Takki Yu, SKT
Dr. Takki Yu is a Vice President of Infra Tech Office at SK Telecom , while leading the
R&D on E2E mobile communication infra technologies including Radio Access, Core,
Transport, Device, Location, and Network AI .
His primary interests are focused on advanced mobile communications including 5G and Beyond 5G(6G) systems, network
virtualization & cloud , location quantum security, and network AI. In particular, he has
been leading the 5G technology development with a successful world’s first 5G commercialization in Korea , along with Beyond 5G and 6G technology evolution.
And, he has served as a board director of NGMN Alliance and TSC member of O-RAN Alliance since 2019
Prior to joining SK Telecom, Dr. Yu had extensive experience as a senior engineer in Samsung Electronics and a research scholar in Stanford University, working on
development of LTE/IMT Advanced systems. He holds a Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Yonsei University in Korea , and he is the author or a coauthor of m ore than 10 0 patent filings and more than 2 0 research papers.