Professor Jung received the commendation from the Minister of Science and ICT at the 2024 Digital Innovation Award ceremony, held on November 15. This prestigious award recognizes his significant contributions to the development of CXL (Compute Express Link), a next-generation interconnect technology, his efforts to enhance South Korea’s semiconductor competitiveness, and his commitment to fostering young engineers through the establishment of the KAIST startup Panmnesia.
For over a decade, Professor Jung has been at the forefront of research in storage and memory technologies. To date, he has presented 131 papers at international conferences, including top-tier conferences such as ISCA, MICRO, ASPLOS, SOSP, OSDI, HPC, ATC, FAST, and SC. Especially, his pioneering works on CXL-based memory expansion has positioned him as a leader in both research and technological advancement. With Panmnesia, the KAIST startup he established, Professor Jung introduced the wrold’s first full system framework with CXL 2.0 switches at the 2022 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. He also solidified the leadership in CXL technology by unveiling the world’s first system that includes all types of CXL 3.0/3.1 components at the 2023 SC Exhibition. Recently, he presented the world’s first double-digit nanosecond latency CXL IP, and received the CES Innovation Awards two years in a row with his CXL-based solutions for AI.For more information about Professor Jung’s research and contributions, please refer to the CAMELab website: http://camelab.org
