Choi Ki-young

Choi Ki-young
Choi Ki-young
	최기영
Minister of Science and ICT
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 September 2019
President	Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister	Lee Nak-yeon; Chung Sye-kyun
Preceded by	Yoo Yeong-min
Personal details
Born	1955; Seoul, South Korea
Political party	independent
Alma mater	Seoul National University; KAIST; Stanford University

Choi Ki-young(Korean: 최기영; also known as Kiyoung Choi;[1] born 1955) is a South Korean professor of electrical engineering at Seoul National University currently serving as Minister of Science and ICT under President Moon Jae-in from September 2019.[2]

After working at now-LG Electronics (then Goldstar) and Cadence Design Systems, he return to his first alma mater. He took several roles in his faculty including the director of Neural Processing Research Center and Embedded Systems Research Center.

In 2017 he became a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[3]

He holds three degrees in electrical engineering - a bachelor from Seoul National University, a master's from KAIST and a doctorate from Stanford University.[4]

He has a wife who is a professor of computer software at Hanyang University, a brother a professor of physics and astronomy at Seoul National University, a sister a retired professor of Chinese studies at Yonsei University.[5]

References

"Kiyoung Choi". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
Zastrow, Mark (2019-08-13). "Brain-chip engineer tapped to lead South Korea's science ministry". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02434-6.
"SNU Professor Kiyoung Choi, Professor Deog-Kyoon Jeong and Professor Soonhoi Ha were selected as IEEE Fellow | SNU 서울대학교 공과대학". eng.snu.ac.kr. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
"Ministry of Science and ICT". www.msit.go.kr. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
신선미 (2019-08-09). "최기영 과기장관 후보자, 인공지능·반도체 설계 전문가(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-02.

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[1] "Kiyoung Choi". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[2] Zastrow, Mark (2019-08-13). "Brain-chip engineer tapped to lead South Korea's science ministry". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02434-6.

[3] "SNU Professor Kiyoung Choi, Professor Deog-Kyoon Jeong and Professor Soonhoi Ha were selected as IEEE Fellow | SNU 서울대학교 공과대학". eng.snu.ac.kr. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[4] "Ministry of Science and ICT". www.msit.go.kr. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[5] 신선미 (2019-08-09). "최기영 과기장관 후보자, 인공지능·반도체 설계 전문가(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-02.