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Dr. Kyoungwon Suh

Professor of Computer Science
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  • Awards & Honors
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Biography

Kyoungwon Suh received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1991 and 1993, respectively, the M.S. degree in computer science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 2007. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science with Illinois State University, Normal. His research interests include network measurement/analysis/inference, wireless networks, smart handheld devices, content distribution networks, big data analysis, privacy, and security.

Current Courses

IT 225.003 Computer Organization

IT 383.001 Principles Of Operating Systems

IT 383.002 Principles Of Operating Systems

Teaching Interests & Areas

computer networks, distributed systems, operating systems, computer organization

Research Interests & Areas

Computer Networks and Distributed Systems: network measurement, analysis, and inference, wireless networks, smart handheld devices, content distribution networks; big data analysis; privacy and security

Ph D Computer Science

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS at AMHERST
Amherst,MA

MS Computer Science

Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ

MS Computer Engineering

Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea

BS Computer Engineering

Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea

SIT Teaching Innovation Award

School of Information Technology at ISU
2024

SIT Outstanding Faculty Citizen (Service) Award

School of Information Technology at ISU
2023

Student Best Paper Award

The 12th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
2016

IT Research Award

School of Information Technology, ISU
2014

Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America

Marquis Who's Who
2011

Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America

Marquis Who's Who
2010

Caterpillar (CAT) Scholar Award

Illinois State University/Caterpillar
2009

Best paper award

ACM/SPIE MMCN conference
2008

Grants and Contracts

Analyzing and improving the sustainability of Machine Learning-based models to detect Android malware
Kyoungwon Suh, Hyoil Han.
School of Information Technology. May 2024 - April 2025
IT Research Award
Kyoungwon Suh.
School of Information Technology at ISU. March 2014 - September 2014

Abstract

Unequal Protection Indoors: Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in PM2.5 Exposure during the January 2025 LA County Wildfires
Wansoo Im, Kyoungwon Suh, Hyung-Suk Kim.
APHA (American Public Health Association) conference 2025, (2025)

Conference Proceeding

Automotive Crash Data Collection and Analysis: A Log-Based Case Study
Jeehun Jung, Kyoungwon Suh, Seong-je Cho, Gyunseung Ahn.
MobiSec 2024 : The 8th International Conference on Mobile Internet Security, (2024)
Enhancing Sustainability in Machine Learning based Android Malware Detection using API calls
Hojun Lee, Seong-je Cho, Hyoil Han, Woosang Cho, Kyoungwon Suh.
The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering (AIKE 2022), (2022)
Characterizing and Detecting Three Adversarial Techniques in Android
Minsoo Park, Haein Kang, Seong-je Cho, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
The 10th International Conference on Smart Media and Applications (SMA 2021), (2021)
Analysis of Permissions Selection Techniques in Machine Learning-based Malicious App Detection
Jihyeon Park, Munyeong Kang, Seong-je Cho, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
The Third IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering (AIKE 2020), (2020)
Delay-Conscious Defense against Fingerprinting Attacks
Jingyuan Liang, Kyoungwon Suh, Chansu Yu.
The Nineteenth International Conference on Networks (ICN 2020), (2020)
Enhanced Android Malware Detection: An SVM-based Machine Learning Approach
Hyoil Han, SeungJin Lim, Kyoungwon Suh, Seonghyun Park, Seong-je Cho, Minkyu Park.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing, (2020)
A New Anti-Reverse Engineering for Android Apps Using Application-level Virtualization and Code Packing
Kyeonghwan Lim, Seongjae Han, Seongje Cho, Jongmoo Choi, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh, Hanil Kim.
The International Conference on Next Generation Computing (ICNGC 2019), (2019)
Securely Outsourcing Cookies to the Cloud via Private Information Retrieval
Levon Nazaryan, Ruofan Jin, Chaoqun Yue, Bing Wang, Kyoungwon Suh, Aggelos Kiayias.
The 12th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, (2016)
Optimal Centralized Renewable Energy Transfer Scheduling for Electrical Vehicles
Abdurrahman Arikan, Ruofan Jin, Bing Wang, Song Han, Kyoungwon Suh, Peng Zhan.
IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, (2015)
Session Lengths and IP Address Usage of Smartphones in a University Campus WiFi Network: Characterization and Analytical Models
Xian Chen, Lester Lipsky, Kyoungwon Suh, Bing Wang, Wei Wei.
IEEE IPCCC, (2013)
Network Performance of Smart Mobile Handhelds in a University Campus WiFi Network
Xian Chen, Ruofan Jin, Kyoungwon Suh, Bing Wang, Wei Wei.
ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), (2012)

