Services

Professional Service

Sub-Reviewer

The 59th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO ‘26)
May 2026

• Reviewed a paper on the topic of quantum computing.
• Provided feedback on the paper’s methodology and results.
• Evaluated the paper’s contribution to the field of computer architecture.

Sub-Reviewer

The 53rd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA ‘26)
Jan. 2026

• Reviewed a paper on the topic of quantum computing.
• Provided feedback on the paper’s methodology and results.
• Evaluated the paper’s contribution to the field of computer architecture.

Student Volunteer

The 58th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO ‘25)
21 Oct. 2025

• Assisted with the running of three sessions.
  • Session 5B: Microarchitecture - Prefetching 2
  • Session 6B: Security and Privacy - Memory
  • Session 7B: Tools and Simulators

Sub-Reviewer

The 52nd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA ‘25)
Jan. 2025

• Reviewed a paper on the topic of quantum computing.
• Provided feedback on the paper’s methodology and results.
• Evaluated the paper’s contribution to the field of computer architecture.

Teaching Experience

Research Mentor

Quantum Computing Student Association (QCSA) at UCLA,
Quantum Information Science Club Association (QISCA)
Nov. 2025 - Jan. 2026

• Mentored two undergraduate students interested in quantum computing through the club’s mentorship program.
• Provided academic and career guidance, supporting mentees in exploring quantum information concepts and research pathways.

Teaching Assistant

Yonsei University
EEE 4473: Embedded System Lab.
Mar. 2025 - Jun. 2025

• Assisted professor Won Woo Ro in teaching the embedded system lab course.
• Provided guidance to 30 students in designing and implementing the lab project.
• Managed quizzes and exams, and graded assignments.

Teaching Assistant

Yonsei University
EEE 4610: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Capstone Design
Jan. 2025 - Jun. 2025

• Assisted professor Won Woo Ro in teaching the capstone design course.
• Provided guidance to 1 student team in designing and implementing the capstone project.
• Capstone project: “A Hybrid Layout Framework Combining Tree-Based Mapping with Bidirectional SABRE Optimization in quantum circuit”

Abstract

In quantum computing, mapping logical qubits to physical hardware and routing gates to satisfy connectivity constraints are critical compilation steps. IBM’s heavy-hex architecture, widely used in current quantum processors, imposes unique topological challenges due to its irregular qubit connectivity. While SABRE remains a dominant routing algorithm, its exhaustive SWAP evaluation incurs significant overhead as circuit sizes scale. In this work, we introduce a tree-based pre-layout pass that embeds logical qubits into the coupling graph through a balanced, interaction-aware tree. The resulting initial mapping enhances locality, pruning SABRE’s search space without altering its proven heuristics and cost model. Experiments on random circuits and small-scale quantumerror-correction subcircuits compiled for heavy-hex backends circuit-depth reductions of as much as 13% compared with the original SABRE pipeline, affirming that a lightweight, topology-conscious initial mapping alone can yield substantial end-to-end benefits for near-term quantum devices.

Academic Mentor

Yonsei University,
Dong Incheon High School
Mar. 2019 - Jun. 2019

• As part of UCR1015-10: Social Engagement-[Yon-In] High School Students Mentoring, spring semester 2019.
• Provided academic mentoring to two high school students at Dong Incheon High School for a total of 20 hours.
• Mainly helped the students with mathematics, physics, and chemistry.