Mikyung Kang




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    Mikyung Kang, Ph. D.
    Computer Scientist
    Information Sciences Institute (ISI)
    University of Southern California (USC)
    3811 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 200
    Arlington, VA 22203

    Office: +1-703-248-6176
    Cellular: +1-703-587-9716
    Email: mkkang at isi.edu
    Email: mkkang01 at gmail.com
    Web: http://www.isi.edu/people/mkkang

    USC ISI is part of the Viterbi School of Engineering, whose Graduate Engineering Program was ranked #9 by US News and World Report in 2013. USC ISI is a computer science and engineering applied research institute, with offices in Marina Del Rey, California, and Arlington, Virginia. ISI's mission is to combine world-class research with the development of deployable prototype systems to solve problems of national importance while supporting the university and the community.

Area of Interest

  • High Performance Cloud computing - Heterogeneous High Performance computing in the Cloud
  • General Bare-metal Provisioning Framework on OpenStack Cloud Software
  • Run-time Monitor and dynamic adaptation techniques on Multi-Core Architecture
  • MPI(Message Passing Interface) on Multi-Core Architecture
  • Low Power Real-Time Packet Scheduling Scheme
  • Real-Time Wireless Communications
  • Mobile Programming: Windows Mobile (eVC++), Mobile Java, BREW
  • Telematics : IPv6, Handover

Education

  • Ph. D. in Computer Science and Statistics, Aug. 2006 (03/01/2002~08/25/2006)
    Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea (GPA 4.3/4.3 Top) [PDF]
    An Efficient Bandwidth Management Scheme for the Real-Time Traffic on Mulitple IEEE 802.11 WLANS
    Advisor: Prof. Junghoon Lee
  • M.S. in Computer Science and Statistics, Feb. 2001 (03/01/1999~02/20/2001)
    Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea (GPA 4.19/4.3 Top)
    A Performance enhancement scheme for real-time RPC on the dual non-real-time connections
    Advisor: Prof. Junghoon Lee
  • B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics, Feb. 1998 (03/01/1994~02/20/1998)
    Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea (GPA 3.96/4.3 Top)

Professional Activities

  • Computer Scientist, USC(University of Southern California)/ISI(Information Sciences Institute), June 2013 ~ Present
  • Program Committee, ACM RACS(Reliable And Convergent Systems), 2013
  • Research Programmer II, USC(University of Southern California)/ISI(Information Sciences Institute), Feb. 2008 ~ June 2013
  • ACM SIGAPP (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Applied Computing) Member, 2012~Present
  • IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Member, 2008~Present
  • Speaker, OpenStack Summit Fall 2012: General Bare-metal Provisioing Framework [Slide] [Video], 2012
  • Program Committee, FCST-12: Embedded Computing and Systems (Embedded Track), 2012
  • Speaker, OpenStackDC Meetup #3: OpenStack Bare-Metal Provisioning Framework, 2012
  • Reviewer, SERSC(Science & Engineering Research Support Society) Journal, 2012
  • IEICE(Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) Member, 2007~2011
  • Program Committee, DMNC (Workshop on Data Management and Network Control in Wireless Networks), 2010
  • Program Committee, International Conference on SuComs (Security-Enriched Urban Computing and Smart Grid), 2010
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Scholar, USC(University of Southern California)/ISI(Information Sciences Institute), 2007~2008
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Jeju National University, South Korea, 2006
  • Part-time Lecturer, Jeju National University, South Korea, 2002~2007
  • Part-time Lecturer, Jeju College of Technology, South Korea, 2001~2004

Awards and Honors

  • 2014 Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (68th Edition 2014), New Prividence, NY, USA, 2013 [PDF]
  • 2013 Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (67th Edition 2013), New Prividence, NY, USA, 2013 [PDF]
  • 2012 Listed in OpenStack Essex Hall Of Fame (2012.1) [Histroy]
  • 2012 Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World (29th Edition 2012), New Prividence, NY, USA, 2012 [PDF]
  • 2012 Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (66th Edition 2012), New Prividence, NY, USA, 2012 [PDF]
  • 2011 Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (65th Edition 2011), New Prividence, NY, USA, 2011 [PDF]
  • 2010 Listed in Marquis Who's Who of American Women (28th Edition 2010-2011) [PDF]
  • 2010 Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (64th Edition 2010), New Prividence, NY, USA, 2010 [PDF]
  • 2006 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Korean Government - Korea Research Foundation [KRF-2006-352-D00152][PDF]
  • 1998 College of Natural Sciences Distinguished Achievement Award, Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea
  • 1994-1998 Scholarship: Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea



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