Publications

International conference

• Multi-Semester Analysis of AI Error Feedback in Introductory Programming: Effectiveness, Error Types, and Longitudinal Patterns
  IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEET), 2026, Eunsang Eom and Jong-Kook Kim

• Help-Seeking Profiles and Early Detection of At-Risk Students in AI-Assited Programming: A Multi-Semester Learning Analytics Study
  International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring (ITS), 2026, Eunsang Eom and Jong-Kook Kim

• Outcome-Aware Sequential Pattern Mining for Assisted-to-Indepedent Transition Analysis
  International Conference on Data Mining (SIAM), 2026, Eunsang Eom and Jong-Kook Kim

• Multi-View Pattern Selection for Cohort Robust Sequential Pattern Mining
  IEEE Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), 2026, Eunsang Eom, Giyoung Park, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Maximum Entropy Softmax Policy Gradient via Entropy Advantage Estimation
  International Joint Conference on Artificial  Intelligence (IJCAI), 2025, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe and Jong-Kook Kim

• Autoregressive DRL for Multi-Robot Scheduling in Semiconductor Cluster Tools
  IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2025, Soo-Hwan Cho, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Simplifying Reward Design in Complex Robotics: Average-Reward Maximum Entropy Reinforcement Learning
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe, Bumkyu Choi, and Jong-Kook Kim

• AQUA: Hardware-Agnostic Qubit Allocation for Quantum Multi-Programming
  IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Symposium (IPDPS), 2025, XinYu Piao, Joo Yong Shim, Joongheon Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• TT-BLIP: Enhancing Fake News Detection Using BLIP and Tri-Transformer
  27th International Conference on Information Fusion (ISIF), 2024, Eunjee Choi and Jong-Kook Kim

• GMM: An Efficient GPU Memory Management-based  Model Serving System for Multiple DNN Inference Models
  53rd International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), 2024, XinYu Piao and Jong-Kook Kim

• Enhancing Reinforcement Learning Finetuned Text-to-Image Generative Model using Reward Ensemble
  20th Generative Intelligence and Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS), 2024, Kyungryul Back, XinYu Piao, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Cross-Modal Contrastive Representation Learning for Audio-to-Image Generation
  16th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE), 2022, Haechun Chung, Joo Yong Shim, and Jong-kook Kim

• C-SupConGAN: Using Contrastive Learning and Trained Data Features for Audio-to-Image Generation
  Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing Conference (AICCC), 2022, Haechun Chung and Jong-kook Kim

• Micro Junction Agent: A Scalable Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Method for Traffic Control
  14th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), 2022, BumKyu Choi, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe, and Jong-kook Kim

• Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning using Gaussian Random Trajectory Generation in Autonomous Furniture Assembly
  ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2022, Won Joon Yun, David Mohaisen, Soyi Jung, Jong-kook Kim, and Joongheon Kim

• On the Tradeoff Between Computation-Time and Learning-Accuracy in GAN-Based Super-Resolution Deep Learning
  IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), 2021, Joo Yong Shim, Joongheon Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• S2I-Bird: Sound-to-Image Generation of Bird Species using Generative Adversarial Networks
  IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), 2021, Joo Yong Shim, Joongheon Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Introduction to Quantum Reinforcement Learning: Theory and PennyLane-based Implementation
  International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, 2021, Yunseok Kwak, Won Joon Yun, Soyi Jung, Jong-Kook Kim, and Joongheon Kim

• Quantum Convolutional Neural Network for Resource-Efficient Image Classification: A Quantum Random Access Memory (QRAM) Approach
  International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), 2021, Seunghyeok Oh, Jaeho Choi, Jong-Kook Kim, and Joongheon Kim

• Proper Cost Hamiltonian Design for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: A Boolean Function Approach
  International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), 2021, Jaeho Choi, Seunghyeok Oh, Soohyun Park, Jong-Kook Kim, and Joongheon Kim

• Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Computation for Geo-Distributed Medical Big-Data Platforms
  49th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN-S), 2019, Joohyung Jeon, Junhui Kim, Joongheon Kim, Kwangsoo Kim, Aziz Mohaisen,  and Jong-Kook Kim

• Faster and Lighter Optical Flow Estimation Model using Depthwise Separable Convolution
  5th International Conference on Next Generation Computing (ICNGC), 2019, Hyeonwoo Shim and Jong-Kook Kim

• Analysis of Various Metrics for Text Generation Evaluation
  5th International Conference on Next Generation Computing (ICNGC), 2019, Chan-Woong Jung and Jong-Kook Kim

