Background

Education

    • Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, 2003

    • M.S. in Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, 1998

    • B.S. in Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, 1996

    • Seoul Science High School, Korea, 1992

Employment Experience

    • Dec. 2020 – Present : CEO, Zkrypto Inc.

    • Sep. 2008 – Present : Professor, Hanyang University, Korea

    • Jul. 2014 - Jun. 2015 : Visiting scholar, ASU, AZ, USA

    • Dec. 2005– Aug. 2008 : Staff Software Engineer, ARM Inc. Irvine CA,USA

    • Sept. 2003 – Nov. 2005 :Post Doctoral Researcher, UC Irvine, CA, USA

    • Mar. 2003 – Sept. 2003 :Post Doctoral Researcher, Research Institute of Advanced Computer Technology, Seoul, Korea

Awards

  • 2023: CES 2023 Best of Innovation in Cybersecurity&Personal Privacy, and Innovation award in Software & Mobile Apps for "zkVoting"

  • 2023: CES 2023 Innovation award in Cybersecurity & Personal Privacy for "Azeroth"

  • 2021: 국가암호공모전 최우수상: 정권호, 이누리, 김지혜, 오현옥, "Azeroth: Auditable Zero-knowledge Transactions in Smart Contracts"

  • 2021: 국가암호공모전 장려상: 한세민, 김지혜, 오현옥, "Succinct Zero-Knowledge Batch Proofs for Set Accumulators"

  • 2020: 국가암호공모전 우수상: 고한경, 이인근, 이승화, 김지혜, 오현옥, "Efficient Verifiable Image Redacting based on zk-SNARKs"

  • 2019: 국가암호공모전 특별상: 이지원, 김지혜, 오현옥, "QAP-based Simulation-Extractable SNARK with a Single Verification"

  • 2018: 한국정보과학회 동계학술대회 우수논문상: 김동혁, 김지혜, 오현옥, "전방향 안전 서명을 보장하는 Proof of Elapsed Time"

  • 2018: 국가암호공모전 장려상: 이승화, 김지혜, 오현옥, "Efficient Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-interactive Argument of Knowledge for Convolution operations"

  • 2018: 국가암호공모전 특별상: 이지원, 김지혜, 오현옥, "BESTIE: Broadcast Encryption Scheme for Tyny IoT Equipments"

  • 2018: KCC2018 라인X한국정보과학회 블록체인 경진대회 장려상: 이정혁, 김예지, 오현옥, "비밀선거를 보장하는 블록체인 기반 전자투표 시스템"

  • 2018: 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회 우수논문상: 이정혁, 김예지, 조수연, 오현옥, 김지혜, "전방향 안전서명을 사용하는 빠른 블록체인"

  • 2017: 국가암호공모전 특별상: 이지원, 오현옥, 이승화, 김지혜, "Wildcard Based Identity Based Encryption with Constant Size Ciphertext"

  • 2017: 고한경, 오현옥, KSC 2017 SW 구현/데모 경진대회 대학원생 부문 장려상

  • 2017: 고한경, 박사로, 윤정준, 유영천, 오현옥, 김지혜, EDA Summer Workshop Student Poster Presentation 3rd Place

  • 2017: 고한경, 박사로, 윤정준, 유영천, 오현옥, 김지혜, Embedded System Design Challenge 2nd Place

  • 2016: 국가암호공모전 우수상: 이지원, 오현옥, 이승화, 김지혜, Combnatorial Subset Difference Public Key Broadcast Encryption Scheme"

  • 2016: 한국을 빛내는 서울공대 박사 70인

  • 2016: 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회 우수논문상: 윤정준, 이정혁, 김지혜, 오현옥, "최소 보안 연산을 가지는 전방향 보안 전자서명"

  • 2014: Best lecturer (강의 우수 교수) from Hanyang University

  • 2003: Best paper from Samsung on SOC (System on Chip) Design Conference 2003

  • 1998: A prize at the 8th Korean National Programming Contest

  • 1996: Awarded by the head of Alumni Association of Engineering School at Seoul National University for graduation with the highest honor at the department of Computer Engineering

  • 1996: Awarded by the president of Seoul National University for graduation with the highest honor at the department of Computer Engineering

  • 1989: Silver medal at the 3rd Korean Mathematical Olympiad