Minwoo Joo's Official Homepage

Minwoo Joo [Curriculum Vitae]
Research Professor (September 2021 - May 2022)
Network and Security Research Lab. (NetLab)
Future Network Center (FNC)
School of Cybersecurity
Korea University
Seoul, Republic of Korea

Academic Advisor: Prof. Wonjun Lee

Academic Backgrounds

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Informatics, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2013 - Aug. 2021)
- Overall GPA: 4.33/4.50
- Dissertation Title: Autonomous Networking for Web Quality of Experience
B.S. (with Top Honors) in Computer and Communication Engineering, Division of Computer and Communication Engineering, College of Information and Communication, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2013)
- Overall GPA: 4.30/4.50

Positions Held

Research Professor, Future Network Center (FNC), School of Cybersecurity, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Sept. 2021 - May 2022)

Research Interests

Autonomous Networking
Web Quality of Experience
Next-generation Transport Protocols
Deep Learning
Wireless Networks

Research Experiences

Postdoctoral Researcher, Ambient Wi-Fi Backscatter Networking, Individual Research: Mid-Career Researcher Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (Sept. 2021 - May 2022)
Project Leader, aSTEAM: App-Specialized Transport for Evolavability, Autonomicity, and Measurability, Next-Generation Information Computing Development Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (Nov. 2017 - Dec. 2020)
Researcher, Development of Smart Wearable Software Technology based on IoT for Safe Wellbeing, Information Technology Research Center (ITRC), Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP), Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Republic of Korea (Sept. 2015 - Feb. 2016)
Researcher, SmartTV 2.0 Software Platform, Development of Source Technologies for Software and Computer Industries, Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP), Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2014 - Aug. 2015)
Principal Investigator, A Cross-Layer Design for Stream Shaping in Mobile Heterogeneous Networks, Global Ph.D. Fellowship (GPF) Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2013 - Feb. 2014)

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Computer Congress 2021, KIISE, June 2021.
(Paper Title: Feature Analysis of Encrypted Traffic for Network-level Tracker Detection / 네트워크 단위 트래커 탐지를 위한 암호화된 트래픽의 특성 분석)
KU Achievement Award, 2020 KU Graduate School Achievement Award, Graduate School, Korea University, February 2021.
Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Software Congress 2020, KIISE, December 2020.
(Paper Title: UHF RFID Tag Fingerprint Extraction and Identification Using Time-domain Features / 시간 영역 특징을 활용한 UHF RFID 태그 지문 추출 및 식별 연구)
Outstanding Paper Award, Journal of KIISE: Information Networking, KIISE, July 2020.
(Paper Title: Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Multipath Packet Scheduling / 심층 강화학습 기반 다중경로 패킷 스케줄링 기법 연구)
Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Software Congress 2018, KIISE, December 2018.
(Paper Title: Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Packet Scheduler in Multipath Transport / 다중경로 환경에서 심층 강화학습 기반 패킷 스케줄링 기법 연구)
Rising Star Award, The 9th Student of the Year (SOTY) Award Ceremony, Network and Security Research Lab., Korea University, March 2018.
Distinguished Service Award, The 8th Student of the Year (SOTY) Award Ceremony, Network and Security Research Lab., Korea University, January 2017.
Project Award, The 5th Student of the Year (SOTY) Award Ceremony, Network and Security Research Lab., Korea University, January 2014.
Global Ph.D. Fellowship (GPF), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2013-2014.
National Science and Engineering Scholarship, KOrea Student Aid of Foundation (KOSAF), 2009-2013.

