Hello, my name is Minsun Shim. I am a second-year Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering at University of California, Irvine. My advisor is Prof. Zhou Li.
My current research focus is Agent Privacy & Security, where I study privacy and security risks in LLM agents, with a focus on principled defenses such as information flow control. I also have a prior experience in large-scale network security measurement.
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 in USC/ISI, advised by Prof. Jelena Mirkovic. Also, I received my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Security at Seoul Women’s University (SWU).
News
- Sep. 2025: Started my PhD journey at UC Irvine!
Publications

Confuse the Model, Control the Flow: Understanding and Mitigating Privacy Leakage from LLM Agents with Information Flow Control

Intelligent Detection of IoT Botnets Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning

CNN-Based Network Intrusion Detection against Denial-of-Service Attacks
Awards and Scholarships
- UC Irvine Graduate Dean’s Recruitment Fellowship (2025)
- KOFAC Undergraduate Research Award (2021)
- KISA K-Cyber security challenge Award (2020)
