Intelligent Software Systems Lab


Prof. Young-Woo Kwon

Young-Woo Kwon is an associate professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University(KNU) in S.Korea. Prior to joining KNU, he was an assistant professor at Utah State University from 08/2014 to 06/2017. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from VirginiaTech under the supervision of Dr. Eli Tilevich in 2014. His research interests span Mobile Computing, Cloud-Based Systems, and Software Engineering, as applied to Middleware, Energy Efficiency, and Software Refactoring. Prior to his doctoral studies, he earned B.S. from Kyungpook National University and M.S. from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He also held senior software engineering positions at Daewoo Electronics and NHN (now Naver).







Research Assistant Professor
Irshad Khan
Irshad Khan is a research assistant professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University (KNU) in South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from KNU under the supervision of Prof. Young-Woo Kwon in 2022. He received his M.S degree in computer science from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Peshawar 2009. His area of expertise includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, and its application in IoT domain. During his doctoral studies, he worked on earthquake detection in real-time using IoT devices. He has very good research, development, and teaching experience.
PhD Candidates/Students
Jangsoo Lee
Jangsoo Lee is studying for the Ph.D at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University. He received the B. S., and M. S. from Kyungpook National University in 2018, and 2020 respectively. His research interests spans Internet of Things, Middleware, and Distributed System.

Seonheong Kim
Seon-hyeong Kim received the B.S degree in Applied Bioscience from Kyungpook National University(KNU), Korea in 2018. She received her M.S degree in Computer Science and Engineering from KNU in 2020. And now she is pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from KNU. She is interested in Internet of Things, Mobile Computing, and Big data. Her current research is about shared information platform for disaster and the response system.

Manish Pandey
Manish Pandey is a Ph.D. student in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University(KNU) in S.Korea. He received his Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Kyungpook National University under the supervision of Dr. Young-Woo Kwon in 2021. His research interests include Edge Computing, Software Engineering, and middleware. He received his B.S. from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2015.

Sunhye Lee
Sunhye Lee received the B.S degree in Foods & Nutrition from Kyungpook National University(KNU), Korea in 1999 and M.S degree in Data Science from KNU in 2024. Now, She is a Ph.D. student in Intelligent Software Systems Lab.

JaeGeun Jang
JaeGeun Jang is PhD student in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University. He received a BS and MS degree from Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea. His research interests include Internet of Things and Data Analysis.


MS/PhD Students
Iliyas Hadjou

Ilyas Hadjouis pursuing his MS/PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University in Korea. His academic journey began in Algeria, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems in 2019 and a Master's in Distributed Architecture in 2021. He is particularly interested in the potential of cloud computing, serverless technologies, distributed software engineering, and edge cloud computing.


MS Students

Jihoon Choi
Choi Jihoon joined the lab as a Master's student in 2024; he received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Kyungpook National University in 2023. He worked at Dawonsys in 2023-2024, where he contributed to the development of the Train Control & Monitoring System (TCMS). His current research interests lie in quantum computing, with a focus on bridging theoretical algorithms and practical applications.

Jinuk Jung

Jinuk Jung is an M.S. student in the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University. His research interests include Edge Computing, Cloud, and Software Engineering.

Hyeongryul Jo

Hyeong Ryul Jo received his BS degreee from Kyungpook National University and now is M.S. student in the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering at the same university. His research interests are deep learning, IOT, etc.

Alumni
  • Irshad Khan (PhD 2022, Post Doc. at KNU)
  • Aming Wu (PhD 2025, Assistant Professor at KHenan Polytechnic University (HPU)

  • Jaegeun Jang (MS 2025, PhD Student at KNU)
  • Hao Jiashun (MS 2025)
  • Gahyeon Lee (MS 2025)
  • Beomjun Nam (MS 2024, 풀무원)
  • Dae-Kwang Kim (MS 2024, PhD Student at KNU)
  • Seung-Jun Han (MS 2023, 창신 INC)
  • Yoola Choi (MS 2022, 현대오토에버)
  • Ziyi Guo (MS 2022)
  • Dohan Kim (MS 2022)
  • Sangjun Kim (MS 2022, SL)
  • Manish Pandey (MS 2021, PhD student at KNU)
  • Jangsoo Lee (MS 2020, PhD student at KNU)
  • Daehyeok Mun (MS 2014, USU)

  • Maneesh Mohanavilasam (MS, 2014, USU)
  • Jungwoo Woo (BS Intern @ KNU, Hyundai)
  • Soobeom Kim (BS Intern @ KNU, Naver)
  • Donggil Shin (BS Intern @ KNU, Naver)

Visiting Scholars
  • Jee-Wook Myung (Oct. 2016 - July. 2017, South Korea Ministry of Science ICT & Future Planning)
  • Seungho Ryu (Jul. 2016 - Jun. 2017, Institute of National Security Strategy, South Korea
  • Ji-In Kim (May 2015 - Sep. 2015, Ph.D. Candidate, Kyungpook National University, South Korea)
  • Young Choi (Jun. 2015 - Dec. 2015, South Korea Ministry of Science ICT & Future Planning)