So-Yeon Kim

Updated on May 9, 2025

Publications

💡 International Conference

1. So-Yeon Kim, Na-Eun Park, Yu-Ran Jeon, Il-Gu Lee, "DFL: Differential Federated Learning for Enhancing Privacy and Efficiency of Multilink-Operation Wireless Communication Networks," The 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (Mobisec), Sapporo, Japan, Dec. 2024. Best Paper Award

2. Ye-Rim Jeong, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Feasibility Evaluation and Analysis of Information Leakage Attacks Using Wi-Fi Beacons in the Air Gaped Network," The 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (Mobisec), Sapporo, Japan, Dec. 2024  Poster  Best Poster Award

3. So-Yeon Kim, Na-Eun Park, Yu-Ran Jeon, Il-Gu Lee, "Multi-Link Operation-Based Group Selection Technique for Enhancing Privacy and Efficiency in Federated Learning," The 25th World Conference on Information Security Applications (WISA), Jeju, Korea, Aug. 2024. Poster  Best Poster Award

4. Ye-Rim Jeong, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Data Preprocessing Technique for Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning," The 25th World Conference on Information Security Applications (WISA), Jeju, Korea, Aug. 2024. Poster 

5. So-Hyun Park, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hui Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Trigger-Based Automatic Request for Effective Data Recovery of Erasure-Coded Blockchain Storage," The 7th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (Mobisec), Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 2023.

6. So-Yeon Kim, Yun-Jeong Jeong, Chae-Yeon Park, Seong-Won Yoon, and Il-Gu Lee,"FedMLO: A Communication-Efficient Federated Learning with Multi-Link Operation," The 7th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (Mobisec), Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 2023.  Poster

7. Yu-Ran Jeon, Jung-Hwa Ryu, So-Yeon Kim, Na-Eun Park, and Il-Gu Lee,"CaliProb: Probability-based Calibration Model for Robust Predictions in Environments with Data Biases," 33rd International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 2023.  Student Travel Grant

8. Na-Eun Park, So-Yeon Kim, Yuran Jeon, Seoyi Kim and Il-Gu Lee, "Data Calibration to Enhance Security and Accuracy of Federated Learning," The 24rd World Conference on Information Security Applications, Jeju Island, South Korea, Aug. 2023.  Poster

9. So-Yeon Kim, Jin-Min Lee, So-Hui Kim, and Il-Gu Lee,"An Analysis on the Feasibility of Cost-Effective Sandbox Using Open Source Intrusion Detection System," The 23rd World Conference on Information Security Applications, Aug. 2022.  Poster

💡 Domestic Conference

10. So-Yeon Kim, Yeon-Ji Lee, Jin-Min Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Fuzzy Hash-based Fast and Lightweight Intrusion Detection System for Defending Malicious Encrypted Traffic-based Attack," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2025, Kyungpook National Univ., Korea, May. 2025.
    김소연, 이연지, 이진민, 이일구, "악성 암호화 트래픽 기반 공격 방어를 위한 퍼지 해시 기반 고속 경량 침입 탐지 시스템," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2025, Kyungpook National Univ., Korea, May. 2025.

11. Su-Kyoung Kim, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Shamir’s Secret Sharing-Based Frequency Hopping Technique for Secure Inter-Satellite Links," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2025, Kyungpook National Univ., Korea, May. 2025
    김수경, 김소연, 이일구, "안전한 위성간 통신을 위한 샤미르 시크릿 쉐어링 기반 주파수 호핑 기법," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2025, Kyungpook National Univ., Korea, May. 2025.

12. Jeong-Eun Han, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Performance-Fairness Balanced Dynamic Client Selection Technique for Edge Federated Learning," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2025, Kyungpook National Univ., Korea, May. 2025
    한정은, 김소연, 이일구, "엣지 연합학습을 위한 성능-공정성 균형 기반 동적 클라이언트 선택 기법," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2025, Kyungpook National Univ., Korea, May. 2025

13. Ye-Rim Jeon, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Information Leakage Attack Using Beacon Interval Modulation on Airgap Network," Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-W'24, Gonjiam Resort, South Korea, Nov. 2024.
    정예림, 김소연, 이일구, "비콘 인터벌 변조를 활용한 에어갭 네트워크의 정보 유출 공격," 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회 (CISC-W'24).

14. Ye-Rim Jeon, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Information Leakage Attack Using Beacon Interval Modulation on Airgap Network," Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-W'24, Gonjiam Resort, South Korea, Nov. 2024.
    정예림, 김소연, 이일구, "비콘 인터벌 변조를 활용한 에어갭 네트워크의 정보 유출 공격," 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회 (CISC-W'24).

