Hoi Jun Yoo

Hoi-Jun Yoo is a Faculty member in the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST. His research focuses on semiconductor systems, with an emphasis on humanistic design and the development of System-on-Chip (SoC) technologies aimed at enhancing human health and enabling creative living. His work includes the design of energy-efficient SoCs for spatial computing, vision-language navigation, and neuromorphic systems. Yoo's research has been featured in several accepted and presented papers, highlighting advancements in AI semiconductor design and mixed-precision computing. His laboratory, the Semiconductor System Lab (SSL), is dedicated to fostering innovation in semiconductor technologies and their applications.

Hoi-Jun Yoo is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at KAIST, specializing in low-power and energy-efficient computing systems. His research focuses on neuro-inspired computing chips, wearable health monitoring systems, and body channel communication for biomedical applications. He has developed ultra-low-power sensors and integrated circuits for continuous health monitoring, including pulse oximetry and ECG acquisition systems. His work also includes deep neural network accelerators with variable weight bit precision and reconfigurable processors for general-purpose deep learning. Additionally, he has contributed to network-on-chip designs and wireless sensor networks for body sensor applications. His research emphasizes energy efficiency, signal transmission, and biomedical signal processing.