E-mail: chonkn at gmail.com
Address:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
School of Computing
Building E3-1
Yuseong, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
+82-42-350-3505(Office)
Education
- Ph.D in Computer Science, UCLA, September 1974
- M.S. in Computer Science, UCLA, December 1967
- B.S. in Engineering Science, Osaka University, March 1965
Employment
- Professor Emeritus, KAIST, 2008~Present
- Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 2008~2012
- Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2008
- Professor, Computer Science Department, KAIST, 1982-2008
Department Chair, 1985-1987
KAIST Computer Center Director, 1988-1990 - Principal Investigator, ETRI(formerly Korea Institute of Electronics Technology), 1979-1982
- Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology 1976-1980
- Postgraduate Research Associate, UCLA, 1971-1974
- System Engineer, Rockwell International(formerly Collins Radio), 1969-1971
Research Interests
- Internet
- System Engineering
- Human Computer Interaction
Award
- Internet Hall of Fame, 2012
- Jon Postel Award, 2011
- World Technology Award - Communication Technology, 2003
- Presidential Award - Information Technology, 1998 (Korea)
- Scientist of the Year, 1997 (Korea)
- Presidential Award - Mountain Climbing, 1980 (Korea)
Membership
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2000
- Fellow, World Technology Forum, 2003
- Life Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2008
External Activity
- Adviser, Fuxi Institute, China, 2019-Present
- Adviser, World Digital Forum, China, 2019-Present
- Governance Board Member, Veres One Project, 2018-Present
- Advisory Board Member, China Internet Governance Forum, Tsinghua University, 2018-Present
- Technology Award Committee Member, World Internet Conference, 2016-Present
- Member, Hall of Fame Advisory Board, Internet Society, 2015-Present
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific School on Internet Governance, 2015-2019
- Founding Chair, Korea Computer History Project, 2015-Present
- Member, Research Advisory Network of Global Commission for Internet Governance, 2014-2016
- Chief Editor, Asia Internet History Project, 2011-Present
- Member, Korea Internet History Project, 2011-Present
- Member, Scientific Board of Web Index, Web Foundation, 2011-2014
- Founding Co-Chair, Africa Asia Network Research and Engineering Forum, 2008-2012
- Founding Steering Group Chair, Asia Future Internet Forum, 2008-2012
- Board Member, Information Retrieval Facility, 2006-2011
- Member, Kyoto Prize Recommendation Committee, 2005-Present
- Presidential Advisory Panel, Asia Institute of Technology, 2003-2006
- Founding Chair, APNG Camp, 2001
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Advanced Network, 1997-2004
- Advisory Board Member, Communications of ACM,1996-2008
- Governor, International Council of Computer Communication, 1995-2005
- Editorial Board Member, British Computer Society, 1994-2002
- Co-Chair, Coordinating Committee on Intercontinental Research Networking, 1993-2001
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Consortium, 1999-2001
- Founding Chair, AP* Retreat, 1996
- Program Committee Co-Chair, INET, 1995
- Founding Chair, KRNET, 1993-1999
- Founding Chair, HCI Conference, 1993-1994 (Korea)
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Networking Group, 1993-1995
- Founding Chair, Joint (Winter) Workshop on Computer Communications, 1986
- Founding Chair, Summer Workshop on Computer Communications. 1986
- Program Committee Co-Chair, Pacific Computer Communication Symposium, 1985
Others
- Arirang TV - Heart to Heart, 2014.7
- Spectrum - Portrait, 2014 Summer, Number 14.
- YTN - Global Korean, 2014.7
- SBS-CNBC - 착한 의자, 2014.5
- The Other Billions, Seoul Digital Forum, 2014.5.21.
- 우리시대의 멘토, Navercast.Naver.com
- 인터넷 아버지, barugi.com/webtoon.
- 나의삶 나의보람, KBS Radio, 2012.6.
- [장윤옥의 IT Talk] 전길남 KAIST 교수 (디지털 타임스 2007.6.29)
- Korea: An Emerging IPv6 Superpower (6Sense Newletter 2005.9)
- 인터넷 역사를 돌아본다 (<월간>네트워커 2005.1.3)
- 20년 열정이 꽃피운 인터넷 강국 (월간잡지 PC 사랑 2005.4)
- 2003 World Technology Award 수상 (KAIST News in KAIST WebPage 2003.7.2)
- 인터넷 그랑프리 진흥대상 수상 (KAIST신문 2003.6.4)
- KRnet 공로상 수상 (전자신문 2002.7.26)
- 기업가 변신한 KAIST 전길남 교수 (조선일보 2000.11.7)
- 인터넷 국가를 고민하는 인터넷 대부 전길남 교수 (IT 조선 2000.5.29)
- Alps(Matterhorn North Face), 중앙일보, 1980.7/8
- [웹툰] 대한민국 인터넷 아버지 전길남 박사, 디지털라이프연구소 (구 디지털바루기), 2014.2.22.