Steven S. Hong
Kumu Networks: Co-Founder, Director of Product
Stanford University: Ph.D in Electrical Engineering
Office: 960 Hamlin Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Email: hsiying@alumni.stanford.edu
Biography
I'm a co-founder of Kumu Networks - a startup spun out of Stanford University to commercialize our research on Picasso and Full Duplex Wireless. Before Kumu Networks, I was enrolled at Stanford University, where I recently completed my PhD in Electrical Engineering under the guidance of my advisor - Professor Sachin Katti. My dissertation focused on the architecture and design of future wireless local area networks, capable of coexisting gracefully with legacy sources of interference while exploiting fragmented spectrum to achieve high performance and robustness.
Education
- Ph.D Stanford University (2012) in Electrical Engineering
(Dissertation: Architectures and Mechanisms for Wireless Coexistence)
(Oral Examination Video: Stanford 2012) - M.S. Stanford University (2011) in Electrical Engineering
- B.S. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2009) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Selected Projects and Research
- DOF (Degrees Of Freedom): A Local Wireless Information Plane (SIGCOMM 11)
(Presentation Video - Toronto 2011) - Picasso: Full Duplex Signal Shaping (HOTNETS 11)(SIGCOMM 12 )(Picasso Demonstration)
(Presentation Video - Helsinki 2012) - PinPoint: Localizing Interfering Radios (NSDI 13)
(Presentation Video - Lombard 2013) - SortingHat: Resource Optimization for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks (TechReport 11)
Selected Publications (full list)
- Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman and Sachin Katti
Picasso: Flexible RF and Spectrum Slicing
ACM SIGCOMM 2012 — [pdf]
Received Best Student Paper Award - Steven Hong, Joel Brand, Jung Il Choi, Mayank Jain, Jeff Mehlman, Sachin Katti, and Philip Levis
Applications of Self-Interference Cancellation in 5G and Beyond
IEEE Communications Magazine Feb 2014 — [pdf] - Steven Hong and Sachin Katti
DOF: A Local Wireless Information Plane
ACM SIGCOMM 2011 — [pdf] - Steven Hong, Jeffrey Mehlman and Sachin Katti
Picasso: Full Duplex Signal Shaping to Exploit Fragmented Spectrum
ACM HotNets 2011 — [pdf] - Kiran Joshi, Steven Hong, Sachin Katti
PinPoint: Localizing Interfering Radios
USENIX NSDI 2013 — [pdf] - Jung Il Choi, Steven Hong, Mayank Jain, Sachin Katti, Philip Levis, Jeffrey Mehlman, Kannan Srinivasan
Beyond Full Duplex Wireless
IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals Systems and Computers 2012 — [pdf] - Cem Tekin, Steven Hong, Wayne Stark
Enhancing Cognitive Radio Dynamic Spectrum Sensing Through Adaptive Learning
IEEE MILCOM 2009 — [pdf]
Received Ellersick Prize - Best Unclassified Paper Award
Industry Experience
- Kumu Networks: Co-Founded Kumu Networks to commercialize doctoral research in full-duplex communication. Led efforts to establish strategic partnership efforts with potential develpment partners, and conceptualize business plan outlining product definition, architecture and customer validations.
- Uber: Strategy Consultant through Benchmark reporting directly to the CEO. Assessed external regulatory, market, and competitive risks associated with prospective domestic and international markets for expansion.
- McKinsey & Company: Worked with client executives on key strategic and operational issues. Involvement in all project responsibilities: financial modeling, client interviews, and creation & communication of deliverables.
- Air Force Research Laboratory: Fabricated and characterized RF MEMS switches to ascertain the impact of permanent thermal deformation.
- Capital One: Optimized credit bureau information processing flow and assessed consumer risk for different credit products.
Awards
- 2014: CNBC Top 50 Most Disruptive Companies of 2014
- 2012: ACM SIGCOMM: Best Student Paper Award
- 2011: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2009: IEEE MILCOM Ellersick Prize: Best Unclassified Paper Award
- 2009: ASEE National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- 2009: Science Mathematics and Research for Transformation Fellowship
- 2009: Department of Homeland Security Graduate Fellowship
- 2008: Innovative Signal Analysis Scholarship
- 2006: University of Michigan John J. Hart Scholarship