Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea, 2023
ACM Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery, for contributions to low-power computing, 2015
IEEE Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, for contributions to system-level power characterization, including thermal management, 2012
ACM Distinguished Scientist, Association for Computing Machinery, 2012
ACM Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 2007
IEEE Senior Member,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2005
Best Interdisciplinary Research Award, KAIST Institute, KAIST, 2017
Sinyang Outstanding Young Professor Award, Sinyang Cultural Foundation, 2011
Best Teaching Awards, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 2000 and 2007
LG Yonam Foundation Research Professor, LG Yonam Foundation, 2005
Best Paper Award, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), La Jolla, 2014
Low-Power Design Contest Awards, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED),:
Storage-and Converter-less Energy Harvesting and Applications, 2014
First-Generation Hybrid Electrical Energy Storage System, 2012
Fuel Cell–Battery Hybrid System, 2007
Hardware EDLS (Energy-Driven Logic Synthesis), 2004
Compressed Frame Buffer, 2003
Dynamic Luminance Scaling, 2002
SAE Vincent Bendix Automotive Electronics Engineering Award, SAE International, 2012
IEEE SSCS Seoul Chapter Award, International SoC Design Conference, 2009
ACM SIGDA Service Award, for serving as ACM SIGDA Chair, 2015
ACM SIGDA Service Award, for Executive Committee service, 2012
Recognition of Service Award, for Program Co-Chair, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2009