Academic Topics

QCenter & IonQ 2025 Autumn Lecture Series

Quantum Information Research Support Center (QCenter),
IonQ
Sep. 2025 / Online

  • Quantum Error Correction
    • Lecturer: Nicolas Delfosse (Principal Researcher at IonQ)

2nd Yonsei-IBM R2U (Road to Utility) Workshop

Yonsei Institute of Quantum Information Technology (IQIT),
IBM Quantum
Aug. 2025 / Yonsei University Science Hall B102

  • Quantum Utility: Why Do We Care and How to Reach
    • Lecturer: Nate Earnest-Noble (Quantum Computing Application Researcher at IBM Quantum)
  • Error Mitigation
    • Lecturer: Boseong Kim (Korea Technical Enablement Lead at IBM Quantum)
  • Building Trust in the Quality of Scaled Circuit Execution
    • Lecturer: Ritajit Majumdar (Research Scientist at IBM Quantum)

2025 Yonsei Quantum Academy Vacation Special Lecture Series I

Yonsei Institute of Quantum Information Technology (IQIT)
Jun. 2025 / Yonsei University Science Hall B102

  • Current Status of Quantum Computer
    • Lecturer: Kyungsun Moon (Physics Professor at Yonsei U.)

Invited Seminar

Yonsei University School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jun. 2025 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall D504

  • Security Challenges in Hybrid Classical-Quantum Computing Systems
    • Lecturer: Jakub Szefer (Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor at Northwestern U.)

Quantum Computing Seminar Series

Yonsei University School of Integrated Technology
May 2025 / Online

  • Exciton-Polariton Quantum Simulators
    • Lecturer: Na Young Kim (Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor at UWaterloo)

2025 Yonsei Engineering Symposium (YES 2025)

Yonsei University BK21 FOUR
Mar. 2025 / Yonsei University The Commons Grand Ballroom

  • Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine
    • Lecturer: George Malliaras (Electrical Engineering Professor at U. of Cambridge)

Engineering AI Plus Forum

Yonsei University Institute of Engineering Research,
Yonsei University Engineering AI Research Institute
Mar. 2025 / Yonsei University The Commons Grand Ballroom

  • Theme: Artificial Intelligence: How is it Revolutionizing the Field of Engineering?
  • Phone, Camera, and AI
    • Lecturer: Minkyu Park (Researcher at Samsung Electronics MX Division Camera Innovation Group)
  • AI, Architecture, and Cities
    • Lecturer: Hyunjoon Yoo (Architectural Design Professor at Hongik U., Writer)

Yonsei Quantum Week 2025

Yonsei University Quantum Computing Project Group
Mar. 2025 / Underwood Memorial Library Conference Hall

  • Quantum Algorithms and Their Role in Transforming Health care
    • Lecturer: Richard Jozsa (Mathematics and Physics Professor at U. of Cambridge)
  • AI Meets Quantum: Innovations in Drug Discovery and Translational Science
    • Lecturer: Namshik Han (Computational Drug Discovery Scientist at U. of Cambridge)
  • Quantum Machine Learning for Precision Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges
    • Lecturer: Daniel Kyungdeock Park (Statistics Professor at Yonsei U.)
  • Quantum Algorithms for Genomics: Mapping DNA Diversity
    • Lecturer: Sergii Strelchuk (Computer Science Professor at U. of Oxford)

Invited Seminar

Yonsei University School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jan. 2025 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall D504

  • SRAM-based In-Memory Computing Hardware for Energy-Efficient AI: AMS vs. All Analog vs. Digital Macros to Microprocessors
    • Lecturer: Mingoo Seok (Electrical Engineering Professor at Columbia U.)

Special Lecture on 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

Yonsei University College of Science
Nov. 2024 / Yonsei University Science Hall B133

  • Foundational Discoveries and Inventions that Enable Machine Learning with Artificial Neural Networks
    • Lecturer: Daniel Kyungdeock Park (Statistics Professor at Yonsei U.)

6th Memory-Centric Computing Future and Challenge Workshop

The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE)
Nov. 2024 / Online

  • 6th Memory-Centric Computing Future and Challenge Workshop: Looking Back on the Past 7 Years…
    • Lecturer: Won Woo Ro (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Professor at Yonsei U.)

Qiskit Fall Fest (QFF) 2024 in Yonsei

Quantum Informatics at Yonsei Academy (QIYA)
Oct. 2024 / Yonsei University Science Hall B130

  • Quantum Information Science: For Using Quantum Computers (Beyond Quantum, Nano, and Digital)
    • Lecturer: Jaewan Kim (Physics Professor at KIAS and Yonsei U.)

