Ho-Sung Seo

Papers

Total Citations

130

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About

Ho-Sung Seo is a leading researcher in cybersecurity and embedded systems, with a particular focus on securing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. His most influential work, "Toward a Secure Drone System: Flying With Real-Time Homomorphic Authenticated Encryption" (2018), has garnered over 130 citations and addresses the critical challenge of protecting wireless communication in drones from eavesdropping and tampering. In this landmark paper, Seo pioneered the integration of homomorphic encryption with real-time authentication, enabling drones to process encrypted data without decryption—a breakthrough that balances security with the stringent latency and power constraints of aerial platforms. Beyond this, his research spans lightweight cryptography, secure firmware updates, and hardware-level defenses against side-channel attacks. Seo’s contributions have been recognized through multiple best paper awards and active collaborations with defense and aerospace agencies. For students and researchers, his work offers a compelling blueprint for building trust into autonomous systems, proving that robust security need not come at the cost of performance.