Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering. Systems research on serverless computing, GPU runtimes, and reinforcement learning for resource management.
Seven years of systems research on serverless computing, GPU runtimes, and reinforcement learning for resource management. Author of ten peer-reviewed papers, including IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing and ACM/IFIP Middleware. Builds and evaluates production-grade infrastructure on Apache OpenWhisk, Kubernetes, and CUDA, validated against Azure and Alibaba production traces. Contributor to 14 nationally funded R&D projects spanning disaster response and industrial safety.
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Sept 2021 – Present
Intelligent Software Systems Lab (ISSLab), Kyungpook National University
NMIG — a GPU runtime for serverless ML inference on Apache OpenWhisk that decouples GPU contexts from container lifetimes, cutting cold-start latency and raising GPU utilization over stock OpenWhisk. Accepted to ACM/IFIP Middleware 2026.
D3QL / PROBA — an event-driven Double Dueling Deep Q-Learning offloading and scheduling policy for serverless edge clusters, reducing deadline misses and end-to-end latency. Published in IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (Q1) and IEEE CLOUD 2025.
FuncMem — a memory right-sizing and adaptive execution layer that predicts per-function memory footprints, cutting cold-start latency by 63.5%, memory allocation by 47.0%, and cumulative execution time by 54.9%, while raising throughput from 0.76 to 1.63 functions per second and lowering average queueing delay from 5.2 to 2.0 seconds. Published at ACM SAC 2024.
Implemented a priority-based, deadline-aware function scheduler and evaluated all four systems on an OpenWhisk testbed driven by Azure Functions and Alibaba production traces.
Released two registered software works, SECS and RLECO, in Python and Go with CUDA-backed inference paths.
Graduate Researcher
Sept 2019 – Aug 2021
Kyungpook National University
Built middleware for mobile edge computing that profiles device heterogeneity and places computation across edge and cloud tiers. Published at IEEE SMDS 2021 and ITC-CSCC 2021.
Co-developed a crowdsourced earthquake early-warning system on commodity smart devices, published at IEEE/ACM MobileSoft 2021.
Publications
Eleven peer-reviewed publications. Author name in bold; ⋆ marks papers presented in person by the author.
Journal Articles
J1
Event-Driven Double Dueling Deep Q-Learning for Efficient Serverless Edge Function Offloading and Scheduling
Stabilization and Practicability Verification of a Low-cost Earthquake Motion Alarm
Kyungpook National University research team (contributor: Manish Pandey)
National Disaster Management Research Institute (NDMI) project report. Download report
2020
Software and Intellectual Property
SECS 2026
Serverless Edge-Cloud Computing Simulator. Registered software copyright, Korea Copyright Commission (registered 2026.04.29; created & published 2026.03.24). Copyright holder: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation.
RLECO 2026
Reinforcement-learning edge-cloud orchestrator. Registered software copyright, Korea Copyright Commission.
Patent application Filed 2024
Method for Calculating Seismic Intensity Scales of Surface Using Table-Based Calculation (테이블 연산에 기반한 진도 산출 방법). Korean patent application 10-2024-0046869. 10.8080/1020240046869
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering
Sept 2021 – Feb 2027 (expected)
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea · GPA 3.7/4.3
Dissertation: Serverless Computing as a Substrate for Heterogeneous AI Workloads. Advisor: Prof. Young-Woo Kwon.
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering
Sept 2019 – Sept 2021
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea · GPA 3.95/4.3
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Information Technology
Nov 2011 – Oct 2015
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal · 72.5/100
Korean Language Program, Kangwon National University, Samcheok (Mar 2018 – Aug 2019).
Professional Experience
Senior Software Engineer, Swift Technology
July 2017 – Mar 2018
Kathmandu, Nepal
Built and maintained transactional web applications in PHP and MySQL, and integrated the IMEPAY payment gateway into a ticketing platform with secure transaction handling.
Software Developer, Smartmobe Solutions
Apr 2016 – July 2017
Kathmandu, Nepal
Full-stack development in PHP and AngularJS on Azure, delivering a real-estate marketplace and a staff behavior analysis system.
Junior Software Developer, Makura Creations
June 2015 – Apr 2016
Kathmandu, Nepal
Developed and maintained client websites in PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL for travel, hospitality, and small-business customers.
Funded Research Projects
Student researcher on 14 government- and industry-funded projects at Kyungpook National University.
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SONSIK Presidency
President of the Society of Nepalese Students in Korea (SONSIK) for the 19th Executive Committee, 2022–23 — leading a nationwide student organisation across scholarship, cultural, advocacy and publication programmes.
Scholarships to more than 320 students across five districts and provinces of Nepal; revived the SONSIK Journal and the annual Smarika.
Led 30-plus Dashain, Tihar, Teej and Chuseok cultural programmes and represented Nepal at UNESCO, MAMF and city multicultural festivals.
Ran webinars on the GKS scholarship, CV writing and voice-phishing safety; coordinated emergency medical fundraising and the 20th Annual General Meeting.