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Taesoo Kim's research interests lie in building computing systems whose underlying principles justify security. His work focuses on the design of systems, analysis of implementations, and maintaining a clear separation of trusted components. Kim aims to develop tools that automatically identify parts of operating systems that are affected by cyberattacks, thereby enabling system administrators to recover from such incidents with minimal manual effort. Since arriving at Georgia Tech, he has secured numerous research grants from the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Kim's contributions to the field have earned him several accolades, including the 2015 Internet Defense Prize from USENIX and recognition as a finalist in the inaugural DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge with Team Disekt. He completed his doctorate in 2014 at MIT, where he collaborated with Professor Nickolai Zeldovich and Frans Kaashoek, specializing in systems security, particularly in detecting and recovering from attacks on computer systems.
Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.