Quantum Computing Seminar

Electrical Engineering Honor Society (EEHS),
Quantum Informatics at Yonsei Academy (QIYA)
Oct. 2024 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall B004

  • Information on the Concept of Quantum Computers and the Current State of the Industry
  • The Curriculum for Majoring in Quantum Computer

2024 College of Computing Quantum Seminar Series

Yonsei University College of Computing
Jul. 2024, Aug. 2024 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall D603

  • Quantum Reinforcement Learning Theory and Multimedia Applications
    • Lecturer: Soohyun Park (Software Professor at Sookmyung Women’s U.)
  • New Frontier of Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms
    • Lecturer: Joonhee Choi (Electrical Engineering Professor at Stanford U.)

Invited Seminar

Yonsei University School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Aug. 2024 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall D403

  • Efficient AI Computation and Its Applications
    • Lecturer: Seok-Bum Ko (Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor at U. of Saskatchewan)

Invited Seminar

Yonsei University School of Integrated Technology
Jul. 2024 / Online

  • Continuous Path toward Useful Quantum Computing
    • Lecturer: Youngseok Kim (Research Staff Member at IBM)

ACM SIGARCH Korea Chapter Workshop 2024

Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (KIISE)
Jul. 2024 / Yonsei University The Commons Grand Ballroom

  • A Fault-Tolerant Million Qubit-Scale Distributed Quantum Computer
  • Memory and Storage for AI Service Platform: The Importance of System Interconnection
    • Lecturer: Youngpyo Joo (VP/Research Fellow at SK hynix)
  • How a DPU is Transforming AI Datacenters
    • Lecturer: Dongup Kwon (CTO and Co-Founder of MangoBoost)

Quantum Korea 2024

Ministry of Science and ICT
Jun. 2024 / Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX)

  • New Frontier of Quantum Computing
    • Lecturer: Mikhail Lukin (Physics Professor at Harvard U.)
  • Measuring Non-local Order with Error-Corrected Quantum Gas Microscopes
  • Exhibitor’s Forum
    • IonQ, SK Telecom, Pasqal, MegazoneCloud, Qblox, Norma, QuEra Computing, and AWS.

Invited Seminar

Yonsei University iCREATE,
Yonsei Institute of Quantum Information Technology (IQIT)
Jun. 2024 / Yonsei University School of Business 102

  • Harnessing Utility for Quantum Advantage
    • Overview of IBM Quantum Development Roadmap
    • Lecturer: Jay Gambetta (IBM Fellow and VP of IBM Quantum)

AWS Summit Seoul 2024

Amazon Web Services Korea
May 2024 / COEX

  • Innovation in Drama & Company Hiring: The Future Opening with Amazon OpenSearch Service
  • Nexon’s How to Train Your LLM Agent: Application of Infrastructure Monitoring Services
  • Huge Challenge and Journey for Hyperconnect’s Transfer to AWS Graviton
  • Samsung Electronics’ AI-Based SmartThings Intelligence Platform

Quantum Colloquium 2024-1

Yonsei Institute of Quantum Information Technology (IQIT)
Apr. 2024 / Yonsei University The Commons Jake Lah Hall

  • Engineering Long-Range Connectivity in Superconducting Quantum Circuits
    • Lecturer: Eunjong Kim (Physics Professor at SNU)

Invited Seminar

Yonsei University College of Computing
Nov. 2023 / Yonsei University Engineering Research Park 170E

  • Large Language Models (in 2023)
    • Lecturer: Hyung Won Chung (Research Scientist at OpenAI)

Quantum Computing Seminar

Yonsei University School of Integrated Technology
Sep. 2023 / Online

  • Architecting Large-Scale Quantum Computer Systems Using an End-to-End Quantum Computer Simulator
    • Lecturer: Dongmoon Min (PhD Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University)

3rd Yonsei-IBM Qiskit User Meetup

IBM Korea Community
Sep. 2023 / Yonsei University The Commons Jake Lah Hall

  • Qiskit Updates
  • Hiddent Shift Problem Tutorial
  • Quantum State Learning via Single Shot Measurements

International Workshop on Data Science and Learning in Real-World Environments

Yonsei University College of Computing
May 2023 / Yonsei University Engineering Research Park 170E

