Biography
Dr. Lee is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Science Technology, Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2022. His research interests broadly lie in the security and privacy of smart, connected, and cyber-physical systems. Active projects span mobile and wearable systems, Internet-of-Things, advanced vehicular systems (V2V, V2P, and intra-vehicle), and VR/XR and immersive computing. Across these areas, his lab develops secure and usable authentication, pairing, and sensing primitives that leverage real-world physical context to prove device coexistence and resist remote adversaries.
Awards & Honors
- Teaching Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, 2025-2026
- The President’s Circle Awards (Major Grant), University of Houston, 2025
- Best Short Paper Award, SecureTrans Workshop @ IEEE S&P, 2025
- CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems) Rising Star, CPS-VO @ National Science Foundation, 2022
- ECE Fall Dissertator Travel Award, UW-Madison, 2021
- Student Research Grants Competition, UW-Madison, 2019
- Richard Newton Young Fellow Award, Design Automation Conference, 2019
- NSF Travel Grant, International Conference on Computer Design, 2018
- Best Demonstration Award (SIGDA University Demo), Design Automation Conference, 2018
- ECE Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, UW-Madison, 2017
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Award, Meeting of the Minds Research Symposium, 2017
Professional Service
- IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing — Reviewer
- IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience ‘24 — Reviewer
- International Conference on Vehicular Systems ‘24 — Technical Program Committee Member
- Electronics ‘24, Application of Authentication Scheme in Network Security — Guest Editor
- International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking ‘24 — Reviewer
- Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) — Reviewer
- Electronics — Reviewer
- Design Automation Conference (DAC) — External Reviewer
- Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference — External Reviewer
- International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design — External Reviewer
- Symposium on Applied Computing — External Reviewer
- International Conference on VLSI Design — External Reviewer
- ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems — External Reviewer
- Membership: Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
University of Houston Service
- CIS Faculty Search Committee — Committee Member (Fall 2025)
- Cybersecurity Faculty Search Committee — Committee Chair (Fall 2024)
- Cybersecurity Faculty Search Committee — Committee Member (Fall 2023)
- CIS Faculty Search — Interviewer (Spring 2023)
- CIS 2337, CIS 6321, CIS 4357 — Course Coordinator (Fall 2022 - Fall 2024)
Teaching
Dr. Lee teaches Fundamentals of Information Security (CIS 2337), Principles of Cybersecurity (CIS 6321), and Digital Forensics (CIS 4357) at the University of Houston. See the Teaching page for the full list of courses and semesters offered.