SK Telecom’s AI Center was established in 2018 to create and foster disruptive and scalable AI technologies to create unique value to SKT’s data, services and networks. In this talk, I will talk about real-world AI-driven innovations that are taking place at SKT and affiliate companies, as well as our AI research initiatives.

Yoon Kim is currently Executive VP and Head of AI at SK Telecom. Yoon has been involved in the academic and commercial research and development of AI/ML technologies for conversational interfaces for the past two decades.

Prior to SK Telecom, he served as the Head of Speech Engineering at Apple, leading teams that build on-device and cloud-based speech technologies for Siri and iOS dictation. Most recently at Apple, he led AI development for HomePod from inception to launch. He joined Apple in 2013 through the acquisition of Novauris Technologies, a pioneer in mobile speech recognition technology, where he served as CEO.

Prior to Novauris, he led two Silicon Valley startups and was a researcher at SRI International, the incubator of Siri’s original AI technology. Yoon holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).