Professor


Professor Taeshik Shon has presented a number of papers at domestic and international conferences, and his research has won Excellence Papers Award at SCI-level International Journal and Conference. In addition, he is participating in research projects of the government and industry to derive practical research results.

Dr. Taeshik Shon received his Ph.D. degree in Information Security from Korea University, Seoul, Korea and his M.S. and B.S. degree in computer engineering from Ajou University, Suwon, Korea. While he was working toward his Ph.D. degree, he was awarded a KOSEF scholarship to be a research scholar in the Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, from February 2004 to February 2005. From Aug. 2005 to Feb. 2011, Dr. Shon had been a senior engineer in the Convergence S/W Lab, DMC R&D Center of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. He is currently a professor at the Division of Information and Computer Engineering, College of Information Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea. He was awarded the Gold Prize for the Sixth Information Security Best Paper Award from the Korea Information Security Agency in 2003, the Honorable Prize for the 24th Student Best Paper Award from Microsoft-KISS, 2005, the Bronze Prize for the Samsung Best Paper Award, 2006, and the Second Level of TRIZ Specialist certification in compliance with the International TRIZ Association requirements, 2008. He is also serving as a guest editor, an editorial staff and review committee of Computers and Electrical Engineering - Elsevier, Mobile Network & Applications - Springer, Security and Communication Networks - Wiley InterScience, Wireless Personal Communications - Springer, Journal of The Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology, IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, and other journals. His research interests include Convergence Platform Security, Mobile Cloud Computing Security, Mobile/Wireless Network Security, WPAN/WSN Security, anomaly detection algorithms, and machine learning applications.