15. So-Yeon Kim, So-Hyun Park, Jeong-Hoon Lee, and Il-Gu Lee, "Secure Adaptive Power Saving Mechanism against Battery Draining Attacks in Wireless Local Area Networks", Korea Convergence Security Association (KCSA) Conference summer 2024, Naju, Korea, June. 2024.
    김소연, 박소현, 이정훈, 이일구, "무선랜에서 배터리 소모 공격에 대응하는 안전한 적응형 파워 세이빙 기법," 한국융합보안학회 2024년 하계학술대회.

16. Ye-Rim Jeong, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "GAN-based Data Synthesis Technique to Defend Against Membership Inference Attack," Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-S'24 , Sejong, South Korea, June. 2024.
    정예림, 김소연, 이일구, "멤버십 추론 공격을 방어하기 위한 GAN 기반 데이터 합성 기법," 2024 한국정보보호학회 하계학술대회(CISC-S'24).

17. Ye-Rim Jeong, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "GAN-Based Synthesis of Sparse Disease Data for Improving Medical AI Performance," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2024, Pyeongchang, Korea, May. 2024.
    정예림, 김소연, 이일구, "의료 인공지능 성능 향상을 위한 GAN 기반 희소 질병 데이터 합성," 한국정보처리학회 ASK 2024.

18. So-Yeon Kim, Ye-Rim Jeong, and Il-Gu Lee, "Multi-Link based AP Power Saving Mechanism," Annual Symposium of KIPS 2024, Pyeongchang, Korea, May. 2024  Excellence paper award
    김소연, 정예림, 이일구, "멀티링크 기반 AP 파워 세이빙 메커니즘," 한국정보처리학회 ASK 2024. 우수 논문상

19. Chae-Yeon Park, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Adaptive Federated Learning for Optimization of Tradeoff between Fairness and Accuracy," Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-S'23, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 2023.  Poster
    박채연, 김소연, 이일구, "공정성과 정확도의 트레이드오프 최적화를 위한 적응형 연합학습," 2023 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회(CISC-W'23).

20. Seong-Won Yoon, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee,"Adaptive Defense Technique against Battery Draining Attack for Wake-up Receiver,"  Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-S'23, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 2023  Excellence paper award
    윤성원, 김소연, 이일구, "웨이크업 리시버를 위한 적응형 배터리 소모 공격 방어 기법," 2023 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회(CISC-W'23). 우수 논문상 (한국전자통신연구원 원장상)

21. Yun-Jeong Jeong, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee,"Artificial Noise-based Differential Privacy Techniques for Secure and Efficient Federated Learning,"  Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-S'23, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 2023.
    정윤정, 김소연, 이일구, "차등 프라이버시에서의 노이즈 삭제를 통한 연합학습 성능 저하 방지," 2023 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회(CISC-W'23).

22. Seung-hui Choi, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "A Study on the Node Selection Techniques for Federated Learning," Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology (KIISC) CISC-W'22 , Nov. 2022.  Poster
    최승희, 김소연, 이일구, "연합 학습 참여 노드 선택기법에 관한 연구," 2022 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회(CISC-W'23).

23. Jin-Min Lee, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Analysis of Latency and Computation Cost for AES-based Whitebox Cryptography Technique," The 51st Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE) Conference, May. 2022.  Best paper award
    이진민, 김소연, 이일구, "AES 기반 화이트박스 암호화 기법의 지연시간과 연산량 분석," 2022 한국정보통신학회 춘계종합학술대회. 최우수 논문상

24. Soyoung Joo, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hui Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Machine Learning-Based APT Detection Techniques for Industrial Internet of Things," The 50th Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE) Conference, Oct. 28, 2021. Poster
    주소영, 김소연, 김소희, 이일구, "산업용 사물인터넷을 위한 머신러닝 기반 APT 탐지 기법," 2021 한국정보통신학회 추계종합학술대회.

25. So-Yeon Kim, So-Young Joo, and Il-Gu Lee, "Secure Mobile Communication in Delay Tolerant Network," Korea Convergence Security Association (KCSA) Conference, Aug. 20, 2021. Excellence paper award
    김소연, 주소영, 이일구, "지연 허용 네트워크 환경에서의 안전한 모바일 통신," 2021 한국융합보안학회 하계종합학술대회. 우수 논문상 (한국융합보안학회장상)

💡 International Journal

1. [SCI, IF 3.9, Q2, JCR Top 30.9] So-Hyun Park, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hui Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Achieving High Efficiency and High Throughput in Erasure Code-Based Distributed Storage for Blockchain," Sensors, 2025. 

2. [SCI, IF 3.4,  JCR Q2] So-Yeon Kim, So-Hyun Park, Jeong-Hoon Lee, and Il-Gu Lee, "Secure Triggering Frame-Based Dynamic Power Saving Mechanism Against Battery Draining Attack in WiFi-enabled Sensor Networks," Sensors, 2024. 

