink by trace quotient formulation, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 6,

    pp. 2200 2211, Jun. 2015

    31. Jungho So, Donggun Kim, Yuni Lee, and Youngchul Sung*, Pilot signal design for massive MIMO

    systems: A received signal-to-noise-ratio-based approach, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 22,

    no. 5, pp. 549 553, May 2015

    30. Song Noh, Youngchul Sung*, and Michael Zoltowski, A new precoder design for blind channel estimation

    for MIMO-OFDM systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 12,

    pp. 70117024, Dec. 2014

    29. Song Noh, Michael Zoltowski, Youngchul Sung*, and David Love, Pilot beam pattern design for

    channel estimation in massive MIMO systems, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing,

    Special Issue on Signal Processing for Large-Scale MIMO, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 787 801, Oct. 2014.

    28. Donggun Kim, Youngchul Sung*, and Jihoon Chung, Filter-and-forward relay design for MIMO-ODFM

    systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 2329 2339, Jul. 2014

    27. Junse Lee, Heejung Yu and Youngchul Sung*, Beam tracking for interference alignment in slowly-fading

    MIMO interference channels: A conjugate gradient based approach, IEEE Transactions on

    Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 958 964, Feb. 2014

    26. Juho Park and Youngchul Sung*, On the Pareto-optimal beam structure and design for multi-user

    MIMO interference channels, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no.23,

    pp. 5932 5946, Dec. 2013

    25. Donggun Kim, Junyeong Seo and Youngchul Sung*, Filter-and-forward transparent relay design for

    OFDM systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 4392 4407,

    Nov. 2013

    24. Yingbo Hua*, Daniel W. Bliss, Saeed Gazor, Yue Rong, and Youngchul Sung, Guest Editorial: Theories

    and methods for advanced wireless relays Issue II, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in

    Communications, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 1361 1367, Aug. 2013

    23. Juho Park, Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung* and Masahiro Yukawa, Coordinated beamforming with

    relaxed zero forcing: The sequential orthogonal projection combining method and rate control,

    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 3100-3112, Jun. 2013

    22. Masahiro Yukawa, Yongchul Sung* and Gilwon Lee, Dual-domain adaptive beamformer under

    Linearly and quadratically constrained minimum variance, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,

    vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 2874 2886, Jun. 2013

    21. Yuni Lee and Youngchul Sung*, Generalized Chernoff information for mismatched Bayesian detection

    and its application to energy detection, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 19, no. 11,

    pp. 753 756, Nov. 2012

    20. Juho Park, Youngchul Sung*, Donggun Kim and H. Vincent Poor, Outage probability and outage-based

    robust beamforming for MIMO interference channels with imperfect channel state information,

    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 3561 3573, Oct. 2012

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    19. Yingbo Hua*, Daniel W. Bliss, Saeed Gazor, Yue Rong, and Youngchul Sung, Guest Editorial: Theories

    and methods for advanced wireless relays Issue I, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in ommunications,

    vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1297 1303, Sep. 2012

    18. Cheulsoon Kim, Youngchul Sung* and Yong H. Lee, A joint time-invariant filtering approach to

    the linear Gaussian relay problem, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 8,

    pp. 4360 4375, Aug. 2012

    17. Haksoo Kim, Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung* and Yong H. Lee, An efficient algorithm for zero-forcing

    coordinated beamforming, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 994 997, Jul. 2012

    16. Youngseok Oh, Heejung Yu, Yong H. Lee and Youngchul Sung*, A nonlinear transceiver architecture for

    overloaded multiuser MIMO interference channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60,

    no. 4, pp. 946 951, Apr. 2012

    15. Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung*, Haksoo Kim and Yong H. Lee, Beam tracking for interference alignment in

    slowly-fading MIMO interference channels: A perturbations approach under a linear framework,

    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1910 1926, Apr. 2012

    14. Heejung Yu and Youngchul Sung*, Least squares approach to joint beam design for interference alignment

    in multiuser multi-input multi-output interference channels, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,

    vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 4960 4966, Sep. 2010

    13. Jo Woon Chong, Dan K. Sung* and Youngchul Sung, Cross-layer performance analysis for

    CSMA/CA Protocols: Impact of imperfect sensing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology,

    vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1100 1108, Mar. 2010

    12. Yirang Lim, Juho Park and Youngchul Sung*, Upper bound for the loss of energy detection of signals

    in multipath fading channels, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 949 952,

    Nov. 2009

    11. Youngchul Sung*, H. Vincent Poor and Heejung Yu, How much information can one get from a

    wireless ad hoc sensor network over a correlated random field? IEEE Transactions on Information

    Theory, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 2827 2847, Jun. 2009

