Sungho Kim

  • Assistant Professor
  • Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
  • Phone: 401.874.5431
  • Email: sungho.kim@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, Rm 402
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Biography

Prof. Sungho Kim earned his B.S. from SungKyunKwan University, South Korea and M.S. and Ph.D. from Arizona State University, USA, all in Electrical Engineering. In 2011, he joined RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Kobe, Japan, and he spent 3 years as a researcher. At RIKEN, his research interest included a fully CMOS integrated microelectrode array (CMOS MEA) system for neurophysiology.

In 2014, he came back to South Korea and joined Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT). His research topics at SAIT were the development of an ultra-fast (> 1,000 fps) neuromorphic vision sensor (known as dynamic vision sensor, DVS) and neuromorphic computing hardware. In 2019, he returned to the US and joined NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) as an integrated circuit designer for space missions. He was a principal investigator of a readout application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for far-infrared superconducting detectors (Microwave Kinetic Inductance Resonators, MKIDs) for next-generation space telescopes at NASA JPL.

Since Fall 2023, he has been an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, the University of Rhode Island (URI). He is a director of Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory (ICDL) at URI, pioneering ICs in harsh environments and neuromorphic computing.

Research

  • ASIC in harsh environments
  • Readout electronics for superconducting photon detectors
  • High-performance computing hardware
  • Neuromorphic computing hardware (spiking neural network)

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2011
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2008
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, SungKyunKwan University, 2003

Selected Publications

S. Seo*, Sungho Kim*, S.-H. Cho*, and et al., “Artificial optic-neural synapse for colored and color-mixed pattern recognition,” Nature Communications, (2018)9:5106, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07572-5
B. Son, Y. Suh, Sungho Kim, H. Jung, J. Kim, and et al., “A 640X480 Dynamic Vision Sensor With a 9um Pixel and 300Meps Address-Event Represenations,” IEEE 2017 International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC 2017), Feb 2017, San Francisco, CA, USA.
X. Yuan, Sungho Kim, M. D’Urbino, J. Juyon, M. E. Obien, T. Bullmann, Y. Chen, A. Stettler, A. Hierlemann, and U. Frey, “A Microelectrode Array with 8,640 Electrode Enabling Simultaneous Full-frame Readout at 6.5kfps and 112-Channel Switch-Matrix Readout at 20kS/S,” 2016 Symposium on VLSI Circuits (VLSI 2016), Jun 2016, Hawaii, USA.

Recent Grants

  • CMOS readout for superconducting photon detectors
    Role: Principal investigator (Sole PI)
    Award: $1,425,760 (Nov. 2022 ~ Nov. 2026)
    Agency: NASA
  • FFT accelerator
    Role: Principal investigator (Lead PI)
    Award: $990,027 (Feb. 2024 ~ Jan. 2027)
    Agency: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Patents

  • Sungho Kim, C, Kim, and J. Lee “Neuromorphic method and apparatus with multi-bit neuromorphic operation” Patent #: US11868870B2
  • Sungho Kim, C, Kim, and J. Lee “Neural network apparatus and method of processing variable-resolution operation by the same” Patent #: US11853869B2
  • Sungho Kim, Y. Kim, J. Kim, H, Kim, J. Kim, and J. Kim “Diving neural networks” Patent #: US11681899B2
  • Sungho Kim, C, Kim, and J. Lee “Two-dimensional array-based neuromorphic processor and implementing method” Patent #: US11663451B2
  • Sungho Kim, J. Kim, Y. Kim, J. Kim, and D. Park “Neural network device and method” Patent #: US11521046B2
  • Y. Suh, Sungho Kim, and J. Kim, “Data output device,” Patent #: US11125615B2
  • Y. Suh, Sungho Kim, J. Kim, and H. Ryu, “Event-based sensor, user device including the same, and operation method of the same,” Patent #: US11122224B2
  • Y. Suh, K. Park, Sungho Kim, J. Kim, and H. Ryu, “Data output device,” Patent #: US10649544B2
  • Y. Suh, S. Moradi, J. Kim, Sungho Kim, and H. Ryu, “Data communication device,” Patent #: US10444787B2
  • Sungho Kim, J. Kim, and Y. Suh, “Current control circuit and bias generator including the same,” Patent #: US10423187B2
  • Y. Suh, Sungho Kim, and J. Kim, “Data output device,” Patent #: US10401217B2
  • Sungho Kim, J. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Suh, and H. Ryu, “Sensor for motion information, illumination information and proximity information, and operating method of central processing unit (CPU) using the sensor,” Patent #: US10337914B2
  • Y. Suh, J. Kim, Sungho Kim, and H. Ryu, “Event-based sensor and pixel of event-based sensor,” Patent #: US10161789B2
  • Y. Suh, Sungho Kim, J. Kim, and H. Ryu, “Event-based vision sensor and difference amplifier with reduced noise and removed offset,” Patent #: US9739660B2
  • Sungho Kim, J. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Suh, and H. Ryu, “Method and apparatus for controlling threshold voltage,” Patent #: US9660622B2