Sunwoong Kim

Dr. Sunwoong 'Sunny' Kim is an Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), affiliated with the Kate Gleason College of Engineering and the Global Cybersecurity Institute. Previously, he held roles at the University of Washington Bothell (2019–2023) and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2017–2019) and Seoul National University (2016–2017). His expertise spans cryptographic hardware design, homomorphic encryption, and privacy-preserving systems, with a focus on FPGA-based accelerators.

Education: Ph.D. (2016), M.S. (2012), B.S. (2010) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Seoul National University, advised by Prof. Hyuk-Jae Lee.

Research interests include custom hardware accelerators for cryptography, machine learning, and image/video compression. He explores approximate computing and privacy-preserving applications in embedded systems. Recent trends in his articles emphasize homomorphic encryption implementations, efficient cryptographic primitives, and FPGA-based solutions for secure computing.

Scientific Awards: NSF CRII Grant (2021), RIT SURF (2024), RIT FEAD (2024), UW RRF Grant (2020), and multiple student scholarships.

Advising & Grants: Supervised students including Wei He, Grant Bosworth, and James. Active in securing grants as PI/Co-PI (e.g., IITP Grant, FEAD Grant). Collaborates with labs like CryptoLab in South Korea.

Labs/Teams: Leads research in cryptographic hardware acceleration and cybersecurity at RIT, with collaborations on FPGA-based secure systems and privacy-preserving AI.