    10. Jo Woon Chong, Youngchul Sung* and Dan K. Sung, RawPEACH: Multi-band CSMA/CA-based

    cognitive radio networks, Journal of Communications and Networks, vol. 11, no. 2,

    pp. 174 185, Apr. 2009

    9. Youngchul Sung*, Yirang Lim, Lang Tong and Alle-Jan van der Veen, Signal processing advances for

    3G CDMA: From rake receivers to blind techniques, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 47, no. 1,

    pp. 48 54, Jan. 2009

    8. Youngchul Sung*, Xin Zhang, Lang Tong and H. Vincent Poor, Sensor configuration and activation

    for field detection in large sensor arrays, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 2,

    pp. 447-463, Feb. 2008

    7. Youngchul Sung*, Saswat Misra, Lang Tong and Anthony Ephremides, Cooperative routing for

    distributed detection in large sensor networks, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,

    vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 471 483, Feb. 2007

    6. Youngchul Sung, Saswat Misra, Lang Tong* and Anthony Ephremides, Signal processing for application

    specific ad hoc networks," IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 74 83, Sep. 2006

    5. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong* and H. Vincent Poor, Neyman-Pearson detection of Gauss-Markov signals

    in noise: Closed-form error exponent and properties, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,

    vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1354-1365, Apr. 2006

    4. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong* and Ananthram Swami, Asymptotic locally optimal detector for large-scale

    sensor networks under the Poisson regime, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 53,

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    no. 6, pp. 2005 2017, Jun. 2005

    3. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong* and Ananthram Swami, Blind channel estimation for space-time coded

    WCDMA, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2004, no. 2,

    pp. 322-334, Dec. 2004

    2. Youngchul Sung and Lang Tong*, Tracking of fast-fading channels in long code WCDMA, IEEE

    Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 786-795, Mar. 2004

    1. Lang Tong*, Alle-Jan van der Veen, Patrick Dewilde and Youngchul Sung, Blind decorrelating rake

    receiver for long code WCDMA, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 51, no. 6,

    pp. 1642-1655, Jun. 2003

    Korean Articles

    5. Youngchul Sung*, An introduction to multiple access in wireless communications, KICS Information and

    Communication Magazine Open Lecture Series, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 10 17, Jun. 2016

    (an invited article)

    4. Jihoon Chung, Donggun Kim, and Youngchul Sung*, Design of amplify-and-forward helper stations for

    Cellular networks with device-to-device links, The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and

    Information Sciences, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 539 545, May 2016

    3. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung*, Jungho So, and Junyeong Seo, Research trends for realization of 5G massive

    MIMO, IEEK Magazine, Oct. 2015 (an invited article)

    2. Heejung Yu, Juho Park, Youngchul Sung*, and Yong H. Lee, Research trends in interference alignment

    for multi-user interference channels, IEEK Magazine, pp. 204 216, Apr. 2013 (an invited article)

    1. Youngchul Sung*, Juho Park, and Donggun Kim, Trends and advances in multi-cell MISO/MIMO

    technologies, KICS Information and Communication Magazine, pp. 11 18, Aug. 2012

    (an invited article)

    BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

    4. Gilwon Lee and Youngchul Sung, MAC scheduler for mmWave massive MIMO, in MmWave Massive

    MIMO: A Paradigm for 5G, edited by Shahid Mumtaz, Jonathan Rodriquez and Linglong Dai,

    Elsevier, ISBN 9780128044186, London, UK, 2016

    3. Changwon Sung, (BulOnDangJib), a 17C Chosun anthology of BulOnDang () Changwon Sung (), translated by Baekhyo Sung () and edited by

    Youngchul Sung (), Changsin Press, ISBN 978-89-98009-04-5, Korea, 2015.

    2. Youngchul Sung, Interference Control Technologies, in Next Generation Tactical Information and

    Communication, edited by Jong Myung Lee et al., Hongreusng Science Publisher, Seoul, Korea,

    ISBN 979-11-5600-011-2, Korea, 2014

    1. Youngchul Sung, Tae-Eung Sung, Brian M. Sadler and Lang Tong, Training/optimal training signal design for MIMO, in Space-Time Wireless Systems: From Array Processing to MIMO communications, edited

    by A.-J. van der Veen, H. Bolcskei, D. Gesbert and C. Papadias, Cambridge University Press,

    ISBN 978-0521851053, 2006

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    CONFERENCE PAPERS

    < Submitted >

    49. Seungyul Han and Youngchul Sung, Multi-batch experience replay for fast convergence of continuous action

    control, submitted to The 35th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2018,

    Jan. 2018

    < Published >

    48. Whiyoung Jung and Youngchul Sung, Facial expression classification with universum data,

    the 5th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA),

    Daejeon, South Korea, Dec. 2017

    47. Yongjin Kwon, Jihoon Chung, and Youngchul Sung, Hybrid beamformer design for mmWave wideband

    multi-user MIMO-OFDM systems, an invited paper to SPAWC 2017, Sapporo, Japan, Jul. 2017

    46. Junyeong Seo and Youngchul Sung, A new transceiver architecture for multi-user MIMO communication

    based on mixture of linear and non-linear reception, SPAWC 2017, Sapporo, Japan, Jul. 2017

    45. Gilwon Lee, Jungho So, and Youngchul Sung, Impact of training on mmWave multiuser MIMO

    downlink, GlobalSIP, Dec. 2016

    44. Gilwon Lee and Youngchul Sung, Random beamforming combined with receive beamforming in mmWave

    multiuser MIMO downlink, URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, Aug. 2016

