AION LAB / KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY

Yoontae (Jake) Jung (정윤태)

Yoontae (Jake) Jung (정윤태), Assistant Professor at Kyung Hee University and principal investigator of AION Lab.

Portrait of Professor Yoontae (Jake) Jung, 정윤태

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Yoontae (Jake) Jung

정윤태

Assistant Professor · School of Electronic Engineering · Kyung Hee University

Analog / Mixed-Signal IC · Neural Interface IC · Data Converters · Physical AI Sensor IC · Process-in-Memory

ABOUT

Biography

Yoontae (Jake) Jung (정윤태) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electronic Engineering at Kyung Hee University and the principal investigator of AION Lab. His research focuses on AI-optimized analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits that bridge real-world sensing with on-chip intelligence.

정윤태 교수는 경희대학교 전자공학부 조교수이자 AION Lab의 책임교수입니다. 아날로그·혼합신호 집적회로, 신경 인터페이스, 온칩 인공지능 회로를 연구합니다.

His work spans neural interface system ICs, high-dynamic-range data converters, ultra-low-power sensor front ends, and mixed-signal compute-in-memory architectures.

EXPERIENCE

Career

2026 – Present
Assistant Professor

School of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Korea

2024 – 2026
Full-Time Researcher

imec, Leuven, Belgium · High-density neural recording IC and mixed-signal integration

2024
Postdoctoral Researcher

KAIST IMPACT Lab · Multimodal biosignal sensor interface circuits

FOUNDATION

Education

Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering, KAIST

Analog / Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits

M.S.
Electrical Engineering, KAIST
B.S.
Electrical Engineering, KAIST

Minor in Business Management

RECOGNITION

Awards & Honors

  • IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Pre-Doctoral Achievement Award, 2023–2024
  • KAIST Best Research Achievement Award (Kim Choong-Ki Award), 2023
  • National Government-Funded Graduate Fellowship

SERVICE

Professional Activities

Conference service: Organizing Committee, IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC) 2025.

Journal reviewer: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits; IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I and II; IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems; IEEE Sensors; IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems.

OUTLOOK

Research Vision

AION Lab combines deep analog circuit fundamentals, robust mixed-signal architectures, and intelligent system integration to develop scalable, efficient circuits for neural interfaces, sensor-integrated intelligence, and next-generation AI hardware.