Jaewon Kim, Ph.D.

Dr. Jaewon Kim received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University and subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He currently serves as an Assistant Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute (GCRI). Dr. Kim directs an interdisciplinary research program dedicated to the security, resilience, and safe operation of next-generation cyber-physical systems (CPS) and autonomous infrastructures.

Dr. Kim's current research addresses critical real-time vulnerabilities through advanced dynamic watermarking methodologies and zero-trust architectures (ZTA). This work incorporates robust authentication and micro-segmentation to secure autonomous systems, including unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs/UGVs). Additionally, he investigates reinforcement learning applications to secure industrial control networks, multi-agent unmanned vehicles, and renewable energy distribution systems such as solar photovoltaic (PV) microgrids. His scholarly contributions are regularly featured in premier IEEE transactions and top-tier international conference proceedings.

In addition to his active scholarship, Dr. Kim contributes to the broader academic community as a workshop chair and lead investigator on multiple collaborative research initiatives. Committed to integrating rigorous theoretical principles with hands-on engineering applications, he prioritizes the mentorship of undergraduate and graduate researchers within his laboratory. Through this integrated approach, he is dedicated to establishing the structural frameworks required to build autonomous infrastructures that are Secure by Design and Resilient by Design.

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May 2026