    43. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung, and Marios Kountouris, How can one efficiently schedule users in mmWave

    massive MIMO? IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, Nafplio, Greece, May 2016

    42. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung, and Junyeong Seo, How many users are needed for non-trivial performance

    of random beamforming in highly-directional mm-wave MIMO downlink, IEEE Information Theory

    Workshop, Jeju, Korea, Oct. 2015

    41. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung, and Marios Kountouris, On the performance of randomly directional

    beamforming between line-of-sight and rich scattering channels, invited paper to Special Session on

    Signal Processing for Millimeter Wave Communication Systems, SPAWC 2015, Jun. 2015

    40. Junyeong Seo, Youngchul Sung, Gilwon Lee, and, Donggun Kim, Pilot beam sequence design for channel

    estimation in millimeter-wave MIMO systems: A POMDP framework, SPAWC 2015, Jun. 2015

    39. Sangwoon Kwak, Jungho So, and Youngchul Sung, An extended least difference greedy clique-cover

    algorithm for index coding, ISIT 2014, Honolulu, HI, Jun. 2014

    38. Jungho So, Sangwoon Kwak, and Youngchul Sung, Some new results on index coding when the number of

    data is less than the number of receivers, ISIT 2014, Honolulu, HI, Jun. 2014

    37. Gilwon Lee and Youngchul Sung, Asymptotically optimal simple user scheduling for massive MIMO

    Downlink with two-stage beamforming, SPAWC 2014, Toronto, Canada, Jun. 2014

    36. Song Noh, Michael Zoltowski, Youngchul Sung, and David Love, Training signal design for

    channel estimation in massive MIMO systems, ICASSP 2014, Florence, Italy, May 2014

    35. Song Noh, Michael Zoltowski, Youngchul Sung, and David Love, Optimal pilot beam pattern design for

    massive MIMO systems, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA,

    Nov. 2013

    34. Juho Park and Youngchul Sung, An efficient parameterization for Pareto-optimal beamformers for K-user

    MIMO interference channels, in Proc.of ICASSP 2013, Vancouver, Canada, May 2013

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    33. Gilwon Lee, Juho Park, Youngchul Sung and Junyeong Seo, A new approach to beamformer design for

    massive MIMO systems based on k-regularity, International Workshop on Emerging Technologies

    for LTE-Advanced and Beyond 4G in conjunction with Globecom 2012, Anaheim, CA, Dec. 2012

    32. Donggun Kim, Junyeong Seo and Youngchul Sung, Filter-and-forward relay design for OFDM systems

    with quality-of-service improvement APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference 2012, Hollywood, CA,

    Dec. 2012

    31. Cheulsoon Kim, Eui-Rim Jeong, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Asymmetric complex signaling for

    full-duplex decode-and-forward relay channels, International Conference on ICT Convergence,

    Jeju, Korea, Oct. 2012

    30. Yuni Lee and Youngchul Sung, The Bahadur efficiency of energy detection of stationary Gaussian

    processes, in Proc. of 2012 ICASSP, Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.

    29. Juho Park, Donggun Kim and Youngchul Sung, Sum outage-rate maximization for MIMO

    interference channels, in Proc. of 2011 Globecom, Dec. 2011

    28. Gilwon Lee, Juho Park, Youngchul Sung and Masahiro Yukawa, Coordinated beamforming with relaxed

    zero forcing, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing

    (WCSP), Nov. 2011 (Invited Paper)

    27. Masahiro Yukawa, Youngchul Sung and Gilwon Lee, Adaptive interference suppression in MIMO multiple

    access channels based on dual-domain approach, in Proc. of the 26th International Technical

    Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC), Gyeongju, Korea,

    Jun. 2011

    26. Junse Lee, Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Adaptive beam tracking for interference

    alignment in time-varying MIMO interference channels: Conjugate gradient approach, in Proc. of

    ICASSP 2011, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2011

    25. Song Noh and Youngchul Sung, Precoder design for semi-blind channel estimation for OFDM systems, in

    Proc. of APSIPA 2010, Singapore, Dec. 2010

    24. Heejung Yu and Youngchul Sung, Iterative algorithm for interference alignment in multiuser MIMO

    interference channels, in Proc. of SPAWC 2010, Marrakech, Morocco, Jun. 2010

    23. Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung, Haksoo Kim and Yong H. Lee, Adaptive beam tracking for interference

    alignment for multiuser time-varying MIMO interference channels, in Proc. of ICASSP 2010,

    Dallas, TX, Mar. 2010

    22. Heejung Yu, Juho Park, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, A least squares approach to joint beam design

    for interference alignment in multiuser interference channels, in Proc. of SPAWC 2009,

    Perugia, Italy, Jun. 2009

    21. Jowoon Chong, Youngchul Sung and Dan K. Sung, 'Multi-band CSMA/CA-based cognitive radio

    networks, in Proc. of IWCMC 2009, Leipzig, Germany, Jun. 2009

    20. Haksoo Kim, Sungho Choi, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Amplify-forward relays with superimposed

    pilot signals for frequency-selective fading channels, in Proc. of VTC 2009, Barcelona, Apr. 2009