• Artificial Neural Network based Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Rotating Components
  5th International Conference on Next Generation Computing (ICNGC), 2019, Jae Won Cha and Jong-Kook Kim

• Enhancing Monte Carlo Tree Search for Playing Hearthstone
  IEEE Conference on Games (COG), 2019, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe and Jong-Kook Kim

• Emotion Recognition Using Fewer Facial Landmarks
  4th International Conference on Next Generation Computing (ICNGC), 2018, Ju Yeong Sung and Jong-Kook Kim

• Classifier comparison for bearing failure detection of induction motors using current signal
  10th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), 2018, GyuBeom Han and Jong-Kook Kim

• Semantic Hashtag Relation Classification Using Co-occurrence Word Information
  9th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), 2017, Sungwon Seo, Jong-Kook Kim and Lynn Choi

• Performance of Deep Learning Computation with TensorFlow Software Library in GPU-Capable Multi-Core Computing Platforms
  9th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), 2017, Young Jong Mo, Joongheon Kim, Jong-Kook Kim, Aziz Mohaisen and Woojoo Lee

• An evolutionary genetic neural networks for problems without prior knowledge
  10th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC), 2014, Hyoung Uk Ha and Jong-Kook Kim

• Using DVFS and Task Scheduling Algorithms for a Hard Real-Time Heterogeneous Multicore Processor Environment
  International Workshop on Energy Efficient High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, pp. 23-30, 2013, Sung Il Kim, Jong-Kook Kim, Hwan Tae Kim, Gyu Seong Kang

• Enhancing the Performance of a Distributed Mobile Computing Environment by Topology Construction
  International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, pp. 21-30, 2012, Il-Young Kim and Jong-Kook Kim

• Efficient Task Scheduling for Hard Real-Time Tasks in Asymmetric Multicore Processors
  International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, pp. 187-196, 2012, Sung Il Kim, Jong-Kook Kim, Hyoung Uk Ha, Tae Ho Kim, Kyu Htun Choi

• Dynamic resource management for a cell-based distributed mobile computing environment
  International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, pp. 174-184, 2011, Sung Il Kim, Jae Young Jun, Jong-Kook Kim, Kyung-Chan Lee, Gyu Seong Kang, Taek-Soo Kim, Hee Kyoung Moon, Hye Chan Yoon, Hyungmin Kim, and Sang-Hoon Lee

• Decentralized Resource Management for a Distributed Mobile Computing Environment
  International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA), pp. 291-296, 2010, Ki Soo Park, Jong-Kook Kim, and Hwanho Yong

• Energy-Aware Routing Protocol for a Distributed Mobile Computing Environment
  International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA), pp. 556-561, 2010, Il Young Kim and Jong-Kook Kim

• Dynamic resource management for longevity in web server systems
  International Workshop on Multicore and Multithreaded Architectures and Programming (MMAP 2009), pp. 636-641, HPCC2009, Seok-bong Choi and Jong-Kook Kim

• Applying passive RFID system to wireless headphones for extreme low power consumption
  International Conference on Design Automation Conference, pp. 486-491, 2008, Joon Goo Lee, Dongha Jung, Jiho Chu, Seokjoong Hwang, Jong-Kook Kim, Janam Ku, Seon Wook Kim

• Dynamic Mapping in Energy Constrained Heterogeneous Computing Systems
  International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Apr. 2005, J.-K. Kim, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and R. Eigenmann

• Robust resource allocation for distributed computing systems
  International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Aug. 2004, pp. 178-185, S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim

• On the robustness of resource allocation for parallel and distributed computing and communications
  International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA), Vol. I, June 2003, S. Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim

• Dynamic mapping in a heterogeneous environment with tasks having priorities and multiple deadlines
  12th Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (in the proceedings of the 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS)), April 2003, J.-K. Kim, S. Shivle, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, T. D. Braun, M. Schneider, S. Tideman, R. Chitta, R. B. Dilmaghani, R. Joshi, A. Kaul, A. Sharma, S. Sripada, P. Vangari, and S. S. Yellampalli

• Definition of robustness metric for resource allocation
  International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2003, S. Ali, A. A.Maciejewski, H. J. Siegel, and J.-K. Kim

• Greedy heuristics for resource allocation in dynamic distributed real-time heterogeneous computing systems
  International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA), Vol. II, June 2002, pp. 519-530, S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, S. Gertphol, and V. Prasanna

• Utilization-based heuristics for statically mapping real-time applications onto the HiPer-D heterogeneous computing system
  11th Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (in the proceedings of the 16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS)), April 2002, S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, S. Gertphol, H. J. Siegel, A. A. Maciejewski, and V. Prasanna

