Cryptography

Biography

I am YoungBeom Kim, a Ph.D. student at Kookmin University, working under the supervision of Prof. Seog Chung Seo at the Cryptography and Security Engineering Lab (CSE Lab). I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees from the same institution.

My research interests mainly involve Post-Quantum Cryptography, Software/Hardware Co-Design, Side-Channel Security, and Cryptographic Module Validation Program.

Education

  1. 2025.09 – 2026.02

    [UK]Queen's University Belfast

    Visiting Student

    • Host: Prof. Máire O'Neill

  2. 2023.03 – Present

    [KR]Kookmin University

    Ph.D. Student, Cryptography

    • GPA 4.42 / 4.5
    • Advisor: Prof. Seog Chung Seo

  3. 2021.03 – 2023.02

    [KR]Kookmin University

    Master's Degree, Cryptography

    • GPA 4.38 / 4.5
    • Advisor: Prof. Seog Chung Seo
    • Top graduate of the Master's degree

  4. 2019.03 – 2021.02

    [KR]Kookmin University

    Bachelor's Degree, Cryptography

    • GPA 4.25 / 4.5
    • Advisor: Prof. Seog Chung Seo
    • Top graduate of the College of Science and Technology

  5. 2014.03 – 2016.08

    [KR]Catholic University

    Mathematics

Contact

Service

  1. 2027

    CASCADE

    Program Committee

  2. 2025, 2026

    CHES

    External Artifact Reviewer

Publications30(† co-first author, ‡ corresponding author)

2026

  1. CMALU: Compact Fault-Tolerant Modular Arithmetic Logic Unit for Post-Quantum Cryptography

    YoungBeom Kim, Malik Imran, Zain Ul Abideen, Ciara Rafferty, Ayesha Khalid, Máire O'Neill, Seog Chung Seo

    ICCAD 2026Conference[code]

  2. Low-Stack HAETAE for Memory-Constrained Microcontrollers

    YoungBeom Kim, Christine van Vredendaal, Gustavo Banegas, Seog Chung Seo

    CHES 2026Conference[code]

  3. Optimized Implementations of Keccak, Kyber, and Dilithium on the MSP430 Microcontroller

    DongHyun Shin, YoungBeom Kim†, Ayesha Khalid, Máire O'Neill, Seog Chung Seo

    CHES 2026Conference[doi][code]

  4. Lightweight PQ KEM and Hybrid MQTT Protocol for 8-bit AVR Sensor Nodes

    Yifan Dong, YoungBeom Kim†, Zieyu Zheng, Boyue Fang, Seog Chung Seo, Máire O'Neill, Yunlei Zhao

    CHES 2026Conference[doi][code]

  5. A Hardware/Software Co-Optimization of HQC Using Tightly-Coupled Accelerators on a 32-bit Ibex Core

    Seog Chung Seo, YoungBeom Kim‡

    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems IIJournalSCIE, Q1, IF 4.9[doi]

  6. Accelerating SMAUG-T using the number theoretic transform on modern high-end CPUs

    WooHyung Ko, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    ETRI JournalJournalSCIE, Q3, IF 2.0[doi]

2025

  1. An Optimized Instantiation of Post-Quantum MQTT Protocol on 8-bit AVR Sensor Nodes

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    ASIA-CCS 2025Conference[doi][code]

  2. Multiplying Polynomials without Powerful Multiplication Instructions

    Vincent Hwang, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    CHES 2025Conference[doi][code]

  3. Accelerating ALTEQ with Hardware-Software Co-Design on FPGA

    Youngyel Choi, Jaesok Kim, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 4.2[doi]

2024

  1. Vectorized Implementation of Kyber and Dilithium on 32-bit Cortex-A Series

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 3.6[doi]

  2. KpqBench: Performance and Implementation Security Analysis of KpqC Competition Round 1 Candidates

    Yongryel Choi, Mingi Kim, YoungBeom Kim, Jingyo Song, Jaehwan Jin, Heeseok Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 3.6[doi]

