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Hi! I am Geon Woo Kim, an undergraduate researcher at Sungkyunkwan University, pursuing a double major in Computer Education and Artificial Intelligence. Since September 2026, I have also been enrolled in the Bachelorโ€™s-Masterโ€™s Integrated Program in Artificial Intelligence. I am a research student at SWLab, advised by Prof. Moohong Min.

My research interests include Trustworthy AI and Watermarked Knowledge Bases for RAG. My research experience also includes internships at the Korea AI Safety Institute and ETRI.

News

  • 2026.10: ๐Ÿ† Received the Excellence Award at the AI Forensic Investigation Challenge 2026, ranking 4th out of 174 teams (Top 2.3%)!
  • 2026.09: ๐ŸŽ‰ Our paper โ€œDon't Just Impute, Detect: Task-Aware Diffusion Pipelines for Edge Anomaly Detectionโ€ was accepted to HiPC 2026! See you in Bengaluru, India!
  • 2026.07 - 2026.08: Research internship at the Korea AI Safety Institute (AISI), researching PII detection and context-/task-aware approaches for foundation models.

Research Interests

  • Trustworthy AI
  • Watermarked Knowledge Bases for RAG

Education

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 2026.09 - Present
Bachelorโ€™s-Masterโ€™s Integrated Program in Artificial Intelligence
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 2021.03 - 2027.02 (expected)
B.S. in Computer Education & B.E. in Artificial Intelligence (Double Major)
  • Computer Education GPA: 4.3 / 4.5 (Total), 4.47 / 4.5 (Major)
  • Artificial Intelligence GPA: 4.47 / 4.5 (Major)

Publications

HiPC 2026 Task aware diffusion pipeline for edge anomaly detection

Don't Just Impute, Detect: Task-Aware Diffusion Pipelines for Edge Anomaly Detection

Jeongsu Park, Taehyeon Yun, Geon Woo Kim, Yuji Lim, Moohong Min*.
33rd IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HiPC 2026, BK=1)
ETRI Journal Social context jailbreak example on an agentic platform

Lost in the Comments: Social Context as a Single-Pass Jailbreak and Defense on Agentic Platforms

Taehyeon Yun, Seonhee Jeon, Geon Woo Kim, Jeongsu Park, Moohong Min*.
ETRI Journal (SCIE)
ETRI Journal Trust building, data poisoning, and decision failure in an LLM multi agent society

Data Poisoning in LLM Multi-Agent Societies: Social Proof Drives Collective Decision Failure in Financial Deliberation

Jeongsu Park, Yuji Lim, Geon Woo Kim, Taehyeon Yun, Moohong Min*.
ETRI Journal (SCIE)
IEEE Access Taxonomy of knowledge bases for retrieval augmented methods in vision

A Taxonomy of Knowledge Bases for Retrieval-Augmented Methods in Vision: A Comprehensive Survey

Geon Woo Kim, Dong Hwan Lee, Janghee Yoo*.
IEEE Access (SCIE)
KCC 2025

Analyzing Security Configurations of Public Websites: HTTPS, TLS, and Security Headers

Geon Woo Kim, Moohong Min*.
KCC 2025 (Poster, Domestic)
CISC-Sโ€™25

Web-Based Framework for Detecting Deepfake Images

Geon Woo Kim, JeongIn Lee, Moohong Min*.
CISC-S'25 (Poster, Domestic)

Manuscripts Under Review

Manuscripts currently under review. Public links are provided only when available.

