Bio

Soomin Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Ewha Womans University, where he leads SWEETS Lab. Prior to joining Ewha Womans University, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at KAIST Cyber Security Research Center. He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Information Security at KAIST.

His research interests span various topics in software engineering, including software analysis, software testing, and software security. He received ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards from ISSTA and ASE, which are top-tier conferences in software engineering, as well as a Best Paper Award from NDSS BAR.

Research Interests

• Binary code analysis, software testing, software engineering, and software security

Professional Experience

• Mar. 2026 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University

• Mar. 2025 - Feb. 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher, Cyber Security Research Center, KAIST

Education

• Mar. 2018 - Feb. 2025 Ph.D. in Computer Science, Graduate School of Information Security, KAIST (Advisor: Sang Kil Cha)

• Mar. 2017 - Feb. 2018 M.S. in Computer Science, Graduate School of Information Security, KAIST (Advisor: Sang Kil Cha)

• Feb. 2011 - Feb. 2017 B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, Dept. of Math. Sci. and School of Computing, KAIST

Teaching

• (36503) Software-Based Convergence System Design
  2026S

• (34811) Compiler
  2026S

Awards

• Sep. 2024 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, ISSTA 2024

• Oct. 2022 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, ASE 2022

• Feb. 2019 Best Paper Award, NDSS BAR 2019

Services

• 2026 Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
  Industry Showcase Program Committee

• 2026 International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)
  Short Papers, Vision and Emerging Results Program Committee

• 2026 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA)
  Program Committee

• 2025 - 2026 ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
  Reviewer

• 2025 Information Security Conference (ISC)
  Program Committee & Session Chair

• 2022 - 2025 USENIX Security
  Artifact Evaluation Committee

• 2024 ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS)
  Reviewer

• 2022 - 2023 IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC)
  Reviewer

• 2021 - 2023 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC)
  Artifact Evaluation Committee

Talks

• May 2025 Seminar talk at UNIST

• Jun. 2024 Technical talk at KCC 2024

• Feb. 2024 Technical talk at KCSE 2024

• Mar. 2018 Technical talk at Naver D2 Tech Talk 2018

• Jan. 2018 Technical talk at KCSE 2018

• Dec. 2017 Technical talk at KSC 2017