International Journals

Min-Jeong Kim*, Yeon-Chang Lee*, David Y. Kang and Sang-Wook Kim, “Trustworthiness-Driven Graph Convolutional Networks for Signed Network Embedding“, ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD), Vol. , No. , pp. , 2024 (*co-first authors with equal contribution) (ACM TKDD, top journal in computer science)

Kartik Sharma*, Yeon-Chang Lee*, Sivagami Nambi, Aditya Salian, Shlok Shah, Sang-Wook Kim, Srijan Kumar, A Survey of Graph Neural Networks for Social Recommender Systems, ACM Computing Surveys, 2024 (accepted to apepar). (ACM Computing Surveys, top journal in computer science)

Yeon-Chang Lee, JaeHyun Lee, Dongwon Lee and Sang-Wook Kim, “Learning to Compensate for Lack of Information: Extracting Latent Knowledge for Effective Temporal Knowledge Graph Completion”, Information Sciences, Vol. 654, pp. 119857, January 2024. (*co-first authors with equal contribution) . (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

David Y. Kang, Woncheol Lee, Yeon-Chang Lee, Kyungsik Han and Sang-Wook Kim, “A Framework for Accurate Community Detection on Signed Networks Using Adversarial Learning“, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 11, pp. 10937–10951, 2023. (IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, top journal in computer science)

Jiyeon Kim*, Taeri Kim*, and Sang-Wook Kim, “Read between the Interactions: Understanding Non-interacted Items for Accurate Multimedia Recommendation”, Computer Science and Information Systems(ComSIS), Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 933–948, 2023. (*co-first authors with equal contribution) (ComSIS)

Deniz CANTURK, Pinar Karagoz, Kim Sang-Wook, Ismail Hakki Toroslu, “Trust-Aware Location Recommendation in Location-Based Social Networks: A Graph-Based Approach”, Expert Systems With Applications, 2023. (accepted to appear) (Expert Systems With Applications, top journal in computer science)

Yong-Yeon Jo, Myung-Hwan Jang, Sunju Park, Sang-Wook Kim, “A Data Layout with Good Data Locality for Single-Machine based Graph Engines”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 71, No. 8, pp. 1784-1793, August 01 2022. (IEEE Transactions on Computers, top journal in computer science)

Junha Park*, Yeon-Chang Lee* and Sang-Wook Kim, “Effective and Efficient Negative Sampling in Metric Learning based Recommendation”, Information Sciences, Vol. 605, pp. 351-365, August 2022. (*co-first authors with equal contribution) (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Jiwon Hong, Dongho Jeong and Sang-Wook Kim, “Classifying Malicious Documents on the Basis of Plain-Text Features: Problem, Solution, and Experiences“, Applied Sciences, Vol. 12(8), pp.1-13 (4088), April 18 2022. (Applied Sciences)

Yoonsuk Kang, Jun-Seok Lee, Won-Yong Shin and Sang-Wook Kim, “Community Reinforcement: An Effective and Efficient Preprocessing Method for Accurate Community Detection”, Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 237, No., pp.1-12 (107741), Februay 15 2022 (Knowledge-Based Systems, top journal in computer science)

Yunyong Ko and Sang-Wook Kim, “SHAT: A Novel Asynchronous Training Algorithm that Provides Fast Model Convergence in Distributed Deep Learning“, Applied Sciences, Vol. 12(1), pp.1-14, 2022. (Applied Sciences)

Hong-Kyun Bae, Hyung-Ook Kim, Won-Yong Shin and Sang-Wook Kim, ““How to Get Consensus with Neighbors?”: Rating Standardization for Accurate Collaborative Filtering”, Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 234, pp. 1-13, December 25 2021. (Knowledge-Based Systems, top journal in computer science)

Yoonsuk Kang, Yong-Yeon Jo, Jaehyuk Cha, Wan D. Bae, Wonjun Lee and Sang-Wook Kim, “FORESEE: An Effective and Efficient Framework for Estimating the Execution Times of IO Traces on the SSD”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 70, No. 12, pp. 2146-2160, December 01 2021. (IEEE Transactions on Computers, top journal in computer science)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani and Sang-Wook Kim, “JacSim*: An Effective and Efficient Solution to The Pairwise Normalization Problem in SimRank”, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 146038-146049, October 2021. (IEEE Access, top journal in computer science)