  3. Optimized Implementation of SMAUG-T on Resource-Constrained 16-bit MSP430 MCU

    MinGi Kim, DongHyun Shin, WooHyung Ko, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    ICT ExpressJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 4.2[doi]

  4. Optimizing Crystals-Dilithium Implementation in 16-bit MSP430 Environment Utilizing Hardware Multiplier

    DongHyun Shin, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    ICT ExpressJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 4.2[doi]

2023

  1. Signature Split Method for a PQC-DSA Compliant with V2V Communication Standards

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    Applied SciencesJournalSCIE, Q1, IF 2.5[doi]

  2. Vectorized Implementation of Crystals-Kyber on NEON Extension

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    MobiSec 2023Conference[doi]

  3. Optimized Kyber Implementation on 16-bit MSP430 Microcontroller

    DongHyun Shin, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    MobiSec 2023Conference[doi]

  4. PQWAVE-MHT: Post-Quantum Secure WAVE Protocol Based on Merkle Hash Tree for Secure V2X Communication

    YoonSun Han, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    MobiSec 2023Conference[doi]

2022

  1. Accelerating Falcon on ARMv8

    YoungBeom Kim, Jingyo Song, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 3.9[doi]

  2. Crystals-Dilithium on ARMv8

    YoungBeom Kim, Jingyo Song, Seog Chung Seo

    Security and Communication NetworksJournalSCIE, Q3, IF 1.968[doi]

  3. Optimized Implementation of PIPO Block Cipher on 32-bit ARM and RISC-V Processors

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 3.9[doi]

  4. Simulation of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Based on Selected PQC-DSA

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    MobiSec 2022Conference[doi]

2021

  1. Chaining Optimization Methodology: A New SHA-3 Implementation on Low-End Microcontrollers

    YoungBeom Kim, Taek-Young Youn, Seog Chung Seo

    SustainabilityJournalSSCI, Q2, IF 3.889[doi]

  2. Efficient Implementation of AES and CTR_DRBG on 8-bit AVR-Based Sensor Nodes

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 3.476[doi]

  3. High-Speed Fault Attack Resistant Implementation of PIPO Block Cipher on ARM Cortex-A

    Jingyo Song, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    IEEE AccessJournalSCIE, Q2, IF 3.476[doi]

  4. High-Speed Implementation of PRESENT on AVR Microcontroller

    Hyeokdong Kwon, YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo, Hwajeong Seo

    MathematicsJournalSCIE, Q1, IF 2.592[doi]

2020

  1. Efficient Implementation of SHA-3 Hash Function on 8-bit AVR-Based Sensor Nodes

    YoungBeom Kim, Hojin Choi, Seog Chung Seo

    ICISC 2020Conference[doi]

  2. An Efficient Implementation of AES on 8-bit AVR-Based Sensor Nodes

    YoungBeom Kim, Seog Chung Seo

    WISA 2020Conference[doi]

  3. Efficient Implementation of ARX-Based Block Ciphers on 8-bit AVR Microcontrollers

    YoungBeom Kim, Hyeokdong Kwon, SangWoo An, Hwajeong Seo, Seog Chung Seo

    MathematicsJournalSCIE, Q1, IF 2.258[doi]

  4. Parallel Implementations of ARX-Based Block Ciphers on Graphic Processing Units

    SangWoo An, YoungBeom Kim, Hyeokdong Kwon, Hwajeong Seo, Seog Chung Seo

    MathematicsJournalSCIE, Q1, IF 2.258[doi]

  5. Designing a CHAM Block Cipher on Low-End Microcontrollers for Internet of Things

    Hyeokdong Kwon, SangWoo An, YoungBeom Kim, Hyunji Kim, Seung Ju Choi, Kyoungbae Jang, Jaehoon Park, Yunjun Kim, Seog Chung Seo, Hwajeong Seo

    ElectronicsJournalSCIE, Q3, IF 2.397[doi]