3. [SCI, IF 4.3, JCR Q2, Top 25%] Na-Eun Park, Yu-Rim Lee, Soyoung Joo, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hui Kim, Ju-Young Park, Seo-Yi Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Performance Evaluation of Fast and Efficient Intrusion Detection Framework for Advanced Persistent Threat-based Cyber attacks," Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol. 105, No. 108548, Jan. 2023.

4. [SCI, IF 2.397, JCR Q3] So-Yeon Kim, Sun-Woo Yun, Eun-Young Lee, So-Hyeon Bae, and Il-Gu Lee, "Fast Packet Inspection for End-to-End Encryption," Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 11, 2020.

💡 Domestic Journal

5. [KCI] So-Yeon Kim, Seong-Won Yoon, and Il-Gu Lee, "Adaptive Power Saving Mechanism of Low Power Wake-up Receivers against Battery Draining Attack", Journal of The Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptography , Jun. 2024.
   김소연, 윤성원, 이일구, "배터리 소모 공격에 대응하는 저전력 웨이크업 리시버의 적응형 파워 세이빙 메커니즘," 정보보호학회논문지, June, 2024.

6. [KCI] Jin-Min Lee, So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Lightweight AES-based Whitebox Cryptography for Secure Internet of Things," Journal of the Korea Institute of Informaiton and Communication Engineering (JKIICE), 2022.
   이진민, 김소연, 이일구, "안전한 사물인터넷을 위한 AES 기반 경량 화이트박스 암호 기법," 한국정보통신학회논문지, 2022.

7. Soyoung Joo,  So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Analysis of Next-Generation Wireless Network Technology Trends and Security Issues," The Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptography (KIISC), Vol. 31, No. 3,  Jun. 2021.
   주소영, 김소연, 이일구, "차세대 무선통신 네트워크 기술 동향 및 보안 이슈 분석," 정보보호학회지, 2021.

💡 Patents : Granted

1. Il-Gu Lee, Na-Eun Park, So-Eun Jeon, So-Young Joo, So-Yeon Kim, "Method and systems for transmitting secure data between nodes," Korea Appl. No. 10-2021-0026807, April. 1, 2022 (Filed at Feb. 26, 2021).
   노드 간 보안 데이터를 전송하는 방법 및 시스템 (이일구, 박나은, 전소은, 주소영, 김소연), 대한민국, 등록 특허, 10-2384949, 2022.04.05 (출원일 2021.02.26)

2. Il-Gu Lee, So-Hyun Park, Sun-Woo Yun, Na-Eun Park, So-Yeon Kim, Eun-Young Lee, So-Hyun Bae, Ye-Sol Oh, Jung-Hyun Moon, "Network information security method and apparatus," Korea Appl. No. 10-2020-0125588, Sep. 28, 2020.
   네트워크 정보 보호 방법 및 장치 (이일구, 박소현, 윤선우, 박나은, 김소연, 이은영, 배소현, 오예솔, 문정현), 대한민국, 등록 특허, 10-2421722, 2022.04.05 (출원일 2020.09.28)

Articles

1. Il-Gu Lee, So-Yeon Kim, So-Young Joo, and Tae-Rim Park, " Trends in machine learning-based next-generation communication technology; 머신러닝 기반의 차세대 통신기술동향", IITP 주간기술동향, (2022.02)

2. Young-Ah Shin, So-Yeon Kim, "A Blockchain-based Mobile Coupon Transaction Platform with a Representative of a Purchasing Group; 블록체인 기반 대표자 중심 모바일 상품권 거래 중개 시스템", KISA 2019 블록체인 기술·정책 리포트, (2019)

Work in Progress

💡 Under Review

• So-Yeon Kim, Na-Eun Park, Yu-Ran Jeon, Il-Gu Lee, "FedDG: Federated Learning with Differential Grouping for Privacy-Preserving Highly Efficient Wireless Networks," submitted to IEEE/ACM Transaction on Networking (IF 3.6, Q1) first author

• So-Eun Jeon, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hyun Park, Seung-Ha Jee, Ye-Rim Jeong, Chae-Won Song and Il-Gu Lee, "SRfuzz: Surrogate and Replay Fuzzing Technique for Detecting Wi-Fi Firmware Vulnerabilites", submitted to Esorics 2025  co-author 

💡 On-going Research

• So-Yeon Kim, Yeon-Ji Lee, Jin-Min Lee, and Il-Gu Lee, "MLO-AFPI: Multi-Link Operation based Advanced Fast Detection Techniques of Malicious Encrypted Traffic," first author

