Taewoon Kang

Visiting Scholar

Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California • Jan. 2026 - Present

United States | Conducting collaborative research under the supervision of Prof. Annavaram.

Intern

SK Telecom • Jul. 2023 - Aug. 2023

Korea | Developed spam detection methods using AI.

Teaching Assistant

Digital Logic Design • Spring 2023, Fall 2023

Teaching Assistant

Basic of SW • Spring 2025

Korea University

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering • Mar. 2023 - Present

GPA: 4.35 / 4.5 | Advisor: Gunjae Koo | Seoul, Korea

Sangmyung University

B.S. in System Semiconductor Engineering • Mar. 2019 - Aug. 2022

GPA: 4.28 / 4.5 | Advisor: Yongwoo Kim | Cheonan, Korea

Thesis: An Implementation of CNN-based Real-Time Face Mask Detector using Jetson Nano

CNN-based Real-Time Face Mask Detector

Main Researcher • 2022

Implementation of a real-time face mask detection system using CNN on Jetson Nano.

Advisor: Yongwoo Kim

International

SoftmaxPIM: An HBM-Based PIM Architecture for Accelerating GeMV-Softmax Execution Pipeline

IEEE Computer Architecture Letters • 2026

Taewoon Kang, Namhun Kim, Jihun Lee, Murali Annavaram, Gunjae Koo

SparsePIM+: Accelerating SpMV on HBM-Based PIM via Logic-Die Accumulators with Opportunistic TSV Utilization

Journal of Systems Architecture • 2026

Taewoon Kang, Namhun Kim, Geonwoo Choi, Taeweon Suh, Gunjae Koo

SumcheckPIM: An Efficient HBM-Based PIM Architecture for Linear Complexity Zero Knowledge Proofs

ICS '26: Proceedings of the 40th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing • 2026

Sunchae Kim, Taewoon Kang, Sangwon Shin, Taeweon Suh, Yibin Yang, Gunjae Koo

SparsePIM: An Efficient HBM-Based PIM Architecture for Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplications

ICS '25: Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing • 2025

Taewoon Kang, Geonwoo Choi, Taeweon Suh, Gunjae Koo

Domestic

Performance Analysis of a Per-Row Activation Counting Mechanism in DRAM

The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers 2025 Summer Conference • 2025

Seongpil Yang, Taewoon Kang

A Design and Implementation of MP3 Player using ARM Cortex-M0 DesignStart

The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers Workshop, Yeosu, Korea • 2022

Sang-un Jo, Tae-woon Kang, Yongwoo Kim

A Design and Verification of ARM Cortex-M0 DesignStart MCU System Using Open Source IP

ICS 2022, Jeonju, Korea • 2022

Sang-un Jo, Tae-Woon Kang, Yongwoo Kim

An Implementation of CNN-based Real-Time Face Mask Detector using Jetson Nano

JKAIS, Vol. 23 • 2022

Taewoon Kang, Yongwoo Kim

Programming languages

C (including Atmel and Keil), C++, Python (PyTorch), Verilog 2001, SystemVerilog

Eda tools

Synopsys EDA (Semi-custom ASIC design), Xilinx FPGA, Altera FPGA

Hardware skills

ARM Cortex-M0/M3 IP implementation, RISC-V Simple Processor design, ASIC/Semi-custom chip design and verification

Simulation tools

GEM5, DRAMsim3

Coursework

Parallel Processing, AI Accelerator Architecture, Advanced Computer Architecture, Storage System Architecture, ARM Cortex-M Series IP Implementation, Electrical Circuit, Microelectronic Circuit, Semi-Custom ASIC Design with Synopsys Design Tool, VLSI Design, Digital Logic Circuit, Computer Architecture and Design, Design with Verilog, SoC Design, Semiconductor Physics, Semiconductor Fabrication Process, Calculus, Engineering Mathematics

The top prize of CISC Career day

Sangmyung University • May. 2022

Header(in one's dept.) Scholarship

Sangmyung University • Mar. 2022, Sep. 2021

"BONGSA" Scholarship (Leader of Department)

Sangmyung University • Sep. 2021, Mar. 2021

Work Scholarship

Sangmyung University • Mar. 2021

Secondary Header(in one's dept.) Scholarship

Sangmyung University • Mar. 2021, Sep. 2020

• AI Accelerator
• HW/SW Co-Design SoC
• Processing for AI (NPU)
• Computer Architecture
• Processing-in-Memory (PIM)