    19. Yirang Lim and Youngchul Sung, Upper bound for the loss factor of energy detection of random signals in

    multipath fading cognitive radio, in Proc. of ICASSP 2009, Taipei, Taiwan, Apr. 2009

    18. Jowoon Chong, Youngchul Sung and Dan K. Sung, "Analysis of CSMA/CA systems under carrier sensing

    error: Throughput, delay and sensitivity," in Proc. of IEEE Globecom 2008, New Orleans, LA,

    Nov. 2008

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    17. Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Superposition data transmission for cognitive radios:

    Performance and algorithms, in Proc. of IEEE MILCOM 2008, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2008

    16. Youngchul Sung, H. Vincent Poor and Heejung Yu, Optimal node density for two-dimensional sensor

    arrays, in Proc. of IEEE Workshop of Sensor Array and Multi-Channel Signal Processing (SAM 2008),

    Darmstadt, Germany, Jul. 2008

    15. Youngchul Sung, H. Vincent Poor and Heejung Yu, Information, energy and density for ad hoc sensor

    networks over correlated random fields: Large deviations analysis, in Proc. of ISIT 2008, Toronto,

    Ontario, Canada, Jul. 2008

    14. Jowoon Chong, Youngchul Sung and Dan K. Sung, "Cross-layer performance analysis for CSMA/CA

    systems: Impact of imperfect sensing," in Proc. of the 9th IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing

    Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Recife, Brazil, Jul. 2008

    13. Youngchul Sung, H. Vincent Poor and Heejung Yu, Large deviations analysis for the detection of 2D

    hidden Gauss-Markov random fields using sensor networks, in Proc. of ICASSP 2008,

    Las Vegas, Nevada, Mar. 2008

    12. Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, On optimal operating characteristics of sensing and

    training for cognitive radios, in Proc. of ICASSP 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mar. 2008

    11. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and Anthony Ephremides, A new metric for routing in multi-hop wireless

    sensor networks for detection of correlated random fields, in Proc. of MILCOM05, Atlantic City,

    New Jersey, Oct. 2005

    10. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and H. Vincent Poor, Neyman-Pearson detection of Gauss-Markov signals

    in noise: Closed-form error exponent and properties, in Proc. of 2005 IEEE International

    Symposium on Information Theory, Adelaide, Australia, Sep. 2005

    9. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and H. Vincent Poor, Optimal and suboptimal detection of Gaussian signals

    in noise: Asymptotic relative efficiency, in Proc. of the Conference on Advanced Signal Processing

    Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations XV, part of SPIE International Symposium, San Diego,

    CA, Jul. 2005

    8. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and H. Vincent Poor, A large deviations approach to sensor scheduling for

    detection of correlated random fields, in Proc. of ICASSP 2005, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 2005

    (Student Best Paper Award in ICASSP 2005)

    7. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and Anthony Ephremides, Route selection for detection of correlated random

    fields in large sensor networks, in Proc. of CISS05, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD,

    Mar. 2005

    6. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and Ananthram Swami, Asymptotic locally optimal detector for large-scale

    sensor networks under the Poisson regime, in Proc. of 2004 ICC, Paris, France, Jun. 2004

    5. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and Ananthram Swami, Locally asymptotically optimal detector for large-

    scale sensor networks, in Proc. of 2004 ICASSP, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 2004

    4. Youngchul Sung, Lang Tong, and Ananthram Swami, Semi-blind channel estimation for space-time coded

    WCDMA downlink, in Proc. of 2003 ICC, Anchorage, AK, May 2003

    3. Youngchul Sung and Lang Tong, A new blind tracking for long code WCDMA with linear interpolation

    model, in Proc. of 2002 Asilomar Conference, Monteray, CA, Nov. 2002

    2. Youngchul Sung and Lang Tong, Channel tracking for long code WCDMA, in Proc. of 2002 MILCOM,

    Anaheim, CA, Oct. 2002

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    1. Youngchul Sung and Lang Tong, A projection-based semi-blind channel estimation for long-code

    WCDMA, in Proc. of 2002 ICASSP, Orlando, FL, May 2002

    Korean Workshops and Conferences

    19. G. Park, S. Park, J. Seo, J. So, W. Wang, S. Yoo, S. Lim, J. Chung, M. Cho, D. Ha, J. Kang, H. Park,

    and Y. Sung, Link-level simulator for 5G NSA, Joint Conference on Communications &

    Information (JCCI), Yeosoo, May 2018

    18. G. Park, S. Park, J. Seo, J. So, W. Wang, S. Yoo, S. Lim, J. Chung, M. Cho, D. Ha, J. Kang, H. Park,

    and Y. Sung, Design of modular link-level simulator for 5G, Korean Institute of

    Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Winter Conference, Kwangwon, Jan. 2018

    17. W. Kim, G, Park, S. Park, J. Seo, J. So, S. Yoo, S. Lim, J. Chung, D. Ha, J. Kang, H. Park, and Y. Sung,

    Development of open-source modular link-level simulator for pre-5G, Korean Institute of

    Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer Conference, Jeju, Jun. 2017

    16. Gilwon Lee, Jungho So, and Youngchul Sung, A new hierarchical beam training method for millimeter-

    wave communication, Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI), Apr. 2017

    15. Seungyeol Han and Youngchul Sung, Filter optimization for generalized frequency division multiplexing,

    Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI), Apr. 2016

    14. Gilwon Lee and Youngchul Sung, Improved random beamforming in mmWave channels,

    Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI), Apr. 2016

    13. Gilwon Lee, Youngchul Sung, Junyeong Seo, Random beamforming in mmWave channels,

    Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI), Apr. 2015

    12. Jihoon Chung, Donggun Kim, and Youngchul Sung, Optimal design of amplify-and-forward helper

    Stations for cellular networks with device-to-device links, Korean Institute of Communications and

    Information Sciences (KICS), Fall Conference, Apr. 2014

    11. Jihoon Chung, Junyeong Seo, Donggun Kim, Youngchul Sung, Efficient direction-of-arrival estimation

    based on mm wave channel modeling, Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI),

    Apr. 2014

    10. Song Noh and Youngchul Sung, Linear precoder design for blind channel estimation for MIMO-OFDM

    systems under a sparse structure, IEEK 2011 Summer Conference, Jeju, Korea, Jun. 2011

    9. Donggun Kim, Juho Park and Youngchul Sung, Robust beam design in multi-input multi-output

    interference channels based on mean square error, Joint Conference on Communications & Information

    (JCCI), May 2011

    8. Cheulsoon Kim, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Interference-symbol-based user cooperation scheme,

    Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI), May 2011

    7. Juho Park and Youngchul Sung, Interference alignment in asymmetric multi-input multi-output

    interference channels, Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI),

    Apr. 2010. (Best Paper Award in JCCI 2010)

    6. Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Joint optimization of transmit power and operating point

    of channel sensingfor cognitive radio networks, Joint Conference on Communications &

    Information (JCCI), Apr. 2010

    5. Haksoo Kim, Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Bilinear programming approach to

    interference alignment, KICS Fall Workshop, Nov. 2009

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    4. Heejung Yu, Juho Park, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, A non-iterative approach to beam design for

    interference alignment for multiuser interference channels, KICS CITS Workshop, Daejeon, Korea,

    Feb. 2009

    3. Haksoo Kim, Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Analysis of point-to-point communication

    coexisting with OFDM-based cellular systems, the 12th Communication and Electronics Conference,

    Seoul, Oct. 2008

    2. Haksoo Kim, Sungho Choi, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, AF relay system employing superimposed

    pilot over frequency-selective channels, Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI),

    Jeju, Korea, Apr. 2008

    1. Heejung Yu, Youngchul Sung and Yong H. Lee, Superposition data transmission for secondary users in

    cognitive radios, Joint Conference on Communications & Information (JCCI), Jeju, Korea, Apr. 2008

    PATENTS

    International Patents

    8. Y. Sung, G. Lee and J. Park, Scheduling method and apparatus in mobile communication system,

    US Patent Application No. 15/381968, Dec. 16, 2016: Joint Application with ETRI

    7. Y. Sung and G. Lee, User scheduling and beamformer design method, apparatus, and storage medium

    based on two-stage beamformer for massive MIMO downlink,

    3GPP Study Item: R1-160969 (3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #84)

    US Patent 9,680,549. Registered on 2017.06.13.

    6. Y. Sung, M. Yukawa, J. Park and G. Lee, Cooperative multi-cell MIMO beamforming method based on

    relaxed zero-forcing, relaxed zero forcing transmission beamforming,

    Patent file number: PCT/KR2012/001201, PCT file date: 2012.02.17.

    5. Y. Lee, Y. Sung, H. Yu, H. Kim, Y. Hong, and T. Kwon, Communication system of detecting

    victim terminal and performing interference coordination in multi-cell environments,

    US Patent 8,737,921. Registered on 2014.05.27.

    JP Patent 5580424. Registered on 2014.07.28

    4. W. Shin, C. Kim, C. Shin, W. Noh, H. Choi, Y. Sung and Y. Lee, Method and apparatus of controlling

    intercell interference based on cooperation of intracell terminals,

    US Patent 8,412,104. Registered on 2013.04.02.

    3. C. Yoon, Y. Sung, D. Cho, and D. Jeon, Polymer substrate for flexible display having enhanced flexibility,

    US Patent 8,167,628. Registered on 2012.5.1.

    2. T. Kwon, H. Yu, K. Jang, Y. Sung, H. Hwang, Y. Lee, and Y. Oh, Apparatus and method for radio

    communication,

    US Patent 8,103,217. Registered on 2012.01.24.

    1. T. Kwon, I. Lee, H. Hwang, Y. Kim, H. Choi, Y. Lee, Y. Sung, H. Yu, andY. Oh, Pilot signal power control

    apparatus and operation method of pilot signal power control apparatus,

    US Patent 8,099,051. Registered on 2012.01.17.

