
Kwon, Yonghwi
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Maryland Cybersecurity Center
UMIACS
Maryland Cybersecurity Center
UMIACS
4224 Iribe Center
BRIEF BIO
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2), and UMIACS). My research interests include software security, software engineering, and cyber forensics. I have been honored with NSF CAREER Award, NSF CRII Award, ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award, Maurice H. Halstead Memorial Award, ASE Best Paper Award, ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Software Security
- Systems Security (CPS Security, Autonomous Vehicle Security)
- Cyber Forensics/Reverse-engineering (Disassembly, Decompilation)
- Binary Analysis (Malware analysis, Binary patching)
AWARDS
- NSF CAREER AWARD, 2022
- 1st Place in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), Faculty Advisor, 2020
- ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Paper Award, 2019
- 1st Place in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), Faculty Advisor, 2019
- NSF CISE CRII (Research Initiation Initiative) Award, 2019
- Maurice H. Halstead Memorial Award, 2017
- ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, 2013
- ASE (IEEE/ACM Intl. Conf. on Automated Software Engineering) Best Paper Award, 2013