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Young H. Cho

Part-Time Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

  • Doctoral Degree, Electrical Engineering, University of California - Los Angeles
  • Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas - Austin
  • Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of California - Berkeley

Biography

Young H. Cho (PI) is an Adjunct Professor for the USC EE Department and a Senior Research Scientist at the Networking Division of ISI. He leads various research efforts in computer network intrusion detection and prevention with FPGAs, SoCs, and microcontrollers, as well as design in VLSI. He also has extensive industrial experience in developing high-performance networking interfaces, switches, and custom networking appliances.

Research Summary

Young Cho's research interests include Cloud Computing, Data Science, ML/AI Hardware Acceleration, Self-Sustaining IoT, FPGA Architecture, Hardware IP Obfuscation, Quantum Physics based Network Security, Advanced Audio Processing, On-chip Energy/Temperature Monitoring, High Sensitivity Gas Sensors, Precision Time Synchronization, and AI-augmented Education Systems.

Awards

  • 2025 National Academy of Inventors Senior Membership in National Academy of Inventors
  • 2008 Design Automation Conference Design Automation Conference Student Design Competition
  • 2007 IEEE VLSI Design Conference The Best Paper Award
  • 2003 John Deere John Deere Scholarship
  • 2002 UCLA Department Fellowship
  • 1999 Altera, Inc. Altera University Scholarship
  • 1996 UC Berkeley Award of Recognition in Excellency as Teaching Assistant
Appointments
  • Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
  • Information Science Institute
  • 4676 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey Ca 90292
  • USC Mail Code: 1454
Contact Information
  • (310) 448-9107
  • youngcho@isi.edu
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