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Jonghyeon Nam

Master candidate of CSDL, POSTECH in Korea

Languages

  • Korean (Native)
  • English (Normal)

Interests

  • DL HW Accelerator
  • SoC Architecture
  • Bicycle

About Theme

Career Profile

Jonghyeon Nam received the BS. degree in Electronic Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2024. He is currently the MS. candidate in Electrical Engineering in 2024 from Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea. His current research interests include Physical Design Optimization. He is working with Prof. Seokhyeong Kang in CAD & SoC Design Lab.

EDUCATION

M.S. in Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology

Sep. 2024 - present
in CSDL, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Republic of Korea

Advisor: Prof. Seokhyeong Kang

M.S. in Department of Electrical Engineering

Feb. 2024 - Aug. 2024
in CSDL, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Republic of Korea

Advisor: Prof. Seokhyeong Kang

B.S. in Electronic Engineering

Mar. 2018 - Feb. 2024
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

EXPERIENCES

Undergraduate Research Intern

Aug. 2022 - Jul. 2023
IoT Laboratory, in Hanyang University
  • Researched energy efficiency of three PAM-3 encoding techniques using DRAM memory traces from the GEM5 computer architecture simulator running benchmarks.

AWARD & SCHOLARSHIPMENT

National Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship - 2018 - 2023
ULJU SCHOLARSHIP - 2022
SEMICONDUCTOR MAJOR TRACK SCHOLARSHIP - 2022

Publications

  • Efficient Down-sampling in Hybrid Neural Networks using Adversarial Autoencoders
    • Jonghyeon Nam, Joonseok Kim, Eunji Kwon, and Seokhyeong Kang
    IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE), 20-22 April, 2026
  • Enhancing Timing Closure via Spatially Embedded Graph Transformer with Low Power/Area Overhead
    • Joonyoung Seo, Jonghyeon Nam, Howoo jang, Yunseok Jung, and Seokhyeong Kang
    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 26-30 October, 2025
  • Low-Power Encoding for PAM-3 DRAM Bus
    • Jonghyeon Nam, Jaeduk Han, and Hokeun Kim
    International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), 2-5 July, 2024

    SKILLS & PROFICIENCY

    Python

    C/C++

    Verilog

    Linux