Summary
Minhyeok Kang is a network security researcher and visiting researcher at Texas A&M University with eight years of experience specializing in Internet infrastructure security through data-driven analysis and protocol optimization. His work spans BGP, RPKI, IRR, TLS/DTLS, and PKI, combining security protocol design with large-scale data analysis using Spark and HDFS. He has pursued practical, implementable defenses—most recently analyzing signaling attacks and mitigations in 5G O-RAN architectures—and applies machine learning to uncover routing and protocol vulnerabilities. Trained at Seoul National University through a PhD-linked alternative military research program, he blends rigorous academic methods with applied system-level evaluation. Based in Seoul, he focuses on delivering actionable improvements to the reliability and security of global network infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at Seoul National University