Yeon-Chang Lee, Jiwon Son, Taeho Kim, Daeyoung Park and Sang-Wook Kim, “Exploiting Uninteresting Items for Effective Graph-Based One-Class Collaborative Filtering”, Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 77, No. 7, pp. 6832-6851, July 2021. (Journal of Supercomputing)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Sung-Jun Park, Eujeanne Kim, Jiwon Hong and Sang-Wook Kim, “Identifying the Author Group of Malwares through Graph Embedding and Human-in-the-Loop Classification“, Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 14, pp. 1-13, July 2021. (Applied Sciences)

Yushim Kim, Jihong Kim, Seong Soo Oh, Sang-Wook Kim, Minyoung Ku, and Jaehyuk Cha, “Community Analysis of a Crisis Response Network”, Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp.371-390, June 2021. (Web of Science: O) (Social Science Computer Review)

Yeon-Chang Lee*, Taeho Kim*, Jaeho Choi, Xiangnan He and Sang-Wook Kim, “M-BPR: A Novel Approach to Improving BPR for Recommendation with Multi-type Pair-wise Preferences”, Information Sciences, Vol. 547, pp. 255-270, February 2021. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani, Irfan Ali, Jiwon Hong and Sang-Wook Kim, “TrustRec: An Effective Approach to Exploit Implicit Trust and Distrust Relationships along with Explicit ones for Accurate Recommendations”, Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS) 2021, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 93-114, January 2021. (ComSIS)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani and Sang-Wook Kim, “SimAndro-Plus: On Computing Similarity of Android Applications”, Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS) 2021, Vol. 18(4), pp. 1219-1238, 2021. (ComSIS)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani and Sang-Wook Kim, “On Investigating Both Effectiveness and Efficiency of Embedding Methods in Task of Similarity Computation of Nodes in Graphs”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 162, pp. 1-29, January 2021. (Applied Sciences)

Duck-Ho Bae, Seo Jeong, Jiwon Hong, Minsoo Lee, Mirjana Ivanovi´c, Miloˇs Savi´c and Sang-Wook Kim, “An Effective Approach to Outlier Detection based on Centrality and Center-Proximity”, Informatica, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 435-458, October 2020. (Informatica)

Yong-Yeon Jo, Myung-Hwan Jang, Sang-Wook Kim, and Kyungsik Han, “Efficient processing of recommendation algorithms on a single-machine based graph engine”, Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 76, pp. 7985-8002, October 2020. (Journal of Supercomputing)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Bo-Kyum Kim, Seung-Ho Kim and Sang-Wook Kim, “Incremental Feature Selection for Efficient Classification of Dynamic Graph Bags”, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol. 32, No. 18, pp. 1-13, September 2020. (Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience)

Hyun-Kyo Oh, Jongbin Jung, Sunju Park and Sang-Wook Kim, “A Robust Reputation System using Online Reviews”, Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS) 2020, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 487-507, June 2020. (ComSIS)

Dong-Gyun Hong*, Yeon-Chang Lee*, Jongwuk Lee and Sang-Wook Kim, “CrowdStart: Warming up Cold-Start Items using Crowdsourcing”, Expert Systems With Applications, Vol. 138, pp. 1-15, December 2019. (Expert Systems With Applications, top journal in computer science)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Jung Ah Shin and Sang-Wook Kim, “Collaborative Adversarial Autoencoders: An Effective Collaborative Filtering Model under the GAN Framework,” IEEE Access, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 37650-37663, December 2019. (IEEE Access, top journal in computer science)

Jiman Hong, Keon Myung Lee, Jee-Hyong Lee, Jaesoo Yoo and Sang-Wook Kim, “Autonomic Machine Learning Platform,” International Journal of Information Management, Vol., No., pp.-, 2019. (submitted) (International Journal of Information Management)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Sang-Wook Kim and Jung-Tae Lee, “Autoencoder-based Personalized Ranking Framework Unifying Explicit and Implicit Feedback for Accurate Top-N Recommendation”, Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 176, pp. 110-121, July 2019. (Knowledge-Based Systems, top journal in computer science)

