Hello, my name is Minsun Shim. I am a first-year Ph.D. student at UC Irvine, advised by Prof. Zhou Li. My current research focus is LLM Security and Network Security.

Before joining UC Irvine, I received my Master’s degree in Computer Science at University of Southern California (USC), and was part of the STEEL lab, advised by Prof. Jelena Mirkovic. I also received my Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity at Seoul Women’s University (SWU).

News

• [09.2025] Started my PhD journey at UC Irvine!
• [05.2024] Finished my Master’s degree at USC.

Research Experience

University of California, Irvine
Graduate Student Researcher | Sep. 2025 – Present
Advisor: Zhou Li

Information Sciences Institute (ISI), University of Southern California
Graduate Research Assistant | Aug. 2024 – Present
Advisor: Jelena Mirkovic

University of Southern California
Graduate Research Assistant | Aug. 2023 - May 2025
Advisor: Amin Ghadami

Seoul Women’s University
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Jul. 2019 – Jul. 2022
Advisors: Jiyeon Kim, Eunjung Choi, Myuhng-Joo Kim, Hyung-Jong Kim