Professor

General Information

Full Name Se-Min Ryan Lim
Affiliation Kookmin University
Languages English, Korean
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Experience

  • 2025.09 - Current

    Seoul, South Korea

    Assistant Professor
    Kookmin University University
    College of Computer Science
  • 2023.01 - 2025.06

    NC, United States

    Research Scholar
    Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
  • 2020.09 - 2025.06

    CA, United States

    Graduate Student Researcher
    University of California, Irvine
  • 2019.11 - 2020.08

    Seoul, South Korea

    Visiting Researcher
    Korea University
  • 2019.04 - 2019.10

    Seoul, South Korea

    Researcher
    Korea University Research & Business Foundation
  • 2017.03 - 2019.02

    Seoul, South Korea

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Korea University

Research Interests

  • Application-driven, cross-layer system architectural innovations considering emerging accelerators and their real-world implementations
    • System Architecture
    • Hardware Accelerator
    • Software-Hardware Co-Design
    • Memory or Storage-Centric Processing

Education

  • 2020.09 - 2025.06

    CA, United States

    Doctor of Philosophy
    University of California, Irvine
    Computer Science
  • 2017.03 - 2019.02

    Seoul, South Korea

    Master of Engineering
    Korea University
    Electronics Engineering
  • 2011.03 - 2017.02

    Seoul, South Korea

    Bachelor of Engineering
    Korea University
    Electronics Engineering

Services

  • 2025 - Current
    Chair
    • Session
      • PACT
  • 2024 - Current
    Committee
    • External Review
      • USENIX ATC
  • 2021 - Current
    Reviewer
    • IEEE Systems Journal

Talks

  • 2025
    Addressing the Data Movement Overhead in Genomics Accelerators
    Korea Software Congress
  • 2026
    Beyond Moore, Beyond Memory: System Architectures for the Next Decade of Genomics
    Computer System Society Conference

Honors and Awards

  • 2018
    Best Poster Award
    Korea Computer Congress
  • 2016
    Best Research of Undergraduate Student Award
    Korea University