Jeon Kyung-hoon, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the DX Division and President of Samsung Research./Courtesy of Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics announced on the 17th that it has concurrently produced five new Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows for 2025, including Jeon Gyeong-hoon, chief technology officer (CTO) of the institutional sector of device experience (DX) and head of Samsung Research.

IEEE is the world's largest and most prestigious organization in the fields of electrical, electronics, computer, and communications. It has over 460,000 members from more than 190 countries and is currently conducting over 2,250 standard projects. An IEEE Fellow is the highest technical grade awarded to the top 0.1% of IEEE members.

IEEE selects fellows annually by assessing the achievements and contributions of members with over ten years of experience in electrical and electronic engineering fields, such as communications and semiconductors, based on their research and development.

Jeon was appointed as a fellow for his contributions to the development of 5G wireless communication and virtualized radio access network (vRAN) technologies.

Jeon Gyeong-hoon, who joined Samsung Electronics in 2012 and served as head of the network business department, is an expert in communication technology and led the development of core technologies and commercial solutions for 5G.

He contributed to the successful commercialization of the world's first 5G mobile communication and currently oversees research and development of advanced technologies as CTO of the DX institutional sector.

Jeon said, "Being appointed an IEEE Fellow is a great honor for both individuals and the company," adding, "I will make the utmost effort based on the research experience and capabilities I have accumulated so that Samsung Electronics can showcase innovative technologies leading the future in the fields of communications and AI and add value to users' daily lives."

Kim Yoon-sun, a master at Samsung Research who contributed to the standardization of 5G mobile communication, was also named a fellow.

Over the past seven years, Kim has served as both chair and co-chair of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Radio Access Network Working Group 1 (RAN WG1) and was selected as a fellow for recognizing the achievements in the standardization of the 5G physical layer. Currently, Kim is preparing for the 6G RAN standardization, which will begin in the coming year.

Samsung Electronics also produced two fellows in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including Timothy Hospedales, head of the European AI Center at Samsung Research, and Michael Brown, head of the Toronto AI Center at Samsung Research.

Hospedales, who joined Samsung Electronics in 2019, is an expert in machine learning and data intelligence and was appointed a fellow for the achievements in AI machine learning and meta-learning.

Brown, an expert in computer vision, was recognized for significant achievements in camera image processing and image quality improvement in the field of AI vision.

Additionally, Yuri Masuoka, head of the SRAM lab in the foundry business unit of the device solutions (DS) institutional sector, was appointed as an IEEE fellow for his contributions to foundry transistor development, according to Samsung Electronics.