International Journals

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, 119857, Jan. 2024. (*co-first authors with equal contribution) . Information Sciences 2024, 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 2023, 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, Vol. 20, No. 3, 933–948, 2023. (*co-first authors with equal contribution) Computer Science and Information Systems 2023

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 2023, 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, Aug. 01. 2022. IEEE Transactions on Computers 2022, 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, Aug. 2022. (*co-first authors with equal contribution) Information Sciences 2022, 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), Apr. 18. 2022. Applied Sciences 2022

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), Feb. 15. 2022 Knowledge-Based Systems 2022, 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 2022

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, Dec 25, 2021. Knowledge-Based Systems 2021, 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, Dec. 1, 2021. IEEE Transactions on Computers 2021, 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, Oct. 2021. IEEE Access 2021, 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 2021

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 2021

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 2021

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, Feb. 2021. Information Sciences 2021, 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 2021), Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 93-114, Jan. 2021. Computer Science and Information Systems 2021

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

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, Jan. 2021. Applied Sciences 2021

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, Oct. 2020. Informatica 2020

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, Oct. 2020. Journal of Supercomputing 2020

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, Sep. 2020. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 2020

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

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, Dec. 2019. Expert Systems With Applications 2019, 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, Dec. 2019. IEEE Access 2019, 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 2019

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 2019, 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 2019, 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 2019), Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 615-638, Jun. 2019. Computer Science and Information Systems 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 2019), Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 333-357, Jun. 2019. Computer Science and Information Systems 2019

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 2019, 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, Jan. 2019. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 2019, 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, Jan. 2019. Cluster Computing 2019

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, Oct. 2018. Journal of Information Science 2018

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, Oct. 2018. Information Sciences 2018, 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, Oct. 2018. PLOS ONE 2018

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, Apr. 2018. Information Sciences 2018, 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, Mar. 2018. Information Sciences 2018, 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, Feb. 2018. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 2018

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, Feb. 2018. Neurocomputing 2018

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 2018), Vol. E101-D, No. 1, pp. 244-248, Jan. 2018. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2018

Masoud Reyhani Hamedani, Sang-Wook Kim, “JacSim: An Accurate and Efficient Link-based Similarity Measure in Graphs”, Information Sciences, Vol. 414, pp. 203-224, Nov. 2017. Information Sciences 2017, 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, Oct. 2017. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2017

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 2017

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 2017), Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 369-392, June. 2017. Computer Science and Information Systems 2017

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, Apr. 2017. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems 2017

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, Sept. 2016. International Journal of Communication Systems 2016

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 2016

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 2016, 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 2016, 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, Mar. 2016. Information Fusion 2016, 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, Mar. 2016. Knowledge-Based Systems 2016, 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, Jan. 2016. Information Sciences 2016, 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, Dec. 2015. Journal of Systems and Software 2015

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, Dec. 2015. IEEE Transactions on Systems 2015

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, Dec. 2015. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2015

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 2015

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 2015, 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, Mar. 2015. Journal of Web Engineering 2015

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, Jan. 2015 Information Sciences 2015, 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, Dec. 2014. Journal of Information Science 2014

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, 2014. 02. The Scientific World Journal 2014

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, 2014. 01. Journal of Computer Science and Technology 2014

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, 2013. 08. INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal 2013

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, 2013. 08. INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal 2013

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, 2014. 01. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 2014

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, Mar. 2013. International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering IJ-CSSE 2013

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, Nov. 2012. INFORMATION: An International Interdisciplinary Journal 2012

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, Oct. 2012. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems 2012

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, Jun. 2012. Journal of Systems Architecture 2012

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, Feb. 2012. Information Sciences 2012, top journal in computer science