Professor
  • Jae Hong Seo
    Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

    Education
    Seoul National University

    Ph.D in MathematicsFeb 2011

    Korea University

    BS in MathematicsFeb 2004

    Research Interests
    Cryptography, Computational Number Theory, Information Security (Recently, very interested in crypto primitives for secure blockchains and/or deep learning such as zero-knowledge proofs and bio authentication)


Ms & Ph.D Integrated Course student

  • Sunpill Kim
    Good words and good people are usually opposites.

    Research Interests
    Deep Learning-Based Biometric(Face, Speaker), Zero-Knowledge Proofs & Verifiable Computing

    Publication
    • Sunpill Kim, Yunseong Jeong, Jinsu Kim, Jungkon Kim, Hyung Tae Lee, and Jae Hong Seo, IronMask: Modular Architecture for Protecting Deep Face Template, In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pages 16125-16134, 2021.(acceptance rate 23.4%)
    • Bora Jeong, Sunpill Kim, Seunghun Paik, and Jae Hong Seo, Attack on Secure Triplet Loss, IEEE Access.
    • Seunghun Paik, Sunpill Kim, and Jae Hong Seo, Analysis on Locality Sensitive HashingBased Biometric Template Protection Schemes, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security. (submitted)
    • Sunpill Kim, Hoyong Shin, and Jae Hong Seo, Deep Face Template Protection in the Wild, Pattern Recognition. (submitted)
    Awards
    • A*STAR Research Attachment Programme (ARAP) Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore S$38400
    • Special Prize, National Cryptographic Technology Contest. Sep 2022 National Intelligence Service, Republic of Korea “Deep Face Template Protection in the Wild” $500
    • Excellence Prize, Academic Seminar. Nov 2019 College of Natural Science, Hanyang University “Security of Biometric Authentication” $300

  • Hyeonbum Lee
    What doesn't kill me makes me stronger

    Research Interests
    Cryptography(Zero-Knowledge Proofs)

  • Publication
    • Hyeonbum Lee, Jae Hong Seo, "TENET : Sublogarithmic Proof, Sublinear Verifier Inner Product Argument without a Trusted Setup Accepted in IWSEC" 2023
    • Sungwook Kim, Hyeonbum Lee, Jae Hong Seo, [alphabetical order] Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments in Discrete Logarithm Setting: Sublogarithmic Proof or Sublinear Verifier Accepted in Asiacrypt 2022
    • Chanyang Ju, Hyeonbum Lee, Heewon Chung, Jae Hong Seo, and Sungwook Kim, Efficient Sum-Check Protocol for Convolution IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 164047-164059, 2021, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3133442.
    • Chanyang Ju, Hyeonbum Lee, Heewon Chung, and Jae Hong Seo, Analysis of Zero-Knowledge Protocols for Verifiable Computation and Its Applications Journal of The Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology VOL.31, NO.4, Aug. 2020
    Awards
    • Grand Prize, National Cryptographic Technology Contest. Oct 2022 Korea Cryptography Forum
    • Special Prize, National Cryptographic Technology Contest. Oct 2021 Korea Cryptography Forum

  • Chanwoo Hwang
    To doubt is safer than to be secure.

    Research Interests
    Deep Learning Algorithm, Computer Vision

    Awards
    • 2021 Academic Seminar Hosted by College of Natural Science, Hanyang University Participation Prize

  • Dongsoo Kim
    Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. -Winston Churchill-

    Research Interests
    Deep Learning Algorithm, Computer Vision

    Awards
    • 2021 Academic Seminar Hosted by College of Natural Science, Hanyang University Participation Prize

  • Hyunjung Son
    Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in. -Leonardo da Vinci-

    Research Interests
    Cryptography

  • Seunghun Paik
    Be professional; be sceptical on your work. -Terrence Tao-

    Research Interests
    Privacy Preserving Machine Learning

    Publication
    • Analysis on Secure Triplet Loss Bora Jeong, Sunpill Kim, Seunghun Paik and Jae Hong Seo IEEE Access, 2022
    • Analysis on Locality Sensitive Hashing-based Biometric Template Protection Schemes Seunghun Paik, Sunpill Kim and Jae Hong Seo Manuscript, Under Review
    Awards
    • 2022 Cryptanalysis Contest Hosted by Millitary Cryptography Research Center Excellence Award
    • 2019 Academic Seminar Hosted by College of Natural Science, Hanyang University Excellence Prize
  • Minsu Kim
    Better than yesterday

    Research Interests
    BTP(Biometric Template Protection)

    Awards
    • 2022 Cryptanalysis Contest Hosted by Millitary Cryptography Research Center Excellence Award
    • 2022 Academic Seminar Hosted by College of Natural Science, Hanyang University Excellence Prize


Master's student
  • Gwangwoon Lee
    Citius, Altius, Fortius.

    Research Interests
    Blockchain, Cryptography

    Publication
    • Ju, Chanyang, et al. Monitoring Provenance of Delegated Personal Data with Blockchain. In: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain). IEEE, 2022. p. 11-20.

  • Kyuhwan Lee
    To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. -Lao Tzu-

    Research Interests
    Lattice-based cryptography, Zero-Knowledge Proof

    Awards
    • 2021 Academic Seminar Hosted by College of Natural Science, Hanyang University Top Prize

  • Bora Jeong
    Life is a series of the moment.

    Research Interests
    Deep learning algorithm, Secure machine learning

    Publication
    • B. Jeong, S. Kim, S. Paik and J. H. Seo, "Analysis on Secure Triplet Loss," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 124355-124362, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3225430.
    Awards
    • A*STAR Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award (SIPGA). Nov 2022 - Mar 2023. Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
    • Grand Prize, 2022 Best Research Paper Award for Graduate Students. Feb 2023. Research Institute for Natural Sciences, Hanyang University. “Analysis on Secure Triplet Loss”


Undergraduate student
  • Yunki Kim
    The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows It under his feet. -James Oppenheim-

    Research Interests
    Cryptography

    Awards
    • 2023 Academic Seminar Hosted by College of Natural Science, Hanyang University Encouragement Prize


Staff
  • Jiyeong Min


Alumni (PostDoc)
  • Heewon Chung (Desilo) Dec 2021

Alumni (Graduate Students)
  • Hwamin Yoo Feb 2017

  • Changjin Kim (Onther) Feb 2017

  • Gyumin Lim (KAIST Cyber Security Research Center) Feb 2021

  • Chanyang Ju Feb 2023

Alumni (Undergraduate Students)