Sungshin Women’s University wins nine paper awards at the Korea Convergence Security Association conference; also takes grand prize at AI security hackathon

[Financial News]  Student researchers from Sungshin Women’s University won nine paper awards at the Korea Convergence Security Association’s fall academic conference and also took the grand prize and the top prize at an AI security hackathon.
Sungshin Women’s University announced on the 12th that student researchers affiliated with its Department of Convergence Security Engineering, Department of Mathematics and graduate school received a total of nine paper awards at the “2026 Fall Conference of the Korea Convergence Security Association,” held on the 6th at the university’s Sujeong Campus in Seongbuk District, Seoul. The awards comprised one Best Paper Award, one Korea Electric Power Corporation president’s award, one KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd. president’s award and six Outstanding Paper Awards.
The award-winning papers covered a range of information security fields, including AI agent security, security vulnerability analysis using generative AI, wireless network security, privacy protection and digital forensics.
A research team led by Hwang Jeong-yeon of the Department of Mathematics received the Best Paper Award for “Comparative Analysis of Key Parameters and Concrete Security of a Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism.” A team led by Lee Seo-young of the Department of Convergence Security Engineering received the Korea Electric Power Corporation president’s award for research on dynamic trust verification and access control technologies for network agents, while Seo Min-hee’s team received the KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co., Ltd. president’s award for a paper on authorization errors that can occur when analyzing AI agent security incidents.
 Research teams led by Kang Min-seo, Jang Jeong-yeon, Park Seul-gi, Song Chae-won, Yang Seung-jun and Kim Jeong-gi received Outstanding Paper Awards. Sungshin Women’s University students also took the grand prize and the top prize at the AI security hackathon held alongside the conference. The competition involved using AI to analyze software security vulnerabilities and solve cyberattack and defense challenges.
The “CSE LAB” team, comprising students An Ye-hyeon, Jeong Hye-yun and Choi Su-bin from the Department of Convergence Security Engineering, received the grand prize, the Social Information Service Director’s Award. The “Mango” team, comprising students Lee Seo-young, Yun Hyo-won and Ko Se-eun, received the top prize, the Korea Convergence Security Association President’s Award.
Lee Il-gu, dean of Sungshin Women’s University’s College of IT Convergence and head of the Graduate School of Professional Convergence Security, said, “The university has demonstrated its outstanding research capabilities and its willingness to take on challenges not only in academic and theoretical research but also in hands-on security competitions using AI.” He added, “We will expand research that leads the convergence of AI and cybersecurity technologies and focus on training the next generation of security professionals sought by industry.”

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