Academic

James Won-Ki Hong

South Korean computer scientist (born 1959)

Life: 1959 – present
Born: September 28, 1959

James Won-Ki Hong is Director of Innovation Center for Education, co-director of Center for Crypto Blockchain Research, and Professor of Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH. He served as Dean of Graduate of Information Technology at POSTECH from 2015 to 2019. He was Senior Executive Vice President and CTO of KT Corporation leading R&D activities from March 2012 to Feb. 2014. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo in 1991. His research inte