일시: 2025. 7. 2 (수요일), 오후 2시

장소: 제4공학관, D603

Speaker: Minsung Kim, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and WINLAB at Rutgers University)

Title: Quantum and Emerging Non-traditional Computing for NextG Wireless Networks

Abstract:

A central design challenge for future generations of wireless networks is to meet the ever-increasing demand for capacity, throughput, and connectivity. While significant progress has been made in designing advanced wireless technologies, the current computational capacity at base stations to support them has been consistently identified as the bottleneck, due to limitations in processing time. In this talk, I'll discuss how emerging computing methods, such as quantum and optical computing, can potentially resolve the current computational limitations and transform wireless system architectures toward next-generation (NextG) wireless networks. I will present design directions of such non-traditional compute-enabled base station systems and introduce our prototype systems, including ones that are implemented on real-world quantum processors. The prototypes are designed for quantum and emerging computing-accelerated near-optimal wireless signal processing in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems that could drastically increase wireless performance for tomorrow's NextG wireless cellular networking standards, as well as in NextG wireless local area networks. I will provide design guidance of quantum, quantum-inspired classical, and hybrid classical-quantum optimization in the systems with underlying principles and technical details and discuss future research directions based on the current challenges and opportunities.

Bio:

Minsung Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and WINLAB at Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rutgers, he was a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University and his B.E. in Electrical Engineering (Great Honor) from Korea University. His research focuses on quantum and emerging computing systems for next-generation wireless networks. His work has been published in the premier venues of mobile computing and wireless networking such as ACM SIGCOMM and MobiCom. He is a recipient of the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (North America) and the Princeton SEAS Award for Excellence. He was named a Siebel Scholar and an ACM MobiSys Rising Star.