Smart Sensors for Health and Environment Monitoring

This book covers two most important applications of smart sensors, i.e., bio-health and environmental sensing. The approach is holistic, in that it covers from working sensing mechanism, device physics, circuit and system implementation techniques, energy issues to wireless connectivity solutions. It is mainly for post-graduate level researchers interested in practical application. Unique feature of this book is that the chapters are quite independent but complementary to each other toward covering the wide perspective of essential smart sensors for IoT (Internet of Things), as the authors have worked as a team under the auspice of GFP(Global Frontier Project), largest-scale funded research in Korea.

This book contains ample reference and with over 150 figures, introduces the reader to the general subject in a tutorial style and the state-of-the-art result at the same time, which allows it to be used as a guide for beginning researchers in each area as well.

Chong-Min Kyung (Professor, KAIST) received B.S. in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Seoul National University in 1975, M.S. and Ph.D. in EE from KAIST in 1977 and 1981, respectively. He worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill during 1981-1983. Since 1983, he has been Professor at the Department of EE at KAIST. He started Center for Integrated Smart Sensors (CISS) in 2011, sponsored as Global Frontier Project by Korean government. He has published over 300 international journal/conference papers on device physics/simulation, CAD, computer graphics, and System-on-a-Chip design including RISC/CISC microprocessors, VLIW and reconfigurable DSP cores, and video CODEC.

His current research focuses on applying system-level cost-energy-rate-distortion optimization techniques to the design of smart sensors, especially smart cameras.

He has led, as Founding Director, IDEC (IC Design Education Center) during 1995-2011. He received Best Paper Awards in numerous international conferences including ASP-DAC 1997 and 1998, DAC in 2000, ICSPAT in 1999, ICCD in 1999, ISOCC in 2009, and ISQED in 2014. He is a member of National Academy of Engineering Korea and Korean Academy of Science and Technology and IEEE Fellow.