Prof. Heejo Lee

Professor

Short Biography

Three decades ago, Prof. Lee founded Korea’s first white-hat hacker club, driven by a vision of a safer digital world. Today, that pioneering spirit continues through IoTcube.net, an automated vulnerability analysis platform, and Labrador Labs, a software composition analysis provider that serves as a digital guide dog that leads us to safety -- even when the dangers in software lie beyond our sight.

Heejo Lee is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, and the director of Center for Software Security and Assurance (CSSA). Before joining Korea University, he was at AhnLab, Inc. as a CTO from 2001 to 2003. From 2000 to 2001, he was a Postdoc Researcher at the Department of Computer Sciences and CERIAS at Purdue University. In 2010, he was a visiting professor at CyLab/CMU.

Dr. Lee received his BS, MS, PhD degrees in CSE from POSTECH, Pohang, Korea. Dr. Lee serves as an editor of IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Journal of Communications and Networks, and International Journal of Network Management. He has been working on the consultation of the cyber security in the Philippines (2006), Uzbekistan (2007), Vietnam (2009), Myanmar (2011), Costa Rica (2013) and Cambodia (2015). He is a recipient of the ISC^2 ISLA award and got the most prestigious recognition of the asia-pacific community service star in 2016.

Professional Activities

  • Advisory Member of Korea Internet & Security Agency (2004~)
  • Advisory Committee Member for Digital Forensics, Korea Supreme Prosecutor's Office (2007~)
  • Advisory Committee Member, Korea National Police Agency (2018~)
  • Member of Internet Intrusion Response Technology Research Center, ITRC (2004~2011)
  • Technical Committee on Nat'l Planning for Cyber Attack Responses, 2003
  • Consultant of Electronic Arts (EA Games), 2005

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