Kyeong Ho Yang

Dr. Kyeong Ho Yang is a highly dedicated and passionate technologist and innovator in the fields of video processing, multimedia communication systems, and data science. He has nearly 30 years of R&D experience at companies of various sizes from a startup to a global R&D institute like Bell Laboratories. He has published over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and holds 40 U.S. patents. While focusing on the core technology developments, Dr. Yang has successfully established strong relationships with people in various areas including academia, industry, startups, business, and government agencies. He is also an entrepreneur who co-founded multiple technology companies in multimedia communications, mobile apps, and EduTech. Recent years, he has been very actively advising startup CEOs through KITEE (Korean-American Innovative Technology Engineers and Entrepreneurs) that he founded in 2015. He has also been very active at KSEA, serving as the STEP-UP founding Chair (2020 and 2021) and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium Committee member (Co-Chair 2019 and 2020, Chair in 2021 and 2022), among many others. He received his B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, all in Electronics Engineering from Seoul National University.