Hello there!

25 Sep 2023

I am Youngil Kim, a fifth year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at UC Irvine, who loves traveling, cooking, and reading. I am working in the security group SPROUT, under the supervision of Prof. Gene Tsudik. Before joining UC Irvine, I have worked at LG Electronics for 5 years as software engineer and research scientist.

I am expected to graduate in Spring 2025. I am open to Security/Software Research/Engineering full-time positions.

Research Interests

My research interests involve resolving Security and privacy issues in general computing systems. Currently, I am working on security and privacy concerns in IoT/CPS and Embedded systems. I am also highly interested in Confidential Computing, Multi-Party Computation (MPC), and AI-assist security techniques.

Education

  • Ph.D. 2020.09 ~
    Computer Science, UC Irvine

  • M.S. 2013.03 ~ 2015.02
    Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

  • B.S. 2006.03 ~ 2013.02
    Mathematics, Sungkyunkwan University

Work Experience

  • Research Engineer @ LG Electronics
    2014.12 - 2020.10 (5years 10months)
    Develop a firmware of Mobile SoC
    Research on Security of Automotive system

  • Intern - Research internship @ KAIST
    2022.06 - 2022.09 (3months)
    Research on Privacy-enhanced Cellular network