Biography
Dr. Wook-Sung Yoo joined the Marshall University in 2016 as a chair and professor in Computer Science program. He has diverse academic background in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Software Engineering, various informatics areas at different public and private universities with administrative experience as a chair, program director, and director of research.
Ph.D. Florida Institute of Technology, 1995
MS. Florida Institute of Technology, 1988
D.D.S. Seoul National University, 1982
Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Mobile/Web Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Software Engineering, Health/Dental Informatics, Bioinformatics.
NSF S-STEM Grant: $990,550 (PI) 2020 Project Title: “Scholarships and a Project-based Work Studio to Support Undergraduate Student”
US DoD/CMI2 Cybersecurity Grant: $1,999,946.99 (PI), 2022 - 4. Project Title: Malicious Device Detection Technology Using Side-Channel Signals and Machine Learning Algorithm
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grant ($4,499,555, Sub-awardee $1,250,000, Senior Personnel), 2023-5, Project Title: “AICRAFT”
GenCyber: Adventure Zone Teacher Academy, $140,249.43 (PI), 2023 – 4. GenCyber Teacher Camp
Faculty Mentored Internship, $310,761 (PI), WV Department of Education, 2018 - 20
Computing Education Academy Grant (appx. $100K) supported by ASML Foundation, People’s United Community Foundation, United Illuminating Foundation, etc. 2013 – 16.
Graduate Research Internship Program (Grant (PI/Co-PI, approximately $3.5M) with , General Electrics, Co., Erie Insurance, and other start-ups, 2007-2016
Various grants from NASA and other organizations.
Tina Cartwright, Julie Snyder, and Wook-Sung Yoo, "Relationship between mindset and grit on undergraduate engineering student retention,” 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore Convention Center, MD, June 25-28, 2023.
W. Yoo, H. Song, and H. Kim, “Collaborative Research on Rapid Periodontitis Test,” 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2022, doi: 10.1109/COMPSAC54236.2022.00070.
Lee, S., Waugh, B., O'Dell, G., Zhao, X., Yoo, W.S. and Kim, D.H., “Predicting Fruit Fly Behaviour using TOLC device and DeepLabCut,” 2021 IEEE 21st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE) (pp. 1-6).
Imtiaz Ahmed, Wenjie Xu, Ramesh Annvajjala, and Wook-Sung Yoo, "Joint Demodulation and Decoding with Multi Label Classification Using Deep Neural Network," IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) conference, April 13 - 16, 2021 (Best Paper Awards).
S. Lee, C. Farley, S. Shim, W.S. Yoo, Y. Zhao and W. Choi, "Unsupervised Learning of Deep-Learned Features from Breast Cancer Images," 2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Cincinnati, OH, 2020, pp. 740-745, doi: 10.1109/BIBE50027.2020.00126.
Kuo-chi Fang, Husnu S. Narman, Ibrahim Hussein Mwinyi, and Wook-Sung Yoo, “PPHA-Popularity Prediction based High Data Availability for Datacenter”, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (IJITN), vol. 11, pp. 17–29, January 2019.
Haroon Malik , Elhadi M. Shakshuki, WookSung Yoo, “Comparing mobile apps by identifying ‘Hot’ features,” Future Generation Computer Systems, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.02.008.
Hyun-Duck Kim, Munkhzaya Sukhbaatar, Myungseop Shin, Yoo-Been Ahn and Wook-Sung Yoo, “Validation of Periodontitis Screening Model Using Sociodemographic, Systemic, and Molecular Information in a Korean Population,” Journal of Periodontology, Vol. 85, No. 12: 1676-1683, December 2014.
Panelist of NSF Program Review
Board member of ASEE North Central Section
Program evaluator of ABET
IEEE Senior Member
Editorial Board member of numerous journals and Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in various conferences.
Former Chair of Dental Informatics WG in International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).