Education

• 1992.03 ~ 1996.02 Yonsei University (B.S. in Radio Engineering)
• 1996.03 ~ 1998.02 KAIST (M.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
• 1998.03 ~ 2004.02 KAIST (Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Career Highlights

• 2003.09 ~ 2005.03 Senior Research Engineer, Samsung Electronics Telecommunications Research Institute
• 2012.07 ~ 2013.07 Visiting Professor, University of Washington
• 2018.09 ~ 2020.01 Visiting Professor, Simon Fraser University
• 2020.02 ~ 2022.02 Director, Information and Computing Center, Gangneung-Wonju National University
• 2005.04 ~ Present Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University

Expertise

• Mobile communication systems
• Modulation and coding
• Codec design and implementation
• Underwater acoustic communication systems

Selected Publications

• M. Seong and S.-J. Park, "Quadrature amplitude modulation with circular boundary," JKICS, Jun. 2024.
• S.-J. Park and D. C. Lee, "Recursive approximation of bitwise LLRs for Gray-coded generalized PAM and QAM," IEEE Commun. Lett., Aug. 2022.
• S.-J. Park, "8-ary modulation with triangular lattice," IEICE Commun. Express, Jun. 2021.
• S.-J. Park and D. C. Lee, "On calculation and error bound of Min-approximated bitwise log-likelihood ratios of generalized M-ary PAM," IET Journal of Engineering, Mar. 2020.
• J.-H. Jeon and S.-J. Park, "Micro-modem for short-range underwater mobile communication systems," MTS Journal, Mar. 2016.
• S.-J. Park, "Bitwise log-likelihood ratios for quadrature amplitude modulations," IEEE Commun. Lett., Jun. 2015.
• S.-J. Park, "Performance analysis of triangular quadrature amplitude modulation in AWGN channel," IEEE Commun. Lett., Jun. 2012.
• G.-J. Kim and S.-J. Park, "A wireless remotely-operated vehicle using acoustic communication," MTS Journal, May 2012.
• T.-H. Won and S.-J. Park, "Design and implementation of an omni-directional underwater acoustic micro-modem based on a low-power micro-controller unit," SENSORS, Feb. 2012.
• S.-J. Park and J.-H. Jeon, "Interleaver optimization of convolutional turbo code for 802.16 systems," IEEE Commun. Lett., May 2009.
• S.-J. Park, "Power control of turbo coded system in Lognormal shadowing channel," IEICE Trans. Commun., Apr. 2008.
• S.-J. Park, "Triangular quadrature amplitude modulation," IEEE Commun. Lett., Apr. 2007.
• S.-J. Park, "Power control of turbo coded system in Rayleigh fading channel," IEICE Trans. Commun., Jan. 2007.
• S.-J. Park, "Combined Max-Log-MAP and Log-MAP of turbo codes," IEE Electron. Lett., Feb. 2004.

Major Research Projects

• Basic Research Program, NRF (2020–2023), Study on New Radio with Lattice Structures
• Mid-Career Research Program, NRF (2017–2020), Core Technology for Underwater Converged Systems
• Mid-Career Research Program, NRF (2014–2017), Development of Wideband Underwater Micro-Modem
• Outstanding Regional University Scientists Program, NRF (2011–2014), Study on Physical Layer for Efficient Underwater Wireless Data Transmission
• Basic Research Program, NRF (2010), Study on Receiver Techniques for OFDM-based Next-Generation Mobile Communication Systems
• ETRI (2009), Study on Ensuring High Mobility in IMT-Advanced Systems
• Young Researcher Program, NRF (2008), Study on Log-Likelihood Ratios and Combined Performance of TQAM
• Samsung Electronics (2007), Development of Optimization Method for CTC Interleaver
• ITRC (2005–2011), R&D of Marine Environmental Monitoring Sensor Network System Technology

Academic Activities

• IEEE senior member
• IEICE member
• KICS lifelong member
• IEIE member