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    Korean Patents

    37. Y. Sung, G. Lee and J. Park, Method and apparatus for scheduling in mobile communication system,

    Patent file date: 2015.12.18, Patent file number: 10-2015-0182245

    36. Y. Sung, H. Kim, H. Yu, and Y. H. Lee, Adaptive limited feedback method for multi-cell time-varying

    MISO interference channels, Patent file date: 2012.10.23. Patent file number: 10-2012-0118008

    Registered

    35. Y. Sung and S. Han, Optimal waveform design method for generalized frequency division multiplexing

    systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1837609. Registration date: 2018-03-06

    34. Y. Sung and J. So, , Patent registration number: 10-1688221. Registration date: 2016-12-14

    33. Y. Lee, Y. Sung, H. Yu, H. Kim, Y. Hong and T. Kwon, Communication system of detecting victim

    terminal and performing interference coordination in multi-cell environments,

    Patent registration number: 10-1666009. Registration date: 2016-10-07

    32. Y. Sung, J. So, D. Kim and Y. Lee, Pilot signal design method for massive antenna systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1606159-0000. Registration date: 2016-03-18

    31. Y. Sung, J. Seo, J. Chung and G. Lee, Reduced pilot sequence design method and device for spatially

    correlated uplink systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1598879-0000. Registration date: 2016-02-24

    30. W. Shin, C. Kim, C. Shin, W. Noh, H. Choi, Y. Sung, and Y. Lee, Method and apparatus of controlling

    Intercell interference based on cooperation of intracell terminals,

    Patent registration number: 10-1588712-0000. Registration date: 2016-01-20

    29. Y. Sung and G. Lee, A user scheduling method, device and recording medium based on two-stage

    Beamformer for massive MIMO broadcast channels,

    Patent registration number: 10-1562557-0000. Registration date: 2015-10-16

    28. Y. Sung, J. So, J. Park, and D. Kim, Beamforming device and method with channel distribution information

    and interference temperature level control for MISO interference,

    Patent registration number: 10-1488771-0000. Registration date: 2015-01-27

    27. Y. Sung and J. Seo, J. Park, G. Lee, Zero-forcing Beamformer Design Device and Method in

    MISO Broadcast Channel Based on k-regularity,

    Patent registration number: 10-1482925-0000. Registration date: 2015-01-07

    26. Y. Sung, D. Kim and J. Seo, Filter-and-forward transparent relay design method for relay power

    minimization in OFDM systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1434457-0000. Registration date: 2014-08-20

    25. Y. Sung, D. Kim and J. Seo, Filter-and-forward transparent relay design method

    for QoS maximization in OFDM systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1434456-0000. Registration date: 2014-08-20

    24. Y. Sung and Y. Lee, Threshold setting method for energy detector, Patent file date: 2012.4.12,

    Patent registration number: 10-1356834. Registration date: 2014-01-22

    23. Y. Sung, J. Park, G. Lee, and J. Seo, Beamformer design method based on k-regularity for massive

    MIMO systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1356633. Registration date: 2014-01-22

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    22. Y. Sung, M. Yukawa, G. Lee and J. Park, Cooperative multi-cell MIMO beamforming method based on

    relaxed zero-forcing,

    Patent registration number: 10-1308141. Registration date: 2013-09-06

    21. Y. Sung, C. S. Kim and Y. H. Lee, Relay system based on time-invariant filter and optimizing method of

    said system,

    Patent registration number: 10-1288536. Registration date: 2013-07-16

    20. Y. Sung, J. Park and D. Kim, Outage-based robust beam design algorithm for MIMO interference channel

    with channel uncertainty,.

    Patent registration number: 10-1284935, Registration date: 2013-07-04

    19. Y. Hong, W. Shin, Y. Lee, Y. Sung, H. Yu, and H. Kim, Transmission apparatus and method for

    performing interference alignment thereof, and reception apparatus and method for operating thereof,

    Patent registration number: 10-1708297. Registration date: 2013-05-31

    18. Y. Sung, J. Park and G. Lee, Sequential orthogonal projection combining algorithm

    for relaxed zero-forcing beamforming, Patent file date: 2012.1.27, Patent file number: 10-2012-0008197.

    Patent registration number: 10-1272319. Registration date: 2013-05-31

    17. Y. Sung and N. Song, The compatibility of linear precoder for blind channel estimation and capacity optimal

    linear precoder based on MIMO-OFDM systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1234245. Registration date: 2013-02-12

