Soontae Kim received the Ph.D. degree in computer science and engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2003. He has been with the Department of Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, since 2007, as an Associate Professor. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida at Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA, from 2004 to 2007. His current research interests include embedded system/software, computer architecture and low-power, real-time, and reliable computing. He received best paper awards from International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) in 2010 and Design Automation & Test in Europe (DATE) in 2013.

Dr. Kim is an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN and the Journal of Institute of Embedded Engineering of Korea. He is serving as a TPC Member of many international conferences, including International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, DATE, ICCD, and International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis.