Professor Kwangjo Kim, from the Department of Computer Science, was appointed to represent the Republic of Korea at the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)-affiliated Technical Committee 11 (TC-11), for his contribution and research in the field of international information security and cryptography. The IFIP is a non-government, non-profit, multinational organization currently representing over 500,000 members in information technology societies from 56 countries and regions. It was established in 1960 with the support of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and is the world-leading organization in information and communications technologies and sciences.

 Under the IPIF, the TC-11, where Professor Kim was appointed as our country’s representative, deals with the research and development of standards in security and privacy protection in information processing systems. Since 1983, its aim has been to increase the trustworthiness of and general confidence in information processing, and to act as a forum for security and privacy protection experts and others professionally active in the field. Professor Kim commented, “Through this IFIP role, I would like to present Korea’s outstanding information and security technology, and show that we are one of the world’s leading nations in security technology.”