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Curriculum vitae — education, publications, experience, and open-source contributions.
Contact Information
| Name | Kyuwon Cho |
| Professional Title | Ph.D. Student in Systems Security |
| kyuwoncho18@gmail.com |
Professional Summary
Ph.D. student at SSLAB (System Security Lab), Sungkyunkwan University, advised by Hojoon Lee. Research on software testing (fuzzing, sanitizers), hardware-accelerated security (ARM PAC, MTE), compilers for security, and systems security.
Education
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- Suwon, South Korea
Ph.D. Candidate
Sungkyunkwan University
Computer Science and Engineering (SSLAB)
- Advised by Hojoon Lee. Affiliation: College of Software and Informatics.
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2021 - 2023 Suwon, South Korea
M.S.
Sungkyunkwan University
Computer Science (College of Software)
- Master’s Thesis: Retrofitting the Address Sanitizer for Rust by Program Analysis.
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2017 - 2021 Suwon, South Korea
B.S.
Sungkyunkwan University
Computer Science (College of Software)
- Honors: Student’s Success Scholarship, Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Scholarship for Start-up Supporting.
Publications
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2026 eMPAC: Unlocking Full Potential of Pointer Authentication in Microcontrollers with Fat Pointers
ESORICS 2026 (to appear)
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2024 RustSan: Retrofitting AddressSanitizer for Efficient Sanitization of Rust
USENIX Security 2024
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2023 Capacity: Cryptographically-Enforced In-process Capabilities for Modern ARM Architectures
ACM CCS 2023 — Distinguished Paper Award
Open Source
- Rust (rust-lang/rust) — merged compiler PR #113814; reported Internal Compiler Errors (e.g. #129169) and miscompilations (e.g. #159591).
- LLVM (llvm/llvm-project) — landed D142844; reported crashes and miscompilations (e.g. #210093, #210177).
Skills
Programming Languages: C/C++, Python, Rust, Assembly (ARM, x86-64)
Areas: Fuzzing, Sanitizers, Compilers, Program Analysis, Systems Security
Interests
Interests: Magic: The Gathering, Board Games, Reading