Journal Article

Enhancing the Sustainability of Machine Learning-Based Malware Detection Techniques for Android Applications
SEYEON PARK, HOJUN LEE, DAEUN KIM, HYEUN JUN MOON, SEONG-JE CHO, YOUNGSUP HWANG, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
IEEE Access, (2025)
Practical and lightweight defense against website fingerprinting
Colman McGuan, Chansu Yu, Kyoungwon Suh.
Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, (2024)
Tail Time Defense Against Website Fingerprinting Attacks
Jingyuan Liang, Chansu Yu, Kyoungwon Suh, Hyoil Han.
IEEE Access, (2022), 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3146236
Efficient Android Malware Detection Using API Rank and Machine Learning
Jaemin Jung, Hyunjin Kim, Seong-je Cho, Sangchul Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
Journal of Internet Services and Information Security (JISIS), 9, (2019)
LinkForecast: Cellular Link Bandwidth Prediction in LTE Networks
Chaoqun Yue, Ruofan Jin, Kyoungwon Suh, Yanyuan Qin, Bing Wang, Wei Wei.
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, (2018)
Delay monitoring for wireless sensor networks: An architecture using air sniffers
Wei Zeng, Jordan Cote, Xian Chen, Yoo-Ah Kim, Wei Wei, Kyoungwon Suh, Bing Wang, Zhijie Jerry Shi.
Elsevier Ad Hoc networks journal, 13, 549-559, (2014)
Identifying 802.11 Traffic from Passive Measurements Using Iterative Bayesian Inference
Wei Wei, Sharad Jaiswal, Jim Kurose, Don Towsley, Kyoungwon Suh, Bing Wang.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 20 (2), 14, (2012)

Other

A Study on a Vulnerability Scoring System for Intelligent Buildings
Minsu Park, Haein Kang, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
the 8th International Conference on Next Generation Computing 2022 (ICNGC 20202, (2022)
A Forensic Data Analysis of a Bluetooth Device paired with an Android-based Audio Video Navigation System
Keonyong Lee, Hojun Seong, Haein Kang, Seong-je Cho, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
http://www.icngc.org/, (2021)
De-Obfuscating Android Apps Obfuscated by ProGuard and Obfuscapk
Geunha You, Seong-je Cho, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
the 6th International Conference on Next Generation Computing 2020 (ICNGC 2020), (2020)
Performance Comparison between R8 Compiler and ReDex in Code Optimization of Android Apps
Geunha You, Seong-je Cho, Hyoil Han, Kyoungwon Suh.
the 6th International Conference on Next Generation Computing 2020 (ICNGC 2020), (2020)
Android Malware Detection based on Useful API Calls and Machine Learning
Kyoungwon Suh.
IEEE AIKE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING) ABC workshop 2018, (2018)

Software

Ebola Mapping: Understanding and analyzing what people are saying about Ebola
Wansoo Im, Kyumin Lee, Kyoungwon Suh, David Tulloch.
(2014)

Presentations

Characterization of RRC state machines of WCDMA/HSPA networks and QoS improvements in smartphone applications
Kyoungwon Suh, Jaewan Jang, Ilhwan Kim.
UKC Conference 2014, San Francisco, August 9, 2014
When University Faculty met Software Engineer from Industry
Kyoungwon Suh.
14th KOCSEA Technical Symposium, San Jose, CA, December 13, 2013
Network Performance of Smart Mobile Handhelds in a University Campus WiFi Network
Kyoungwon Suh.
13th KOCSEA Technical Symposium, Atlanta, GA, December, 2012