Members

Professor

Seunghyun Park, Ph.D — Director of the IMCS Lab.

Prof. Seunghyun Park has been an Assistant Professor in the Division of Computer Engineering and the Director of the IMCS Lab at Hansung University since 2021. His research focuses on automotive cybersecurity, autonomous driving, information security and web engineering. Before joining Hansung University he spent more than a decade in industry, leading automotive security and cybersecurity crisis management at Hyundai Motor Company.

Education

Ph.D in Cybersecurity

Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2021

School of Cybersecurity, Korea University

Thesis: Data-driven Anomaly Detection using Hierarchical Multi-labeled Classification for Vehicular Communications (Advisor: Prof. Jin-Young Choi)

M.S in Computer Science and Engineering

Mar. 2006 – Feb. 2008

College of Informatics, Korea University

Advisor: Prof. Jin-Young Choi

B.S in Computer Science and Engineering

Mar. 1999 – Feb. 2006

Division of Computer Science and Engineering, Chung-Ang University

Positions of responsibility

Assistant Professor

Sep. 2021 – Present

Division of Computer Engineering, Hansung University

Cybersecurity, Web Engineering, Intelligent Mobility and Cybersecurity

Director

Jan. 2024 – Feb. 2026

Center for Industry-Academia Learning Supports, Hansung University

University-industry collaboration and education programs

Senior Manager

Dec. 2014 – Aug. 2021

Hyundai Information Security Center, Hyundai Motor Company

Cybersecurity crisis management, risk assessment and incident response
Automotive security for connectivity services, CAN IDS and SoC, Plug & Charge infrastructures
Cybersecurity governance for vehicle-IT environments and security infrastructures

Manager

May 2011 – Nov. 2014

Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea Telecom Corp.

Research of data analytic models in social media platforms for adaptive IPTV service
Development of intelligent knowledge service for social media and web-based IPTV platform

Research Engineer

Feb. 2008 – Apr. 2011

Mobile Communications Laboratory, LG Electronics Inc.

Mobile connectivity software
Development in Media Transfer Protocol, OMA SyncML DS, Rich Communication Suite

Skills and interests

Automotive security

Connected vehicles security
Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA)
In-vehicle security (CAN IDS, gateway, Ethernet firewalls)
Plug & Charge security (ISO 15118)
Automotive software update Over-The-Air (OTA)
Blockchain-based automotive security
Regulation and compliance (UN R.155, ISO/SAE 21434, SAE J3061, UN R.156, ISO 24089)

Cybersecurity policy & technology

Secure software development life cycle
Crisis management and incident response
Public cloud security
Web and mobile security inspection
ISO/IEC 27001

Lectures

Division of Computer Engineering, Hansung University (Sep. 2021 – Present)

Information Security: Security Principles and Practices
Web Framework 1: Web Front-end in Modern JavaScript and React.js
Web Programming: HTML5 and Modern JavaScript
Open Source Software: Open source licenses
Web Framework 2: Back-end in Modern JavaScript, Node.js and Express.js

Professional activities

Executive committee: The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology (KIISC), The Korean Association of Mobility Studies (KAMS)
Journal editorial boards: International Journal of Automotive Technology (IJAT), Journal of The Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology (JKIISC), The Transactions of the Korean Society Automotive Engineers (TKSAE)
Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (IEEE TVT), IEEE Access, Vehicles, Sensors, Informatics, Trans. KSAE, JKICS, KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems (KTCCS), Journal of Computing Science and Engineering (JCSE)
Program committee co-chair: CISC-S'26
Program committee: ICISC (International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology), IMIS 2025/2026, BWCCA, 3PGCIC, CISC-W'24 / S'25 / W'25
Organizing committee: ICUFN 2023/2024/2025/2026, IEEE ICTC 2025/2026, IEEE BigComp 2025, ICOIN 2025/2026/2027, JCCI 2024/2025/2026, KICS Conferences (2024 Summer, 2025 Winter, 2025 Summer, 2025 Fall, 2026 Winter), KSAE Spring Conference 2024
Memberships: Academic member of the Auto-ISAC Committee; member of IEEE and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (IEEE VTS); life member of KIISC, KICS, KSAE, KAMS and KIPS
Advisory group: Korea Health Information Service (KHIS), Korea Labor and Employment Service (KLES), Audit and Inspection Research Institute (BAI), Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC), Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK Bank), International Constructors Association of Korea (ICAK), ez Caretech, CIoT, Koscom Corporation, Korea Correctional Service (Ministry of Justice)
Tutorial: Future Security Paradigms for SDVs: From Cybersecurity to Trust, JCCI 2026
Invited talks: Secure Smart Software-defined Vehicles: Research Trends and Challenges — keynote at BWCCA/3PGCIC 2023, special lecture on Intelligent Mobility at Korea University, WISC 2023, KIISE SWCC 2023, KICS Winter Conference 2023, SCH Mobility Workshop 2023, special lecture 2024 on Intelligent Mobility at Dankook University, WDSC 2024 (@KCC), Automobile and Unmanned Vehicle Security Research Group 2024 (@KIISC), Future Communication Technology Workshop 2024 (@KICS and KSAE)