    16. Y. Sung, D. Kim and J. Park, Beam design algorithm in multi-input multi-output interference channels

    based on mean square error and using method thereof,

    Patent registration number: 10-1205389. Registration date: 2012-11-21

    15. Y. Sung, H. Kim, H. Yu and Y. H. Lee, Adaptive beam tracking method and pilot duration or channel

    feedback duration adaptation for coordinated beamforming system,

    Patent registration number: 10-1199439. Registration date: 2012-11-02

    14. Y. Sung, J. Lee and D. Kim, Efficient blind receiver architecture for interference alignment systems,

    Patent registration number: 10-1172718. Registration date: 2012-08-03

    13. Y. Sung, H. Yu, H. Kim and Y. H. Lee, Interference alignment and beam tracking for time-varying multiuser

    MIMO interference channels transmitting multiple data streams,

    Patent registration number: 10-1172717. Registration date: 2012-08-03

    12. Y. Sung, J. Park, H. Yu, H. Kim and Y. H. Lee, A data transmitting/receiving method and device for

    interference alignment in multi-user MIMO interference channels,

    Patent registration number: 10-1102955. Registration date: 2011.12.29

    11. Y. Sung, H. Yu, H. Kim and Y. H. Lee, Adaptive interference alignment for time-varying multiuser MIMO

    interference channels,

    Patent registration number: 10-1094442. Registration date: 2011-12-08

    10. Y. Sung, J. Lee, H. Yu and Y. H. Lee, Adaptive beam tracking for interference alignment in time-varying

    MIMO interference channels: Conjugate gradient approach,

    Patent registration number: 10-1206881. Registration date: 2011-11-26

    9. Y. Sung, H. Yu, H. Kim, N. Song, Y. H. Lee and D. Kwon, Method for power control and user allocation

    in wireless mesh network,

    Patent registration number: 10-1047039. Registration date: 2011-06-30

    8. Y. Sung, D. K. Sung and J. W. Chong, Wireless network systems with priority class based medium access

    control,

    Patent registration number: 10- 1040290. Registration date: 2011.06.02

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    7. Y. Sung and J. W. Chong, Wireless network system of multi-tier and communication method and apparatus

    thereof,

    Patent registration number:10-0999039. Registration date: 2010.12.05

    6. Y. Sung, H. Yu, H. Kim, Y. Oh and Y. H. Lee, Method inserting secondary system for OFDM-based

    primary system,

    Patent registration number: 10-0961559. Registration date: 2010.05.17

    5. Y. Sung and others, Differential encoding method for e-paper,

    Patent registration number: 10-927210. Registration date: 2009.11.10

    4. D. Y. Jeon, C. S. Yoon, Y. Sung, S. Kim and H. Yoo, Display apparatus based on fully flexible fabric

    structure,

    Patent registration number: 10-0912724. Registration date: 2009.08.11

    3. C. S. Yoon, D. Y. Jeon, Y. Sung and D. H. Cho, Polymer plate with enhanced flexibility for flexible

    displays, Patent registration number:10-0900458. Registration date: 2009.05.26

    2. C. Lim, Y. Sung and others, Virtual data input method and apparatus,

    Patent registration number: 10-0900978-0000. Registration date: 2009.05.28

    1. C. Lim, Y. Sung and others, Flexible mobile terminal, filed on Aug. 2007.

    Patent registration number: 10-0867608-0000. Registration date: 2008.11.03

    FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND RECEIVED FUNDING

    Current Projects

    Research on Information Geometry-Based Performance Enhancement for Policy-Based Reinforcement

    Learning with Large Action Spaces ( )

    Funding Agent: National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea

    Role : Principal Investigator

    Period : 2017.09 2021.08 (Total 4 years)

    Amount : 400,000,000 KRW (Four Year Total)

    Research and Development of Adaptive Machine Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Digital Companion

    Funding Agent: The Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion (IITP)

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator

    Period : 2016.12 2018.06

    Amount : 360,000,000 KRW (Two Year Total)

    Research and Development of Open 5G Reference Model Link-Level Simulator (LLS)

    Funding Agent: The Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion (IITP)

    Role : Principal Investigator (PI)

    Period : 2016.08 2019.02

    Amount : 260,000,000 KRW (Three Year Total)

    Past Projects

    Pattern Analysis and Anomaly Detection of AMI Smart Meter Data

    Funding Agent: KEPCO

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    Role : Principal Investigator (PI)

    Period : 2016.05 2016.11

    Amount : 55,200,000 KRW

    Giga Korea Project: Development of Millimeter-Wave 5G Mobile Communication System

    Funding Agent: ETRI

    Role : Principal Investigator (PI)

    Period : 2014.07 2018.04

    Amount : 160,000,000 KRW (Four Year Total)

    *Performed core analytical research for ETRI Giga Korea Project on

    Multimodular 28GHz Massive MIMO mmWAVE System Design and Development

    Research on Interference Problem for Future Wireless Networks for Smartphone Era

    Funding Agent: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

    Role : Principal Investigator (PI)

    Phase II : 2013.11 - 2016.10 (3 Years) ( ) Phase I : 2010.09 - 2013.08 (3 Years)

    Amount : 179,964,000 KRW (Phase I: 3 Years)

    +147,711,000 KRW (Phase II: 3 Years)

    Development of Fundamental Technologies for User-Centric 5G Mobile Personal Cells

    Funding Agent: ETRI

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

    Period : 2013.04 2016.02 (Total 3 Years)

    Amount : 158,564,000 KRW (3 Year Total)

    Can Modern Communication/Network Theories Inspire Brain Reverse Engineering and

    Vice Versa?

