Taejoon Kim

Taejoon Kim is an associate professor of the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE) at Arizona State University (ASU), where he researches NextG Communications, Statistical Signal Processing, Networked Systems, Distributed Fusion and Learning, Information Theory, and Security. He leads several active National Science Foundation and Department of Defense projects as a principal investigator or co-PI. He has received numerous awards, including the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) Faculty of the Year Award, Miller Professional Award for Research, the Harry Talley Excellence in Teaching Award, the IEEE Transactions on Communications Best Paper Award (Stephen O. Rice Prize), and the IEEE PIMRC Best Paper Award. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC) and IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society, and previously served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM) and Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. He holds 29 issued U.S. patents. He earned his PhD in ECE from Purdue University and held positions at Nokia Bell Labs, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, City University of Hong Kong, and the University of Kansas.