Publications

International Journal & Conference Publications
- Dongkeun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "Qrator: An Interest-aware Approach to ABR Streaming Based on User Engagement," accepted for publication in IEEE Systems Journal, March 2022. (2020 JCR I/F: 3.931; Top 23.08% Impact Factor in Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)
- Minwoo Joo, Yeonoh An, Heejun Roh, and Wonjun Lee, "Predictive Prefetching Based on User Interaction for Web Applications," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 821-824, March 2021. (2020 JCR I/F: 3.436; Top 37.36% Impact Factor in Telecommunications)
- Minwoo Joo and Wonjun Lee, "WebProfiler: User Interaction Prediction Framework for Web Applications," IEEE Access, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 154946-154958, December 2019. (2020 JCR I/F: 3.367; Top 34.43% Impact Factor in Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)
Domestic Journal & Conference Publications
- Dongkeun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "Network-level Tracker Detection Using Features of Encrypted Traffic (암호화된 트래픽의 특성을 활용한 네트워크 단위 트래커 탐지 기법)," Journal of KIISE: Information Networking, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 314-320, April 2022.
- Yoonseo Kim, Hoorin Park, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "UHF RFID Tag Identification Method Based on Physical-layer Features of Backscatter Networks (백스캐터 네트워크의 물리 계층 특징 기반 UHF RFID 태그 식별 기법)," Journal of KIISE: Information Networking, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 1061-1067, September 2021.
- Dongkeun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "Feature Analysis of Encrypted Traffic for Network-level Tracker Detection (네트워크 단위 트래커 탐지를 위한 암호화된 트래픽의 특성 분석)," in Proceedings of the KIISE Korea Computer Congress 2021 (KIISE KCC2021), Jeju, Republic of Korea, June 2021, pp. 1-3. (Selected as an Outstanding Paper Award)
- Yoonseo Kim, Hoorin Park, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "UHF RFID Tag Fingerprint Extraction and Identification Using Time-domain Features (시간 영역 특징을 활용한 UHF RFID 태그 지문 추출 및 식별 연구)," in Proceedings of the KIISE Korea Software Congress 2020 (KIISE KSC2020), Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, December 2020, pp. 1-3. (Selected as an Outstanding Paper Award)
- Dongkeun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "User Engagement Based Adaptive Streaming Using Timestamps in Video Comments (비디오 댓글의 타임스탬프를 활용한 사용자 참여 기반 적응적 스트리밍 기법 연구)," in Proceedings of the KIISE Korea Software Congress 2020 (KIISE KSC2020), Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, December 2020, pp. 1-3.
- Seoungbin Bae, Minwoo Joo, and Wonjun Lee, "Secure Key Exchange Method via Ill-conditioned Inverse Matrix in Wireless Local Area Networks (무선랜에서 불량 조건 역행렬 기반 안전한 키 교환 방식)," in Proceedings of the KIISE Korea Software Congress 2020 (KIISE KSC2020), Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, December 2020, pp. 1-3.
- Minwoo Joo, Wonwoo Jang, and Wonjun Lee, "Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Multipath Packet Scheduling (심층 강화학습 기반 다중경로 패킷 스케줄링 기법 연구)," Journal of KIISE: Information Networking, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 714-719, July 2019. (Selected as an Outstanding Paper Award)
- Minwoo Joo, Wonwoo Jang, and Wonjun Lee, "Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Packet Scheduler in Multipath Transport (다중경로 환경에서 심층 강화학습 기반 패킷 스케줄링 기법 연구)," in Proceedings of the KIISE Korea Software Congress 2018 (KIISE KSC2018), Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, December 2018, pp. 1079-1081. (Selected as an Outstanding Paper Award)
Patents
- Wonjun Lee and Minwoo Joo, "Method and Server for Predicting User Interaction for Web Applications (웹 응용에 대한 사용자 상호작용 예측 방법 및 서버)," Korea Patent Application Number. 10-2019-0150517, November 21, 2019; Korea Patent Number. 10-2278814, July 13, 2021.
- Wonjun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonwoo Jang, "System for Multipath Packet Scheduling Method Therefor (심층 강화학습 기반 다중경로 패킷 스케줄링 방법)," Korea Patent Application Number. 10-2019-0145873, November 14, 2019; Korea Patent Number. 10-2208877, January 22, 2021.
Software Registrations
- Wonjun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Yeonoh An, "Predictive Prefetching Program Based on User Interaction (사용자 상호작용 기반 예측적 프리페칭 프로그램)," Software Registration No. C-2020-018637, June 4, 2020.
- Wonjun Lee and Minwoo Joo, "Web Interaction Data Preprocessing Program for Navigation Prediction (네비게이션 예측을 위한 웹 상호작용 데이터 전처리 프로그램)," Software Registration No. C-2019-023548, August 26, 2019.
- Wonjun Lee and Minwoo Joo, "User Interaction Data Collection Program for Web Applications (웹 응용을 위한 사용자 상호작용 데이터 수집 프로그램)," Software Registration No. C-2019-023547, August 26, 2019.
- Wonjun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonwoo Jang, "Deep Reinforcement Learning Program for Packet Scheduling (패킷 스케줄링 지원형 심층 강화학습 프로그램)," Software Registration No. C-2019-001477, January 14, 2019.
- Wonjun Lee, Minwoo Joo, and Wonwoo Jang, "Multipath Packet Scheduling Program Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (심층 강화학습 기반 다중경로 패킷 스케줄링 프로그램)," Software Registration No. C-2019-001476, January 14, 2019.

Teaching Experiences

Chief TA, Computer Networks, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2018 Spring)
Chief TA, Wireless Mobile Communications Networks, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2017 Fall)
Chief TA, Computer Networks, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2017 Spring)
Chief TA, Object-Oriented Programming, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2016 Fall)
TA, Wireless Mobile Communications, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2015 Fall)
TA, Computer Networks, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2015 Spring)
TA, Computer Networks, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2014 Fall)
TA, Wireless Mobile Communications, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2014 Spring)
Chief TA, Computer Networks, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2013 Fall)
TA, Wireless Mobile Communications, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2013 Fall)

Contact Information

E-mail: mwjoo AT korea.ac.kr

Version: May 26, 2022.