Jangwan Koo, Dong-Kyu Chae, Dong-Jin Kim and Sang-Wook Kim, “Incremental C-Rank: An Effective and Efficient Ranking Algorithm for Dynamic Web Environments”, Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 176, pp. 147-158, July 2019. (Knowledge-Based Systems, top journal in computer science)

Min-Hee Jang, Sang-Wook Kim, Woong-Kee Loh, and Jung-Im Won, “On Approximating k-Nearest Neighbor Searches Based on the Earth Mover's Distance for Efficient Content-Based Multimedia Information Retrieval”, Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS) 2019, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 615-638, June 2019. (ComSIS 2019)

Sang-Chul Lee, Sang-Wook Kim, Sunju Park, and Dong-Kyu Chae, “A Tripartite-Graph Based Recommendation Framework for Price-Comparison Services”, Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS) 2019, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 333-357, June 2019. (ComSIS)

Cong Tran, Jang Young Kim, Won Yong Shin and Sang-Wook Kim, “Clustering-Based Collaborative Filtering Using an Incentivized/Penalized User Model”, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 62115-62125, May 2019. (IEEE Access, top journal in computer science)

Jongwuk Lee, Won-Seok Hwang, Juan Parc, Sang-Wook Kim, Dongwon Lee, and YoungNam Lee, “l-Injection: Toward Effective Collaborative Filtering Using Uninteresting Items”, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 3-16, January. 2019. (IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, top journal in computer science)

Hyun-Kyo Oh, Jin-Woo Kim, Sang-Wook Kim, and Kichun Lee, “A Unified Framework of Trust Prediction based on Message Passing”, Cluster Computing, Vol. 22 (Suppl 1), pp. 2049-2061, January 2019. (Cluster Computing)

Yun-Yong Ko, Dong-Kyu Chae and Sang-Wook Kim, “Influence Maximization in Social Networks: A Target-Oriented Estimation”, Journal of Information Science, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 671-682, October 2018. (Journal of Information Science)

Yun-Yong Ko, Kyung-Jae Cho and Sang-Wook Kim, “Efficient and Effective Influence Maximization in Social Networks: A Hybrid-Approach”, Information Sciences, Vol. 465, pp. 144-161, October 2018. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Junho Song, Dongwon Lee, Sang-Wook Kim, and Kyungsik Han, ““Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words?”: A Case Study on Classifying User Attributes on Instagram”, PLOS ONE, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 1-22, October 2018. (PLOS ONE)

Konglin Zhu, Zhicheng Chen, Lin Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Sang-Wook Kim, “Geo-Cascading and Community-Cascading in Social Networks: Comparative Analysis and Its Implications to Edge Caching”, Information Sciences, Vol. 436-437, pp. 1-12, April. 2018. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Hee-Jeong Kim, Jongwuk Lee, Dong-Kyu Chae and Sang-Wook Kim, “Crowdsourced Promotions in Doubt: Analyzing Effective Crowdsourced Promotions”, Information Sciences, Vol. 432, pp. 185-198, March 2018. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Jiwon Hong, Sanghyun Park, Sang-Wook Kim, Dong-Pil Kim, and Won-Ho Kim, “Classifying Malwares for Identification of Author Groups”, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 1-12, February 2018. (Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Sang-Chul Lee, Si-Yong Lee, Sang-Wook Kim, “On Identifying k-Nearest Neighbors in Neighborhood Models for Efficient and Effective Collaborative Filtering”, Neurocomputing, Vol. 278, No. 22, pp. 134-143, February. 2018. (Neurocomputing)

Sang-Chul Lee, Sang-Wook Kim, Sunju Park and Dong-Kyu Chae, “An Approach to Effective Recommendation Considering User Preference and Diversity Simultaneously“, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E101-D, No. 1, pp. 244-248, January 2018. (IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani, Sang-Wook Kim, “JacSim: An Accurate and Efficient Link-based Similarity Measure in Graphs”, Information Sciences, Vol. 414, pp. 203-224, November 2017. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Sang-Chul Lee, Christos Faloutsos, Dong-Kyu Chae and Sang-Wook Kim, “Fraud Detection in Comparison-Shopping Services: Patterns and Anomalies in User Click Behaviors“, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2017, Vol. E100-D, No. 10, pp. 2659-2663, October. 2017. (IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems)