• A metric and mixed-integer-programming-based approach for resource allocation in dynamic real-time systems
  International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2002, S. Gertphol, Y. Yu, S. B. Gundala, S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, A. A. Maciejewsk, H. J. Siegel, and Viktor Prasanna

• Collective value of QoS: A performance measure framework for distributed heterogeneous networks
  10th Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (in the proceedings of the 15th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS)), April 2001, J.-K. Kim, T. Kidd, H. J. Siegel, C. Irvine, T. Levin, D. A. Hensgen, D. St. John, V. K. Prasanna, R. F. Freund, and N. W. Porter

• A QoS performance measure framework for distributed heterogeneous networks
  8th Euromicro Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Processing (PDP), January 2000, pp. 18-27, J.-K. Kim, D. A. Hensgen, T. Kidd, H. J. Siegel, D. St. John, C. Irvine, T. Levin, N. W. Porter, V. K. Prasanna, and R. F. Freund

• An overview of MSHN: The Management System for Heterogeneous Networks
  8th Heterogeneous Computing Workshop (HCW), April 1999, pp. 184-198 (invited), D. A. Hensgen, T. Kidd, D. St. John, M. C. Schnaidt, H. J. Siegel, T. D. Braun, M. Maheswaran, S. Ali, J.-K. Kim, C. Irvine, T. Levin, R. Wright, R. F. Freund, M. Kussow, M. Godfrey, A. Duman, P. Carff, S. Kidd, V. Prasanna, P. Bhat, and A. Alhusaini

International journals

• Two-Phase Neighbor Consensus Sharpness-Aware Minimization for Learning With Noisy Labels
  IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 145772-145785, 2026, Junhyun Ahn and Jong-Kook Kim

• An Empirical Study of Unsupervised Few-Shot Learning that Utilizes Self-Supervised Representation Learning
  Neurocomputing, vol. 681, p. 133357, 2026, Sungwon Seo and Jong-Kook Kim

• GraMA: A Gradient Matrix-Guided Assignment Method for Solving Qubit Mapping Problems
  Future Generation Computing Systems, vol. 182, p. 108485, 2026, XinYu Piao,  Joongheon Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• CroMe: Multimodal Fake News Detection using Cross-Modal Tri-Transformer and Metric Learning
  IEEE Access, vol.13, pp. 197124-197132, 2025, EunJee Choi, JunHyun Ahn, XinYu Piao, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Real-Time Large-Scale Neural Connectivity Inference on Spiking Neuromorphic System
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 33, pp. 2781-2792, 2025, Daeyoung Kim , Seongsik Park , YeonJoo Jeong , Jaewook Kim , Suyoun Lee , Joon Young Kwak, Hyun Jae Jang, Inho Kim , Jong-Kook Kim , and Jongkil Park

• Enabling Large Batch Size Training for DNN Models Beyond the Memory Limit While Maintaining Performance
  IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 102981-102990, 2023, XinYu Piao, DoangJoo Synn, JooYoung Park, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Audio-to-Visual Cross-Modal Generation of Birds
  IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 27719-27729, 2023, Joo Yong Shim, Joongheon Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Feature Based Sampling: A Fast and Robust Sampling Method for Tasks Using 3D Point Cloud
  IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 58062-58070, 2022, Jung-Woo Han, Dong-Joo Synn, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Hae-Chun Chung, and Jong-Kook Kim

• A method to construct task scheduling algorithms for heterogeneous multi-core systems
  IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 142640-142651, 2019, Sung Il Kim and Jong-Kook Kim

• Semantic Hashtag Relation Classification Using Co-occurrence Word Information
  Wireless Personal Communications, vol. 107, pp. 1355-1365, 2018, Sungwon Seo, Jong-Kook Kim, Sung-Il Kim, Jeewoo Kim, and Joongheon Kim

• Energy-Efficient Stabilized Automatic Control for Multicore Baseband in Millimeter-Wave Systems
  IEEE Access, vol. 5, pp. 16584-16591, 2017, Joongheon Kim, Jae-Jin Lee, Jong-Kook Kim, and Woojoo Lee

• Energy aware task scheduling for a distributed MANET computing environment
  Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, vol. 11 (4), pp. 987-992, 2016, Jaeseop Kim and Jong-Kook Kim

• DiSCo: Distritued scalable compilation tool for heavy compilation workload
  IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, vol. E96-D(3), pp. 589-600, 2013, Kyoungjin Jo, Seon Wook Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Provisioning QoS for WiFi-enabled portable devices in home networks
  KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 5 (4), pp. 720-740, 2011, Eun-Chan Park, Nojun Kwak, Suk Kyu Lee, Jong-Kook Kim, and Hwangnam Kim

