Professor and Members

A focused team working across data mining, machine learning, and privacy.

Meet the researchers of the Data Intelligence & Privacy Lab and learn about their research interests and roles.

Professor

Prof. Yongdae An

Assistant Professor, School of Global Media
Soongsil University

Prof. Yongdae An conducts research in data mining, AI, and privacy-enhancing technologies, focusing on intelligent and trustworthy systems.

Research Interests

  • Data Mining
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
  • Trustworthy AI

Education

  • Ph.D. Industrial Engineering

    Seoul National University

  • B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering

    KAIST

Selected Publications

Experience

  • Assistant Professor

    School of Global Media, Soongsil University, Republic of Korea · 2025.03 - Present

  • Chief Data Scientist

    Desilo Inc., Republic of Korea · 2020.09 - 2025.02

  • Research Professor

    Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Sejong University, Republic of Korea · 2021.09 - 2022.08

  • Engineer

    Hyundai Heavy Industries, Republic of Korea · 2012.01 - 2015.02

Awards

  • 2020.12

    Co-winner (1st place), 2020 International Competition on Genomic Data Analysis Security (iDASH: Integrating Data for Analysis, Anonymization, and Sharing)

Students

Current lab members

Graduate Students

Ph.D.

Hanyul Ryu

Researching privacy-enhancing technologies, machine learning, and AI, with a focus on building secure and trustworthy intelligent systems.

Research Interests

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies · Homomorphic Encryption · Trustworthy AI · Large Language Models · Statistical Learning · Time Series Analysis

Education
  • Ph.D. Student Global School of Media

    Soongsil University · 2026 - Present

  • M.S. Data Science

    Ajou University

  • B.S. Computer Engineering

    HUFS

Publications
  • Work in Progress
Experience
  • Research Engineer

    Xenoscube · 2025 - Present

  • Privacy Enhancing Engineer

    42dot · 2025

  • Research Engineer

    Desilo Inc. · 2021 - 2025

  • Research Engineer

    CERN · 2020 - 2022

  • Software Engineer

    Multiple Companies · 2008 - 2019

M.S.

Eungab Jo

Exploring trustworthy and secure AI systems at the intersection of AI, software security, and cyber threat intelligence.

Research Interests

Trustworthy AI · AI Safety & Security · Secure Software Engineering · Cyber Threat Intelligence · Artificial Intelligence · Data Science

Education
  • M.S. Student Global School of Media

    Soongsil University · 2026 - Present

  • M.S. Student International Affairs & Information Security

    Dongguk University · 2014

  • M.S. Student Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

    Sungkyunkwan University · 2007

  • B.S. Computer Engineering

    Kyungil University · 2007

Publications
  • Work in Progress
Experience
  • Software Engineer

    Multiple Companies · 2017 – 2025

  • Forensics Software Engineer

    Government Agency · 2014 – 2017

  • Security Software Engineer

    Antivirus Company · 2010 – 2014

Awards
  • 2011.3

    CODEGATE International Hacking Defense Competition(CTF)

Undergraduate Researchers

Undergraduate Researcher

Sunwoo Ha

Researching interpretable, human-centered intelligent systems at the intersection of HCI and data science.

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence · Data Mining · Human-Computer Interaction

Education
  • B.S. Student Global School of Media

    Soongsil University · 2022 - Present

Incoming Students

Incoming M.S.

Incoming Student A

Spring 2027

Incoming M.S.

Incoming Student B

Spring 2027

Alumni

Former lab members

Alumni information will be added here.