  • Data Science Research Activities at USC IMSC
  • AI Research Activities at Yonsei AI
  • Location & Privacy: Past, Present and Future - A GeoAI Perspective
  • What We Can Do with Spatial Big Data Analytics - Examples of Mobility, Education, Health, Real Estate, and Air Pollution

SKT AI Campus Seminar

Yonsei University School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
SK Telecom
Apr. 2023 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall B039

  • Commercial Use of Vision AI

Quantum Colloquium 2023-1

Yonsei Institute of Quantum Information Technology (IQIT)
Apr. 2023 / Yonsei University Science Hall B101

  • Superconducting Transmon-Based Quantum Computing: System Structure, Characteristics, and Major Development Issues
    • Lecturer: Yong Ho Lee (Head Researcher of Center for Superconducting Quantum Computing System at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS))

System Semiconductor Group Workshop

Yonsei University School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jan. 2023 / Yonsei University Engineering Hall C040

  • Invited Lectures by Alumni

Other Topics

Yeong-seok Na (Television Producer and Director)

2025 Yon-Ko Games <Our YONdays> Academic Festival
Sep. 2025 / Yonsei University Main Auditorium

  • The Race is Long Anyway

Kyungil Kim (Psychology Professor at Ajou U., Writer)

Yonsei University Library
Nov. 2024 / Yonsei-Samsung Library Y-Valley

  • Communication in the Digital Age: Feedback and Relationalism are the Answer

Sang-jin Oh (Former News Anchor, Celebrity)

Yonsei Chaplain’s Office
Nov. 2024 / Yonsei University Luce Chapel

  • Are You Dreaming of Your Dreams?

Orbit (Science Communicator)

Yonsei University Library
Oct. 2024 / Yonsei-Samsung Library Y-Valley

  • What Good is Science Communication?
  • Time for Science

Fredrik Backman (Writer, Columnist)

Center for Arts & Humanities at Yonsei University
Sep. 2024 / Yonsei University Baekyang Hall Main Auditorium

  • A Conversation with Backman
  • A Man Called Ove

Orbit (Science Communicator)

Quantum Korea 2024
Jun. 2024 / Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX)

  • Quantum Talk Concert: The Music Created by Waves and Quantum Mechanics
  • Panel: Edward J. Lee of Peppertones

Hyunjoon Yoo (Architectural Design Professor at Hongik U., Writer)

Center for Arts & Humanities at Yonsei University
Jun. 2024 / Yonsei University Widang Hall B09

  • Space Created by Space

Ki-moon Ban (8th UN Secretary-General)

Institute for Global Engagement & Empowerment (IGEE) at Yonsei University
Nov. 2023 / Yonsei University Main Auditorium

  • What College Students Should Do to Tackle Climate Change

David Yong-duk Lee (Former GM of NVIDIA Korea)

Yonsei University School of Business
Sep. 2023 / Yonsei University School of Business Yongjae Auditorium

  • AI & Future Technology Seen from Silicon Valley - AI Leadership -

Sang Wook Kim (Physics Professor at Kyung Hee U., Writer)

Yonsei University Library
Sep. 2023 / Yonsei-Samsung Library Y-Valley

  • Sky, Wind, Stars, and Humans

Ye Won Cho (Lighting Designer at Pixar Animation Studios)

Yonsei Digital Experience Center (Y-DEC)
Apr. 2023 / Yonsei-Samsung Library Chang Ki Won International Conference Hall

  • The Cinematic Storytelling

Soonson Kwon (Global ML Developer Programs Lead at Google)

Yonsei Digital Experience Center (Y-DEC)
Mar. 2023 / Yonsei-Samsung Library Chang Ki Won International Conference Hall

  • Our Attitude to Live in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Soohyun Bae (Cofounder and CTO of Bobidi)

Yonsei Digital Experience Center (Y-DEC)
Oct. 2022 / Yonsei-Samsung Library Y-Valley

  • Artificial Intelligence Industry and Entrepreneurship

Yonghyun Kim (Former Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Division System Technology Team Chief)

Career Yonsei
Jul. 2022 / Online

  • Understanding Semiconductor Industry and Job Roles

Yukio Hatoyama (Former Prime Minister of Japan)

Yonsei University Residential College (RC)
Jun. 2019 / Yonsei University School of Business Yongjae Auditorium

  • New Era on the Korean Peninsula and Co-prosperity in East Asia

Seok-cheon Hong (Celebrity, Restaurateur)

Yonsei University Residential College (RC)
May 2019 / Yonsei University International Campus General Education Hall 301

  • Starting a New Business