• A novel architecture for block interleaving algorithm in MB-OFDM using mixed radix system
  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 18 (6), pp. 1020-1024, 2010, Youngsun Han, Peter Harliman, Seon Wook Kim, Jong-Kook Kim, and Chulwoo Kim

• RIO Configuration Optimization for Assured Service in DiffServ Networks
  IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 55 (4), pp. 1968-1972, 2009, Yang-Ick Joo, Kyeong Hur, Jong-Kook Kim, Doo-Seop Eom, and Yeonwoo Lee

• A Handoff Packet Marker for DiffServ in Mobile IP-based Networks with Packet Buffering
  IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, vol. 55 (2), pp. 438-445, 2009, Seung Beom Lee, Kyeong Hur, Jong-Kook Kim, and Doo-Seop Eom

• Enhancing location estimation and reducing computation using adaptive zone based K-NNSS algorithm
  KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 3 (1), pp. 119-133, 2009, Sung-Hak Song, Chang-Hoon Lee, Ju-Hyun Park, Kyo-Jun Koo, Jong-Kook Kim, and Jongsun Park

• Dynamic resource management in energy constrained heterogeneous computing systems using voltage scaling
  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 19 (11), pp. 1445-1457, 2008, Jong-Kook Kim, Howard Jay Siegel, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Rudolf Eigenmann

• Static heuristics for robust resource allocation of continuously executing applications
  Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 68 (8), pp. 1070-1080, 2008, Shoukat Ali, Jong-Kook Kim, Howard Jay Siegel, Anthony A. Maciejewski

• Exploiting thread-level parallelism in lockstep execution by partially duplicating a single pipeline
  ETRI Journal, vol. 30 (3), pp. 576-586, 2008, Jaegeun Oh, Seok Joong Hwang, Huong Giang Nguyen, Areum Kim, Seon Wook Kim, Chulwoo Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim

• Dynamically mapping tasks with priorities and multiple deadlines in a heterogeneous environment
  Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 67 (2), pp. 154-169, 2007, Jong-Kook Kim, Sameer Shivle, Howard Jay Siegel, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Tracy D. Braun, Myron Schneider, Sonja Tideman, Ramakrishna Chitta, Raheleh B. Dilmaghani, and Rohit Joshi

• A flexible multi-dimensional QoS performance measure framework for distributed heterogeneous systems
  Cluster Computing, vol. 9 (3), pp. 281-296, 2006, Jong-Kook Kim, Debra A. Hensgen, Taylor Kidd, Howard Jay Siegel, David St. John, Cynthia E. Irvine, Timothy E. Levin, N. Wayne Porter, Viktor K. Prasanna, and Richard F. Freund

• Measuring the robustness of a resource allocation
  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 15 (7), pp. 630-641, 2004, Shoukat Ali, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Howard Jay Siegel, and Jong-Kook Kim

Domestic journal/conferences

• Diffusion-based Audio-to-Visual Generation for High-Quality Bird Images
  The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society, vol. 14 (3), pp. 135-142, 2025, Adel Toleubekova, Joo Yong Shim, XinYu Piao, and Jong-Kook Kim

• ADaPT: An Automated Dataloader Parameter Tuning Framework using AVL Tree-based Search Algorithms
  The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society, vol. 14 (1), pp. 1-8, 2025, MyungHoon Ryu, XinYu Piao, DoangJoo Synn, JooYoung Park, and Jong-Kook Kim

• A Study of a Method for Maintaining Accuracy Uniformity When Using Long-tailed Dataset
  KIPS ASK Conference, 2023, Geun-pyo Park, XinYu Piao, and Jong-Kook Kim

• A Study on Auction-Inspired Multi-GAN Training
  KIPS ASK Conference, 2023, Joo Yong Shim, Jean Seong Bjorn Choe, and Jong-Kook Kim

• SG-Drop: Faster Skip-Gram by Dropping Context Words
  Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference, Korea Information Processing Society, 2020, DongJea Kim, DoangJoo Synn, and Jong-Kook Kim

Book chapters

• Resource Management for Distributed Mobile Computing
  Energy-Efficient Distributed Computing Systems, eds. Albert Y. Zomaya and Young Choon Lee, 2012, Jong-Kook Kim

• Virtual Memory and Buffer Storage
  Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, 2008, Seokjoong Hwang, Seon Wook Kim, and Jong-Kook Kim,