SPEAKERS
KIM Yoon
Chief Technology Officer, SK Telecom
Friday 4 , December
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21:50-22:30 (JST) / 12:50-13:30 (GMT) / 07:50-08:30 (EST)
Panel Discussion 4
PROFILE
Yoon Kim is currently serving as CTO, Executive Vice President and Head of the T3K Center at SK telecom. In this role, he leads the development of AI and 5G technologies, as well as the latest advanced technologies in security, data analytics, media, cloud and new mobility. He is now focusing on driving innovations in end user experience with the integration of AI and 5G.
Having been at SK telecom since 2018, Yoon served as the Head of AI Center managing AI R&D strategy and commercialization of AI products & services. He has been involved in the academic and commercial research and development of machine learning technologies for conversational interfaces for the past 20 years.
Prior to SK telecom, he served as the Head of Speech Engineering at Apple, leading teams that build on-device and cloud-based speech technologies for Siri and iOS dictation. Most recently at Apple, he led AI development for HomePod from inception to launch. He joined Apple in 2013 through the acquisition of Novauris Technologies, a pioneer in mobile speech recognition technology, where he served as CEO.
Prior to Novauris, he led two Silicon Valley startups and was a researcher at SRI International, the incubator of Siri’s original AI technology. Yoon holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Having been at SK telecom since 2018, Yoon served as the Head of AI Center managing AI R&D strategy and commercialization of AI products & services. He has been involved in the academic and commercial research and development of machine learning technologies for conversational interfaces for the past 20 years.
Prior to SK telecom, he served as the Head of Speech Engineering at Apple, leading teams that build on-device and cloud-based speech technologies for Siri and iOS dictation. Most recently at Apple, he led AI development for HomePod from inception to launch. He joined Apple in 2013 through the acquisition of Novauris Technologies, a pioneer in mobile speech recognition technology, where he served as CEO.
Prior to Novauris, he led two Silicon Valley startups and was a researcher at SRI International, the incubator of Siri’s original AI technology. Yoon holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
