SNU Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student Jihoon Moon Wins Grand Prize at the 31st Samsung Humantech Paper Awards


▲ (From left) Jihoon Moon, Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SNU; Professor Byonghyo Shim, academic advisor; Grand Prize certificate at the 31st Samsung Humantech Paper Awards

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that Jihoon Moon, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering under the supervision of Professor Byonghyo Shim, has won the Grand Prize in the "Communication & Networks" category at the 31st Samsung Humantech Paper Awards, hosted by Samsung Electronics.

The Samsung Humantech Paper Awards was established by Samsung Electronics in 1994 to promote scientific and technological advancements and to foster outstanding young scientists and engineers. The award recognizes papers demonstrating exceptional creativity, logical rigor, and potential for future development through a rigorous evaluation process consisting of document screening and oral presentations.

Jihoon Moon, a researcher at the Information System Laboratory, received the Grand Prize for his paper titled "Multi-modal Sensing-aided Channel Prediction in Millimeter-wave Massive MIMO Systems." His research was highly praised for its original approach to solving the channel acquisition problem where existing wireless communication has shown difficulty detecting rapid changes in the communication environment in real time due to sole reliance on radio signals between base stations and user devices.

By applying 'vision sensing' technology that utilizes images taken by an RGB camera to detect the surroundings, he proposed a new technique to accurately and quickly identify the communication environment by detecting the sudden appearance of obstacles such as buses or people as well as tracking irregular motion changes. In particular, this technology can improve channel prediction accuracy by more than 70% compared to the currently commercialized 5G mobile communication standard.

Reflecting on his achievement, Jihoon Moon stated, "I faced numerous challenges throughout the research process, but I am deeply gratified to have received this prestigious award as a result of my perseverance and dedication." He expressed his gratitude to his advisor, Professor Byonghyo Shim, for his continuous guidance, as well as his parents and colleagues for their support. He further added, "Moving forward, I will dedicate myself to research on communication using various sensors, striving for meaningful contributions to the industry. I also aspire to gain diverse experiences abroad to become a researcher who can impact the future technology.


[Contact Information]
Jihoon Moon, Ph.D. student / Information System Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University College of Engineering / jihoon39@snu.ac.kr