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Curriculum vitae.

Contact Information

Name John Hwangyu Cho
Professional Title Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email johnhwangyucho@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Researcher in computer architecture and systems for secure, efficient machine learning acceleration.

Experience

  • 2023 - present

    Purdue University

    Graduate Researcher
    Networked and Embedded Intelligent Systems Lab
    • Profiled bottlenecks in CKKS-based pipelines and improved key operations for practical secure inference.
    • Developed architecture-aware optimization methods spanning software kernels and hardware constraints.
  • 2021 - 2023

    Various

    Research and Engineering Intern
    Systems and Software Projects
    • Worked on performance-focused software systems and tooling for ML workflows.

Education

  • 2023 - present

    West Lafayette, IN

    Ph.D.
    Purdue University
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Focus on computer architecture, systems optimization, and secure ML acceleration.
  • 2018 - 2022

    Singapore

    B.Eng.
    National University of Singapore
    Computer Engineering

Awards

  • 2025
    DAC Young Fellowship
    Design Automation Conference
  • 2025
    Emerging Contributor Award
    Academic Program

Publications

  • 2026
    Architecture-Aware Operator Scheduling for Practical CKKS Inference
    DAC
  • 2025
    Profiling Bottlenecks in Homomorphic ML Workloads on Modern Accelerators
    MICRO

Skills

Research Areas (Advanced): Computer architecture, systems optimization, secure ML, homomorphic encryption, accelerator design

Languages

English : Fluent