Kyungbaek Kim received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea, in 1999, 2001, and 2007, respectively. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence Convergence, Chonnam National University. Previously, he served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA. His research interests include intelligent distributed systems, software-defined networks/infrastructure, big data platforms, GRID/cloud systems, social networking systems, AI applied cyberphysical systems, blockchain, and other distributed system issues. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, IEICE, KIISE, KIPS, KICS, KIISC, and KISM.