Yong-Yeon Jo, Sang-Wook Kim, Sung-Woo Cho, Duck-Ho Bae, and Hyunok Oh “High-performance data mining with intelligent SSD”, Cluster Computing, Vol. 20, pp. 1155-1166, June 2017. (Cluster Computing)

Kyosung Jeong, Sungchae Lim, Kichun Lee and Sang-Wook Kim, “A Flash-Aware Buffering Scheme with the On-the-Fly Redo for Efficient Data Management in Flash Storage”, Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS) 2017, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 369-392, June 2017. (ComSIS)

Hyun-Kyo Oh and Sang-Wook Kim, “Identifying and Exploiting Trustable Users with Robust Features in Online Rating Systems“, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 2171-2195, April 2017. (KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems)

Yoonsuk Kang, Yong-Yeon Jo, Jaehyuk Cha, Sang-Wook Kim, and Young Kyun Shin, “The uFLIP Benchmark Revisited for Evaluating SSDs”, International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol. 29, No. 14, pp. 2100-2111, September. 2016. (International Journal of Communication Systems)

Seungdo Jeong, Sang-Wook Kim, and Byung-Uk Choi, “Effective Indexing and Searching with Dimensionality Reduction in High-Dimensional Space”, International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 291-302, June 2016. (International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering)

Jongwuk Lee, Dongwon Lee, Yeon-Chang Lee, Won-Seok Hwang and Sang-Wook Kim, “Improving the Accuracy of Top-N Recommendation using a Preference Model”, Information Sciences, Vol. 348, No. 20, pp. 290-304, June 2016. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani, Sang-Wook Kim, and Dong-Jin Kim, “SimCC: A Novel Method to Consider both Content and Citations for Computing Similarity of Scientific Papers”, Information Sciences, Vol. 334, No. 20, pp. 273-292, Mar. 2016. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Won-Seok Hwang, Ho-Jong Lee, Sang-Wook Kim, Youngjoon Won, and Minsoo Lee, “Efficient Recommendation Methods using Category Experts for a Large Dataset”, Information Fusion, Vol. 28, No., pp. 75-82, March 2016. (Information Fusion, top journal in computer science)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Jiwoon Ha, Sang-Wook Kim, BooJoong Kang, Eul Gyu Im, and SunJu Park, “Credible, Resilient, and Scalable Detection of Software Plagiarism Using Authority Histograms”, Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 114-124, March 2016. (Knowledge-Based Systems, top journal in computer science)

Seok-Ho Yoon, Sang-Wook Kim, and Sunju Park, “C-Rank: A Link-based Similarity Measure for Scientific Literature Databases,” Information Sciences, Vol. 326, pp. 25-40, January 2016. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Dong-Kyu Chae, Sang-Wook Kim, Seong-Je Cho, and Yesol Kim, “Effective and Efficient Detection of Software Theft via Dynamic API Authority Vectors”, Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 110, pp. 1-9, December 2015. (Journal of Systems and Software)

Hyun-Kyo Oh, Sang-Wook Kim, Sunju Park, and Ming Zhou, “Can you Trust Online Ratings? A Mutual Reinforcement Model for Trustworthy Online Rating Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, And Cybernetics: Systems, Vol. 45, No. 12, pp. 1564-1576, December 2015. (IEEE Transactions on Systems)

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani and Sang-Wook Kim, “SimCS: Effective Method to Compute Similarity of Scientific Papers”, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2015, Vol. E98-D, No. 12, pp.2328-2332, December 2015. (IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems)

Won-Seok Hwang, Shaoyu Li, Sang-Wook Kim and Ho Jin Choi, “On Exploiting Trustors in Trust-Based Recommendation”, Journal of Internet Technology, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 755-765, July 2015. (Journal of Internet Technology)

