Summary
Myungjoo Ham is a seasoned technology leader and open-source advocate, currently serving as Master (Technology VP) at Samsung Electronics, guiding on-device AI platforms, NPU engine software, and a new SoC series. He is the founder of NNStreamer and a long-time Linux kernel maintainer, driving open-source contributions across ML pipelines, system software, and embedded frameworks. His work spans Tizen ML as a base/system architect and leading AI pipelines, MLOps, and inter-pipeline connections for device-to-device AI applications. He has led software platforms for on-device AI services, device ML, and NPU support within Samsung’s AI System and SoC Architecture teams. Based in Seoul, he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UIUC and a B.S. in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from KAIST, reflecting strong research credentials fused with production-focused engineering. An active open-source contributor, his work bridges research, hardware accelerators, and software to accelerate AI at the edge.
15 years of coding experience