Professor

Gyuyeong Kim is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at Yonsei University. He received his Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in Computer Science from Korea University in 2020 and 2012, respectively. Before joining Yonsei University in 2026, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Sungshin Women’s University. His research interests lie in distributed and networked systems. As an undergraduate, he developed KLUE, a lecture evaluation platform for Korea University students.

Employment

• Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (September 2026 -Present)

• Assistant Professor, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea (March 2022 - August 2026)

• Research Professor, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (March 2020 - March 2022)
  
  

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (2020)

• B.S. in Computer Science, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (2012)

  • Interdisciplinary major: Brain and Cognitive Sciences 

• Exchange Student, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (2011)

  • Faculty of Engineering, LTH (Lunds Tekniska Högskola)

Publications

  See publications.

Projects

  See projects.

Academic Services

• Conference Organizing Committee

  • 2027: CoNEXT Technical Program Committee Co-Chair

  • 2025: ICNP Local Organization Co-Chair

  • 2024: CoNEXT Artifact Evaluation Committee Co-Chair

• Technical Program Committee

  • 2027: CoNEXT (Chair)

  • 2026: SIGCOMM, CoNEXT

  • 2025: NSDI, CoNEXT, ATC (ERC), MASS

  • 2024: MASS

Invited Talks

• "Scaling Vector Search for the Embedding Era: A Systems Perspective" Invited Talk, KAIST, June 2026.

• "Leveraging RDMA for AI Data Center Systems" KRNET 2026, June 2026.

• "Vector Search in the Embedding Era: From In-Memory Indexes to Distributed Systems", Invited Guest Lecture, KAIST, April 2026.

• "Recent Trends in Distributed Vector Databases for RAG", HSN 2026, February 2026.

• "In-Kernel Offloading with eBPF/XDP for High-Performance Networked Systems", KRNET 2025, June 2025.

• "Towards Network-Accelerated Computing Systems in the Era of Network Programmability", CSE/GSAI Seminar Series, POSTECH, March 2025.

• "Towards Network-Accelerated Computing Systems in the Era of Network Programmability", SoC Colloquium, KAIST, March 2025.

• "Towards Network-Accelerated Distributed Systems", KIISE Computer System Society Winter Conference 2025, February 2025.

• "Leveraging Network Switches as Domain-Specific Accelerators for Distributed Storage," KIISE SWCC 2024, August 2024.

• "Advances and Impacts of SmartNICs in Modern Datacenters," Panel Session, IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2024, May 2024.

• "Network Switches as Domain-Specific Hardware for Distributed Storage", ICTC 2023 Special Session, October 2023.

• "In-Network Acceleration for Modern Data Center Systems", CSE Seminar Series, UNIST, September 2023.

Student Advising

• Jeongeun Kim (Integrated B.S./M.S., 2024.09 - Present)

• Eunjae Jo (M.S., 2025.03 - Present)

• Nakyung Lee (Integrated B.S./M.S., 2025.09 - Present)

• Soobin Cho (Undergraduate Intern, 2024.12 - Present)

• Minseon Jeon (Undergraduate Intern, 2024.12 - Present)

• Yuje Tak (M.S., 2024.03 - 2026.02)

• Jiyoon Bang (Integrated B.S./M.S., 2023.09 - 2025.02)

• Jihyun Lee (Integrated B.S./M.S., 2023.09 - 2025.02)

Remarks

• KLUE (Korea University Lecture Evaluation) is a platform widely used by students at Korea University today. I initially developed it with fellow students in April 2010 at the request of the 43rd Student Council, and I later took over full responsibility for running the service from January 2011 to February 2015.

  • ‘좋은 강의’와 ‘대학 강의 평가’, ppss(ㅍㅍㅅㅅ), December 10, 2015.

  • 강의의 모든 것, "명강의' '이화노트' 'KLUE', The Myungji Press (명대신문), April 20, 2013.

  • Students without Rights to Know, The Granite Tower, April 2, 2013.

  • 학생강의평가 사이트 "유용한데~", Daily UNN(한국대학신문), January 7, 2013.

  • 고려대, 총학이 강의평가한다, KTV(한국정책방송), January 12, 2012.