Kyu-Young Whang

Background

Whang, Kyu-Young was born on March 2, 1951 in Pusan, Republic of Korea. Son of Sam. H. and Young H. (Kim) Whang.

Education

Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Seoul National University, 1973. Master of Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 1975. Master of Science, Stanford University, 1982.

Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1984.

Career

Senior engineer, Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, 1975-1978; research staff member, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Laboratory, Yorktown, 1983-1991; professor, Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology, since 1990; department chairman computer science, Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology, Daejeon, 1995-1997; director, Database and Multimedia Laboratory Center for Artifical Intelligence Research, Daejeon, since 1990. Invited Teach-the-Teachers lecturer Korea Information Science Society, Seoul, 1990. Consultant Sam Sung Company, Ki-Hung, Republic of Korea, 1991, Hewlett-Packard laboratories, Palo Alto, California, 1993.

Conference co-chair Far East Workshop Geography Information Sys., Singapore, 1993.

Achievements

• Kyu-Young Whang has been listed as a noteworthy computer science educator, director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee VLDB Endowment, 1998-2004. Fellow: Association for Computing Machinery (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (program co-chairman 1989, Best Paper award 1990, program vice-chairman International Conference on Data Engineering 1990-1992, associate editor Data Engineering Bulletin 1990-1993, program vice-chairman International Conference on Data Engineering 1995, program co-chairman 2006). Member: Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology, National Academy Engineering Korea, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Alumni Association (president 1996-1998), Korea Information Science Society (chairman special interest group on databases 1992-1994, certified of contributions 1993, 1994, board directors 1995, editor-in-chief Journal 1995, certified of contributions 1996, board directors 1997-1998, certified of contributions 1998, vice president 1999—2000, certified of contributions 2001, president 2007, Kahun Academic Excellence award 2001, Academic Excellence award 2002), Association for Computing Machinery.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, swimming, skiing.

Connections

Married Jung H. Song, November 12, 1977. 1 child, Euijong.

Father:

Sam. H. Whang

Mother:

Young H. (Kim) Whang

Spouse:

Jung H. Song

child:

Euijong Whang