I work on AI security, LLMs, and a bit of robotics.

Right now I lead AI research at SmartM2M, building SmartX: an all-in-one offensive security harness that runs on a local model, so a client's vulnerability data never leaves their own network. Before that I did a PhD in Busan, where I built CIPHER, a pentesting model that beats models ten times its size, and showed you could take over a DJI drone mid-flight over Wi-Fi.

I also keep two side projects running for the Indonesian Muslim community. I like building things that people actually use.

Writing

How to Recruit Great Talents Efficiently with AI Powered Recruitment Engine Dec 2025 · 3 min How to Attach Additional Block Volume in Oracle Cloud Instance Jun 2025 · 3 min How to OSV: Vulnerabilities API, Scanners, and a Bit of Hope Jun 2025 · 3 min How to Fix Broken JSON from LLM Quickly and Easily! Dec 2024 · 1 min

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Built and shipped

SmartXWork

An all-in-one offensive security harness. It runs on a local model, so customer vulnerability data stays on customer infrastructure. A 30% improvement in vulnerability detection. This is the day job.

CIPHER Open sourceSensors 2024 42 stars

A pentesting LLM trained on real write-ups. It outperforms models ten times its size on the hard HackTheBox machines, which still surprises me.

DJI drone hijacking Open sourcePlatCon 2024 49 stars

Full control of a DJI Mini SE mid-flight through a passive man-in-the-middle over Wi-Fi. There is a video of it, and it is the demo people ask about most.

ShaikhLive

A voice assistant for muroja'ah that listens while you recite and answers from Islamic references rather than from vibes.

A live map of Islamic study sessions across Indonesia. Bots read the schedules posted in WhatsApp and Telegram groups and put them on the map, so nobody has to scroll a group chat to find a kajian nearby.

HSM crypto engines arXiv 2025

Custom hardware-security-module engines for OpenSSL, mbedTLS, WolfSSL and GnuTLS, plus MECHA, a threaded crypto API that came out 82.8% faster than context switching.

CoMeT and RIMIICCAD 2020Sensors 2021

Memory isolation for RISC-V. Tagged memory at under 1% overhead, and instruction-level isolation at 0.88%. Both published, both done.

Selected publications

Cityscape-Adverse: Benchmarking Robustness of Semantic Segmentation with Realistic Scene Modifications IEEE Access 2025 MECHA: Multithreaded and Efficient Cryptographic Hardware Access arXiv 2025 CIPHER: Cybersecurity Intelligent Penetration-Testing Helper for Ethical Researcher Sensors 2024 Behind the Wings: Reverse Engineering and Drone Hijacking in DJI Enhanced Wi-Fi PlatCon 2024 CoMeT: Configurable Tagged Memory Extension Sensors 2021 AnyTRNG: Generic, High-Throughput, Low-Area True Random Number Generator WISA 2021 RIMI: Instruction-Level Memory Isolation for Embedded Systems on RISC-V ICCAD 2020 Movement Control of Two Wheels Balancing Robot Using Cascaded PID Controller IES 2015 Tilt Set-Point Correction System for Balancing Robot Using PID Controller ICCEREC 2015

209 citations, h-index 8. Full list on Google Scholar →

Experience

AI Research Lead
SmartM2M
2025 – now
PhD, Information Convergence Engineering
Pusan National University, Busan
2023 – 2025
MSc, Hardware Security
Pusan National University, Busan
2020 – 2023
Custom OS Developer
Smartcards and national identity systems
2016 – 2020
BASc, Computer Engineering
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya
2011 – 2015