WooChul Shim (심우철)
Corporate Vice President | Head of Samsung R&D Institute Poland | AI Transformation & Engineering Operations Leader
- Executive Profile
- Executive leader specializing in AI transformation for complex engineering organizations. My background combines software engineering, cybersecurity, research leadership, and institute-level operations, with a focus on turning established organizations into AI-enabled operating systems.
- I have led teams and programs spanning security governance, penetration testing, fuzzing, vulnerability analysis, threat intelligence, and security for AI. My core strength is translating technical complexity into scalable workflows, measurable execution, and trustworthy adoption.
- I am particularly interested in roles that require redesigning workflows, embedding AI into day-to-day operations, and delivering quantifiable gains in productivity, quality, and assurance.
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Samsung R&D Institute Poland2023.12 - presentHead of Samsung R&D Institute PolandWarsaw
- Lead institute operations, organizational performance, and cross-functional execution for Samsung R&D Institute Poland.
- Drive AI transformation across engineering and operational workflows, focusing on measurable improvements in productivity, cycle time, quality, and governance.
- Define and institutionalize AI adoption mechanisms, including use-case prioritization, rollout governance, performance metrics, and responsible-use guardrails.Partner with global leadership to align site strategy, execution discipline, and capability development with enterprise priorities.
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Samsung Research @ Samsung Electronics2021.01 - 2023.12Head of Security Assurance Lab.Seoul
- Security Assurance Lab. (Security Governance, Penetration Testing, Fuzzing, Static Analysis)
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Samsung Research @ Samsung Electronics2017.01 - presentProject LeadSeoul
- Project lead for software vulnerability analysis (2021)
- Project lead for software vulnerability analysis, and security for AI (2020)
- Project lead for software vulnerability analysis, and threat intelligence (2019)
- Project lead for software vulnerability analysis (2018)
- Project lead for security governance (SDL, Pen. testing, 2017)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)2016.01 - 2016.12Visiting ScholarBoston
- Secure and usable device registration
- Effortless biometric authentication
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Software R&D Center @ Samsung Electronics2012.01 - 2015.12Software Developer & Tech. LeadKorea
- Tech. lead for open source project (IoTivity) (Device registration, 2015)
- Tech. lead for open source project (IoTivity) (DTLS support, 2014)
- A member of software obfuscation project (Android app., 2013)
- A member of software obfuscation project (native libraries, 2012)
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Digital Media & Communications (DMC) R&D Center @ Samsung Electronics2011.03 - 2011.12Software DeveloperKorea
- A member of database encryption project (Java/C++, 2011)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology2006 - 2011Industrial Engineering, Information TechnologyPhD
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology2000 - 2005Industrial EngineeringBachelor
UTOPIA: Automatic Fuzz Driver Generation using Unit Tests
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), 2023 (To appear)On Data Licenses for Open Source Threat Intelligence (pdf)
IEEE Security & Privacy, 2022Constraint-guided Directed Greybox Fuzzing (pdf)
USENIX Security Symposium (Security), 2021#Twiti: Social Listening for Threat Intelligence (pdf)
The Web Conference (WWW), 2021Cybersecurity Event Detection with New and Re-emerging words (pdf)
ASIA CCS, 2020A distributed sinkhole detection method using cluster analysis
Expert Systems with Applications, 2010Hierarchical system for objectionable video detection
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2009Fairness-aware resource allocation in a cooperative OFDMA uplink system
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2009A Goal Programming Approach for Resource Allocation Considering Client Demands in a Multiuser OFDMA Downlink System
IEICE transactions on communications, 2009
CredSweeper:
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UTOPIA:
- In Samsung
- 2019, Samsung best paper award (Bronze Award), ACE: Automatic Cybersecurity Event Detector.
- 2014, Samsung best paper award (Bronze Award), Android Application Protection from Repackaging Attack by Tamper Proofing and Secure Loading.
- US
- 2020, US 10,772,156 Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same.
- 2018, US 9,911,002, Method of modifying image including photographing restricted element, and device and system for performing the method.
- 2018, US 10,033,710, Electronic device and method of transmitting and receiving information by electronic device.
- 2018, US 10,084,793, Electronic device for managing use of data from other electronic device and method for controlling the same.
- 2017, US 9,852,279, Device and method of setting or removing security on content.
- Korean [Native]
- English [Advanced (OPIc AL)]
- Reading
- Watching movies