Under Review SONAR pipeline for marking, probing, searching, and verifying image indexes

SONAR: Keyed Retrieval Signatures for Search-Only Auditing of Image Indexes

Geon Woo Kim, Minseok Hur, Moohong Min*. Under Review
Under Review KNOT knowledge base watermark generation, injection, and ownership verification

KNOT: Watermarking RAG Knowledge Bases for Ownership Verification via Multi-hop Traces

Minseok Hur, Geon Woo Kim, Moohong Min*. Under Review
Under Review Search Well, Share Less: privacy aware query synthesis and validation framework

Search Well, Share Less: Retrieval-Aware Query Rewriting for Private Queries

Geon Woo Kim, Taehyeon Yun, Moohong Min*. Under Review

Research & Work Experience

Research Student Mar. 2025 - Present
SWLab, Sungkyunkwan University | Advisor: Prof. Moohong Min
Conducting research on Safety AI, cybersecurity regulation for FPGA-based systems, and AI-based detection of illegal online gambling.
Research Intern Jul. 2026 - Aug. 2026
Korea AI Safety Institute | Advisor: Donghun Lee
Researched PII detection and context-/task-aware approaches for foundation models.
Research Intern Jul. 2025 - Aug. 2025
ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) | Advisor: Ph.D. Jang-Hee Yoo
Conducted research on Retrieval-Augmented Methods in Computer Vision at the AI Creative Research Laboratory.
Sergeant (Microwave Signal Operation) Jul. 2022 - Jan. 2024
Republic of Korea Defense Communication Command
Performed wireless signal communication and network management using microwave frequency systems.

Projects

  • 2026.01 - Present, Attack Scenario Analysis and Hybrid RAG Knowledge Base Construction Based on MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND, part of the Development of an AI White-Hacker-based Zero-Hacking System program led by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), in collaboration with KAIST.

    Designing and building the ATT&CK/D3FEND-grounded knowledge database that enables an LLM-based attack profiler to reason over multi-stage intrusion scenarios.

  • 2025.03 - Present, Development of Cyber Security Regulation Technologies for Programmable Logic Devices in the Development Phase of New Nuclear Reactors, funded by the Korea Foundation of Nuclear Safety (KoFONS).

    Analyzed the FPGA development lifecycle, existing nuclear safety regulatory requirements, and known security vulnerabilities to derive development-phase cybersecurity requirements.

  • 2026.07 - 2026.08, Development of Privacy Risk Management Technologies for Training Data of Foundation Models, supported by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), administered by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), and led by the Korea AI Safety Institute (AISI), ETRI.

    Reviewed literature on context-aware personally identifiable information (PII) detection and designed and implemented an automated framework.

  • 2025.07 - 2025.08, Development of AI Technology for Early Screening of Infant/Child Autism Spectrum Disorders Based on Cognition of Psychological Behavior and Response, funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) through an Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant.

    Analyzed cognitive behavioral cues and responses to support AI-based early screening of infant/child autism spectrum disorders.

Honors & Awards

  • Excellence Award - AI Forensic Investigation Challenge 2026, Sungkyunkwan University (Oct. 2026)Ranked 4th out of 174 teams (Top 2.3%)
  • Mapo Scholarship Recipient - Mapo Talent Development Scholarship Foundation (Jul. 2026)
  • Student Success-Creative Scholarship - Sungkyunkwan University (Jun. 2026)
  • Scholarship for Academic Excellence (2025-1, 2025-2, 2026-1) - Sungkyunkwan University
  • Insulation Korea Dream Foundation Scholarship - Insulation Korea (Feb. 2026)
  • Honorable Mention - DACON K-League ร— University of Seoul Open AI Competition (Jan. 2026)Developed a model to predict final pass coordinates; ranked 14th out of 937 teams (Top 1.5%)
  • SKKU Co-Deeplearning Grand Awards - Sungkyunkwan University (Jul. 2025)Tracking Illegal Gambling Website via AI
  • Learning Fair Dean's Award - College of Computing and Informatics, SKKU (Dec. 2021)Developed a program to calculate team project contribution scores by analyzing group chat messages

Others

  • TOEFL iBT 100 / 120 (5.0 / 6.0)
  • OPIc IH (Intermediate High)
  • Teaching Assistant - AI Basics & Uses (Spring 2025, Fall 2025), Introduction to Data Analysis and AI (Spring 2026, Fall 2026)
  • Informatics Teaching Practicum, Kwangsung High School, May 2026
  • Elementary & Middle School Education Volunteering

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