About Me

- Short Biography - 

  Junggab Son is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Before Joining UNLV, he was an Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University (KSU) from Aug. 2018 to July 2022, a Limited-term Assistant Professor from Jan. to May 2018, and was a research fellow/a part-time assistant professor from October 2016 to December 2017 at KSU. He was a Post Doctoral research associate in the Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA, from September 2014 to September 2016. He received his Ph. D. degree (Aug. 2014) and M.S. degree (Feb. 2011) in Computer Science and Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, and received his B.S. degree (Feb. 2009) in Computer Science and Engineering from Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea. His research interests include applied cryptography, blockchain and smart contract, security/privacy issues in significant applications which include cloud computing (Fog/Edge Computing), Internet of things (Future Internet), vehicular ad hoc network, social network services, bioinformatics, and so on. 

- Work Experience - 

• 1. Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 2022 - Present

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA, August 2018 - July 2022

  3. Limited-term Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA, January 2018 - July 2018

  4. Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA, January 2017 - December 2017

  5. Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA, October 2016 - December 2017

  6. Post Doctoral Research Associate, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA, September 2014- September 2016

  7. Research Assistant, Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan, South Korea, March 2011-February 2012

  8. Teaching Assistant, Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan, South Korea, September 2010-February 2011

- Education - 

• 1. Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, August 2014

     1. Degree Conferred: Ph. D. in Computer Science and Engineering

     2. Advisor: Dr. Heekuck Oh

     3. Ph. D. Dissertation: Improving Efficiency of the Cryptosystem by Delegating Partial Computation in Cloud Computing Environment

  2. Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan, South Korea, February 2011

• • 1. Degree Conferred: B. S. in Computer Science and Engineering