    Funding Agent: KAIST

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

    Period : 2011.06 2012.12 (Total 1 Year and 7 Months)

    Amount : 39,475,000 KRW

    Development of Adaptive Beam Multiple Access Technology Without Interference Based on

    Antenna Node Grouping

    Funding Agent: Korea Communications Commission (KCC)

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

    Period : 2011.03 2016.02 (Total 5 Years)

    Amount : 285,585,000 KRW (5 Year Total)

    Distributed Inference in Wireless Sensor Networks: Scaling Behavior and Impact of Network Topology

    Funding Agent: Korea Research Foundation (KRF)

    Role : Principal Investigator (PI)

    Period : 2009.01 2009.12 (Total 1 Year)

    Amount : 60,000,000 KRW

    5G Mobile Communication Systems Based on Beam Division Multiple Access and Relays with

    Group Cooperation

    Funding Agent: Dept. of MKE and Korea Communications Commission (KCC)

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

    Period : 2008.03 2013.02 (Total 5 Years)

    Amount : 250,270,000 KRW (5 Year Total)

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    Next Generation Tactical Information and Communication Network High Mobility Technology

    Development

    Funding Agent: ETRI

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

    Period : 2008.03 2010.02 (Total 2 Years)

    Amount : 95,234,000 KRW (2 Year Total)

    Cognitive Autonomous Communication Based KAIST b4G System Core Technologies and Simulator

    Development

    Funding Agent: Samsung Electronics

    Role : Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

    Period : 2007.05 2011.07

    Amount : 125,000,000 KRW (Total)

    Integrative Design Approach to Wireless and Sensor Networks

    Funding Agent: KAIST

    Role : Principal Investigator (PI)

    Period : 2007.02 2009.12 (Total 3 Years)

    Amount : 182,000,000 KRW (Total)

    GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEES

    CURRENT STUDENTS

    PhD(7): Junyeong Seo, Jungho So, Jihoon Chung, Sohee Bae, Seungyul Han, Whiyoung Jung, Woojun Kim

    MS (4): Giseung Park, Myungsik Cho, Sungho Choi, Jongeui Park

    FORMER STUDENTS

    PhD Graduates (7)

    Gilwon Lee (PhD Aug. 2016. Postdoc under Prof. Robert Heath, Univ. Texas, Austin)

    Donggun Kim (PhD Aug. 2015. Now at Samsung Electronics, DMC Standardization Team)

    Juho Park (PhD Aug. 2013. Now at ETRI, Giga Korea Team)

    Cheulsoon Kim (PhD Feb. 2013 co-advised student. Now at ETRI)

    Haksoo Kim (PhD Feb. 2013 co-advised student. Now at National Security Research Institute)

    Heejung Yu (PhD Feb. 2011 co-advised student. Now Associate Professor at Yeungnam University) Jowoon Chong (PhD Aug. 2009 co-advised student. Now Assistant Professor at Texas Tech Univ. USA)

    MS Graduates (16)

    Woojun Kim (Feb. 2018. Proceeded to PhD Program at WIRL, KAIST)

    Hyungcheol Noh (Feb. 2018. Now at TmaxSoft)

    Whiyoung Jung (Feb. 2017. Proceeded to PhD Program at WISRL, KAIST)

    Seungyul Han (Feb. 2016. Proceeded to PhD Program at WISRL, KAIST)

    Yongjin Kwon (Feb. 2016. ADD)

    Kwonhan Moon (Feb. 2015. ETRI)

    Sanwoon Kwak (Feb. 2014. ETRI)

    Jihoon Chung (Feb. 2014. Proceeded to PhD Program at WISRL, KAIST)

    Junyeong Seo (Feb. 2013. Proceeded to PhD Program at WISRL, KAIST)

    Jungho So (Feb. 2013. Proceeded to PhD Program at WISRL, KAIST)

    Gilwon Lee (Feb. 2012. Proceeded to PhD Program at WISRL, KAIST)

    Yuni Lee (Aug. 2011. Personal Business)

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    Bora Lim (Feb. 2011. Samsung Electronics)

    Junse Lee (Feb. 2011. PhD student under Prof. Francois Bacelli at Univ. Texas, Austin)

    Yirang Lim (Feb. 2010. Strategic Planning Team, Hana Card)

    Song Noh (Feb. 2010. Intel, USA with PhD under Prof. David Love at Purdue University, IN, USA)

    TEACHING

    Special Lecture on Information Geometry (EE 827B), Fall 2013 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Real Analysis for Electrical Engineers (EE807), Spring 2015

    Dept. of Mathematics/Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Mobile Communication Engineering (EE 629), Fall 2015 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Information Theory (EE 623): Fall 2011, Fall 2010

    Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Detection and Estimation (EE 622), Fall 2017, Fall 2014 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Advanced Communication Systems (EE 522): Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007

    Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST Communication Systems (EE 421): Spring 2016, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007

    Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Communication Engineering (EE 321B), Spring 2015 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Introduction to Electronics Design Lab (EE305), Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2010

    Signals and Systems (EE 202B): Spring 2014, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

    Section Instructor, Digital Communications (ECE 567), Fall 2004

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University

    Teaching Assistant, Detection and Estimation (ECE 564), Spring 2003

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University