PEOPLE

PROFESSOR


Sunyong Yoo (Ph. D)


  • Associate Professor, 2019 – Present
    School of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Chonnam National University
  • Chief Executtive Officer, 2025 – Present
    R&D Center, MATILO AI Inc.
  • Senior Researcher, 2018 – 2019
    BigData Steering Department, National Health Insurance Service
  • Researcher, 2011 – 2012
    Electronic & Information Research Information Center, KAIST
  • International Conference on Data and Text Mining in Biomedical Informatics (DTMBIO), General Chair
  • Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering (JICCE), Director
  • Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Consultant for Patent Examination
  • The Korean Navigation Institute (JANT), Director
  • Korean Society for Bioinformatics (KSBi), Educational Executive
  • BioSynergy Research Society, Managing Director
  • Korea Institute for Practical Engineering Education (KIPEE), Director
  • Artificial Intelligence Industry Cluster Agency (AICA), AI advisor
  • Gwangju Free Economic Zone Authority (GJFEZ), Investment advisor
  • Ph.D. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
  • B.S, M.S in Computer Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
  • Best Teaching Award, 2024. 6.
    Chonnam National University
  • Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, 2023. 12.
    College of Engineering, Chonnam National University
  • Outstanding New Faculty Award, 2022. 6.
    Chonnam National University
  • Best Teaching Award, 2021. 12.
    College of Engineering, Chonnam National University
  • Datathon Contest 2014, 2014. 8.
    The Best of Best Award (Intellectual Property Office Administrator’s Award)
  • 2th Tourism Big Data Analysis Contest, 2014. 8.
    Wining a prize
  • Samsung SDS sGen Global, 2013. 6.
    Finalist (8th price)
  • Social Venture Competition 2013, 2013. 11.

  Be in Touch

We are currently looking for enthusiastic graduate students (M.S., Ph.D.).

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds (e.g., CS, biology, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics, life science…) who are interested in ‘bioinformatics, systems biology, medical informatics, machine learning, and data mining’

Contact Information
  • Address
    77, Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186
    Korea, College of Engineering, Building 7
  • Tel
    062-530-1761
  • Email
    syyoo@jnu.ac.kr

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