Security & Adversarial ML Deepfakes

Professor Simon Sungil Woo is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). His research focuses on AI security, privacy, anomaly detection, multimedia forensics, deepfake detection, machine learning, and human-centered data science. He leads the DASH Lab and previously worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Publications (8)

2026

Toward Trustworthy Digital Healthcare: A System-Level Convergence of IoMT, Large Language Models, and Explainable AI
Maria Bashir, Shaker El-Sappagh, Simon S. Woo, Dong In Kim, Tamer Abuhmed
Information Fusion   Information Fusion  ·  01 May 2026  ·  doi:10.1016/j.inffus.2026.104507

2025

Stealthy Query-Efficient OpaqueAttack Against Interpretable Deep Learning
Stealthy Query-Efficient OpaqueAttack Against Interpretable Deep Learning
Eldor Abdukhamidov, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, Eric Chan-Tin, Tamer Abuhmed
IEEE Transactions on Reliability  ·  01 Sep 2025  ·  doi:10.1109/TR.2025.3551717

2024

Hardening Interpretable Deep Learning Systems: Investigating Adversarial Threats and Defenses
Hardening Interpretable Deep Learning Systems: Investigating Adversarial Threats and Defenses
Eldor Abdukhamidov, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, Eric Chan-Tin, Tamer Abuhmed
IEEE TDSC   IEEE Transactions on Dependable and S...  ·  01 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.1109/TDSC.2023.3341090
The Impact of Model Variations on the Robustness of Deep Learning Models in Adversarial Settings
Firuz Juraev, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, George K Thiruvathukal, Tamer Abuhmed
2024 Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Con...  ·  17 Jun 2024  ·  doi:10.1109/SVCC61185.2024.10637362
Impact of Architectural Modifications on Deep Learning Adversarial Robustness
Firuz Juraev, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, George K Thiruvathukal, Tamer Abuhmed
arXiv  ·  06 May 2024  ·  arxiv:2405.01934

2023

Unveiling Vulnerabilities in Interpretable Deep Learning Systems with Query-Efficient Black-box Attacks
Eldor Abdukhamidov, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, Eric Chan-Tin, Tamer Abuhmed
arXiv  ·  25 Jul 2023  ·  arxiv:2307.11906
Microbial Genetic Algorithm-based Black-box Attack against Interpretable Deep Learning Systems
Eldor Abdukhamidov, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, Eric Chan-Tin, Tamer Abuhmed
arXiv  ·  14 Jul 2023  ·  arxiv:2307.06496

2022

Interpretations Cannot Be Trusted: Stealthy and Effective Adversarial Perturbations against Interpretable Deep Learning
Eldor Abdukhamidov, Mohammed Abuhamad, Simon S. Woo, Eric Chan-Tin, Tamer Abuhmed
arXiv  ·  30 Nov 2022  ·  arxiv:2211.15926

All of Simon S. Woo's papers on the Publications page