Our People

Meet the Team

A diverse, international group united by a shared mission — advancing AI for security, health, and society.

17 Active Members
13 Researchers
3 Interns

Principal Investigator

Tamer ABUHMED
Professor & Lab Director

Tamer ABUHMED

Associate Professor · College of Computing and Informatics · SKKU

Dr. Tamer ABUHMED is a Tenure-track Associate Professor in the College of Computing and Informatics at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), where he has served since September 2019. He is the founder and director of the SKKU Information Research Laboratory (InfoLab). Before joining SKKU, he was an Assistant Professor at Inha University, where he also founded the...

Researchers

Senior Researchers

Shaker El-Sappagh
Senior Researcher

Shaker El-Sappagh

SHAKER EL-SAPPAGH received the bachelor’s degree in computer science from Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computers and Information, Cairo University, Egypt, in...

Biomedical AI Explainable AI Agentic AI Systems

PhD Students

Yakhyokhuja (Yakhyo) Valikhujaev
PhD Student

Yakhyokhuja (Yakhyo) Valikhujaev

Yakhyokhuja (Yakhyo) Valikhujaev is an incoming Ph.D. student at InfoLab, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), starting in Fall 2026. His research interests include large...

Large Language Models Multimodal AI Trustworthy AI
Abdenour Soubih
PhD Student

Abdenour Soubih

Abdenour Soubih is a Ph.D. student in AI Systems Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. His research interests lie in large...

Security & Adversarial ML Federated Learning Agentic AI Systems
Abdulrahman Al-Sharabati
PhD Student

Abdulrahman Al-Sharabati

Abdulrahman Al-Sharabati is a Doctoral student in the Dept of Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, focusing on...

Model Optimization Edge AI IoT Security
Fatma Eid
PhD Student

Fatma Eid

Fatma Eid is a PHD student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. Fluent in Arabic, French, and...

Biomedical AI Explainable AI
Maria Bashir
PhD Student

Maria Bashir

Maria Bashir is a PhD student in Computer Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, specializing in machine learning. She holds a...

Biomedical AI Explainable AI
Shwetarani
PhD Student

Shwetarani

Shwetarani is a Ph.D student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, focusing on security in machine learning....

Security & Adversarial ML Machine Unlearning

Combined MS/PhD Students

Bobonazar Vokhobov
Combined Master/PhD Student

Bobonazar Vokhobov

Bobonazar Vokhobov is a combined M.S./Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. His research interests lie...

Federated Learning Multimodal Fusion Biomedical AI
Shannon Henry
Combined Master/PhD Student

Shannon Henry

Shannon Henry is a combined M.S/Ph.D student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. Her academic and professional...

AI Security Applications Information Security Deep Learning
Firuz Juraev
Combined Master/PhD Student

Firuz Juraev

Firuz Juraev is a combined M.S./Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. His research interests lie...

Security & Adversarial ML Agentic AI Systems Dynamic Ensemble Learning
Zichen Song
Combined Master/PhD Student

Zichen Song

Zichen Song is an incoming Combined Master-PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea (Fall 2025). His...

Natural Language Processing

Master's Students

Leila Shakuova
Master's Student

Leila Shakuova

Leila Shakuova is a Master’s student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, specializing in machine learning. She...

AI Security Applications Intrusion Detection System
Shatha Al-duhayan
Master's Student

Shatha Al-duhayan

Shatha Al-duhayan is a Master’s student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, focusing on security in machine...

Biomedical AI

Interns

Min Ho Sung
Intern

Min Ho Sung

Min ho Sung is a 2nd year undergraduate student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, currently exploring...

Security & Adversarial ML Deep Learning
YoungHyun Moses Choi
Intern

YoungHyun Moses Choi

YoungHyun Moses Choi is a 3rd year undergraduate student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea, with a...

Deep Learning Deepfakes
Ryu Sihyeon
Intern

Ryu Sihyeon

Ryu Sihyeon is a Bachelor’s student in Computer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea. Fluent in Chinese. Education Sungkyunkwan...

Biomedical AI