ABOUT NAEHYUCK

From 1997 to 2014, Naehyuck Chang served as a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU), later becoming a tenured full professor. From 2014 to 2021, he held a tenured professorship in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He also held visiting appointments at Arizona State University (2005) and the University of Southern California (2009). Dr. Chang received his BS, MS, and PhD in Control and Instrumentation Engineering from SNU, with a PhD focused on programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and early applications in nuclear power plant control and monitoring systems.

Dr. Chang has made pioneering contributions to system-level power-aware design for computing and electronics. His interdisciplinary research spans fuel cells, hybrid energy storage systems, solar energy harvesting, electric vehicles, and embedded system platforms, and has resulted in over 8,100 Google Scholar citations with an H-Index of 50. In recognition of his technical leadership, he was named a Fellow of the IEEE (2012), a Fellow of the ACM (2015), and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2023).

Throughout his academic career, Dr. Chang has maintained a consistent focus on cross-disciplinary, globally collaborative research and education, including leadership roles in both ACM and IEEE. He served as Chair of ACM SIGDA, Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, and as an organizer or editor for major conferences and journals in embedded systems and design automation.

At the university level, Dr. Chang demonstrated strong academic leadership as Associate Dean at both SNU and KAIST, overseeing more than 350 tenure-track faculty across the College of Engineering. He has promoted a culture of healthy academic competition, student-centered engagement, and hands-on, system-level education.

In industry, Dr. Chang served as Executive Vice President (EVP) at Samsung SDI (2019–2024), Samsung’s battery company. There, he led Horizon 1 product development for the automotive and grid-scale energy storage business, overseeing technologies with an annual scale exceeding $10 billion. Under his leadership, automotive battery revenue grew by 40%. He also founded and led EMVcon Inc., a California-based startup focused on mobility electrification, serving as CEO and Chairman.

Dr. Chang is currently serving as a Technical Advisor (EVP-level) at Samsung Electronics Device Solutions America, where he focuses on power, thermal, and energy challenges in advanced high-bandwidth memory for AI and GPU systems. He brings a rare combination of deep academic grounding and executive industry experience, having contributed to the fields of electronics, embedded systems, battery technologies, and mobility electrification for over two decades.

Dr. Chang continues to evolve his career at the intersection of academic rigor, startup innovation, and large-scale industry leadership. Drawing on decades of experience across SNU, KAIST, ASU, USC, EMVcon, and Samsung, he is committed to making the most meaningful impact of his lifetime—advancing education, research, and transformative technology. Looking ahead, he seeks to integrate his academic foundation, entrepreneurial mindset, and executive expertise to contribute to high-impact initiatives in global innovation ecosystems.