Prof. Yeong Min Jang

Yeong Min Jang (Member, IEEE) received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA, in 1999. From 1987 to 2000, he was with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea. Since 2002, he has been with the School of Electrical Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea, where he was the Director of the Ubiquitous IT Convergence Center from 2005 to 2010. Since 2010, he has been the Director of the LED Convergence Research Center, Kookmin University and since 2018, he has been the Director of the Internet of Energy Research Center, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea, and since 2021, the Director of the AI Mobility Research Institute, Kookmin University. He has co-authored more than 500 technical papers and holds more than 120 patents. His research interests include AI mobility, the Internet of Energy, IoT platforms, AI platforms, cloud platforms, optical wireless communications, optical camera communication, 5G/6G mobile communications, and the Internet of Things. Dr. Jang is a Fellow of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Seoul, South Korea.