Seok-Ho Yoon, Ki-nam Kim, Jiwon Hong, Sang-Wook Kim and Sunju Park, “A Community-Based Sampling Method Using DPL for Online Social Networks”, Information Sciences, Vol. 306, No. 10, pp. 53-69, June 2015. (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Jiwoon Ha, Duck-Ho Bae, MinSoo Ryu, Sang-Wook Kim, Seok-Chul Baek, Byeong-Soo Jeong, and Jinsoo Cho, “Analyzing Topological Characteristics of The Korean Blogosphere”, Journal of Web Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 151-178, March 2015. (Journal of Web Engineering)

Jiwoon Ha, Sang-Wook Kim, Sang-Wook Kim, Christos Faloutsos, amd Sunju Park, “An Analysis on Information Diffusion through BlogCast in a Blogosphere”, Information Sciences, Vol. 290, No. 1, pp. 45-62, January 2015 (Information Sciences, top journal in computer science)

Dong-Jin Kim, Sang-Chul Lee, Ho-Yong Son, Sang-Wook Kim and Jae Bum Lee, “C-Rank and its variants: A contributionbased ranking approach exploiting links and content”, Journal of Information Science, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 761-778, December 2014. (Journal of Information Science)

Seok-Ho Yoon, Ji-soo Kim, Jiwoon Ha, Sang-Wook Kim, Minsoo Ryu, and Ho-Jin Choi, “Link-Based Similarity Measures Using Reachability Vectors“, The Scientific World Journal, Vol. 2014, pp. 1-13, February 2014. (The Scientific World Journal)

Min-Hee Jang, Sang-Wook Kim, Christos Faloutsos, and Sunju Park, “Accurate Approximation of the Earth Mover's Distance in Linear Time”, Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 142-154, January 2014. (Journal of Computer Science and Technology)

Junghoon Lee, Gyung-Leen Park, Sang-Wook Kim, Seong Baeg Kim, Chan Jung Park, Min-Jae Kang, “Monitoring-based Prediction and Electric Vehicle Charging in Smart Grid Cities”, INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. pp.5805-5814, August 2013. (INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal)

Jung-Im Won, Min-Hee Jang, Sang-Wook Kim, and Jin-Soo Cho, “Hierarchical Organization of Shader Data for Effective Search”, INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 6203-6218, August 2013. (INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal)

Duck-Ho Bae, Se-Mi Hwang, Sang-Wook Kim, and Christos Faloutsos, “On Constructing Seminal Paper Genealogy”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 44, No. 01, pp. 54-65, January 2014. (IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics)

Jung-Im Won, Hyun Back, Jee-Hee Yoon, Sanghyun Park and Sang-Wook Kim, “One-Dimensional Spatial Join Processing Using a DOT-Based Index Structure”, International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering (IJ-CSSE), Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 101-115, March 2013. (International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering IJ-CSSE)

HoJong Lee, Seung-Hwan Lim, Hyun-Kyo Oh, Jinsoo Cho, Sang-Wook Kim, Jaehyuk Cha, Junghoon Lee, and Hanil Kim, “Mining Association Rules in Non-Transactional Databases”, INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 15, No. 11B, pp. 5055-5070, November 2012. (INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal)

Seok-Ho Yoon, Ji-Su Kim, Sang-Wook Kim, and Choonhwa Lee, “TL-Rank: A Blend of Text and Link Information for Measuring Similarity in Scientific Literature Database”, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2012, Vol. E95-D, No. 10, pp. 2556-2559, October 2012. (IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems)

Duck-Ho Bae, Ji-Woong Chang, Sang-Wook Kim, “An Efficient Method for Record Management in Flash Memory Environment”, Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol. 58, No. 6-7, pp. 221-232, June 2012. (Journal of Systems Architecture)

Seok-Ho Yoon, Jung-Hwan Shin, Sang-Wook Kim, Sunju Park, and Jae Bum Lee, “Subject-Based Extraction of a Latent Blog Community”, Information Sciences, Vol. 184, No. 1, pp. 215-229, February 2012. (Information Sciences 2012, top journal in computer science)