• So-Yeon Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Dynamic Traffic Allocation for Low-Latency Transmission in Multi-Link Operation," first author

• Unlocking 6G: Dynamic Zero Trust for Secure and Low-Latency Open Radio Access Networks co-author 

Honors and Awards

1. The 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (MobiSec 2024) Best Paper Award

NSR (국가보안기술연구소) Best Paper Award

DFL: Differential Federated Learning for Enhancing Privacy and Efficiency of Multilink-Operation Wireless Communication (김소연, 박나은, 전유란, 이일구)

2. The 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security (MobiSec 2024) Best Poster Award
   Best Poster Award
   Feasibility Evaluation and Analysis of Information Leakage Attacks Using Wi-Fi Beacons in the Air Gaped Network (정예림, 김소연, 이일구)

3. 2024 산학프로젝트챌린지 산업통상자원부 장관상 (최우수상)
   Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award, 2024 Industry-Academia Project Challenge, 2024.
   차세대 IoT 무선 네트워크를 위한 에너지 효율 및 보안 향상 기술 연구 프로젝트 (김소연, 박소현, 이연지, 길예슬, 이석규, 이일구)

4. Best Paper Award, 2024, by KIISC (Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptography) president, in the 25rd World conference on Information Security Applications (WISA)
   Multi-Link Operation-Based Group Selection Technique for Enhancing Privacy and Efficiency in Federated Learning (So-Yeon Kim, Na-Eun Park, Yu-Ran Jeon, Il-Gu Lee)

5. 부채널정보분석 경진대회, 부채널분석연구회 회장상, 2024
   GAN-based Data Synthesis Technique to Defend Against Membership Inference Attack (Ye-Rim Jeong, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee)
   멤버십 추론 공격을 방어하기 위한 GAN 기반 데이터 합성 기법 (정예림, 김소연, 이일구)

6. ASK 2024(Annual Symposium of KIPS 2024) 우수논문상, 2024
   Multi-Link based AP Power Saving Mechanism (So-Yeon Kim, Ye-Rim Jeong, Il-Gu Lee)
   멀티링크 기반 AP 파워 세이빙 메커니즘 (김소연, 정예림, 이일구)

7. 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회 (CISC-W'23) 우수논문상 (한국전자통신연구원 원장상), 2023
   Adaptive Defense Technique against Battery Draining Attack for Wake-up Receiver (Seong-Won Yoon, So-Yeon Kim, Il-Gu Lee)
   웨이크업 리시버를 위한 적응형 배터리 소모 공격 방어 기법 (윤성원, 김소연, 이일구)

8. Best Paper Award, 2022, KIICE President, in the 51th Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE) Conference

9. Excellent Paper Award in the field of Mobile & Data, 2021, by KCSA (Korea Convergence Security Association) president, in 2021 KCSA Conference

10. Excellence award, by Convergence Security Engineering of Sungshin University, in 2020 Convergence Security Engineering Creative Contest

11. 2nd prize, by Convergence Security Engineering of Sungshin University, in 2020 Convergence Security Paper Contest

12. Encouragement Award, 2019, by KISA-KSII, in 2019 Blockchain Academic Paper Contest

13. 2nd prize, by Convergence Security Engineering of Sungshin University, in 2019 Convergence Security Engineering Creative Contest

News

1. 성신여대 대학원, 학부연구생팀 MobiSec 2024 최우수논문상, 최우수 포스터상 6건 수상 (2024.12.30)

2. 성신여대, 차세대 IoT 네트워크 연구로 '산학 프로젝트 챌린지' 산자부 장관상 수상 (2024.11.26)

3. 성신여대 석박사생, SCIE급 저널 제1저자로 논문 발표 (2024.8.29)

4. 성신여대, WISA 2024서 3년 연속 최우수포스터 논문상 수상 (2024.8.26)

5. 성신여대 대학원생, 학부생 연구팀, ASK 2024서 최다 부문 수상 (2024.6.7)

6. 융합보안공학과, 미래융합기술공학과 연구팀, 2023 한국정보보호학회 동계학술대회 한국전자통신연구원 원장상 수상 (2023.12.14)

7. 성신여대, 여대학원생 공학연구팀제 전국 최다 6개 연구팀 선정 (2023.4.10)

8. 성신여대 연구팀 논문, SCI급 국제 학술지에 게재 (2023.1.10)

9. CSE won the Best Paper Award at the 51st Spring Conference of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (2022.06.28) 

10. 성신여대, 제8회 산업보안 아이디어 공모전 ‘대상’ 수상 (2022.12.05)

11. Sungshin CSE won Best Paper Award and Excellent Paper Awards in 2021 KCSA Conference (2021.08.19).

12. ConSeQ won awards, and was promoted to the center club of Sungshin Univ. (2019.11.18)