Eunju Kim
Mobile and Pervasive Computing Lab. Phone: 352-***-**** (U.S.A.)
Computer Information Science & Engineering E-mail:***********@*****.***
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611 http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~ejkim/eun/index.html
Objective
To obtain a position that utilizes my expertise in (1) Modeling and recognizing human activities in ubiquitous
environments (2) Analyzing big sensor data (3) Analyzing and quantifying uncertainties in activity and
pattern recognition systems.
Education
Ph.D. Mobile and Pervasive Computing Lab.
Dept. of Computer & Information Science Engineering
University Of Florida, Gainesville, USA, 08/2006 - 12/2012 (expected)
Dissertation: Knowledge assisted human activity recognition for improved accuracy and
programmability (Advisor: Dr. Sumi Helal)
M.S. Software Engineering Lab.
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, 1997
Thesis: Integrated Test of Object-Oriented Software System Using Scenario
Advisor: Dr. Eunman Choi
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, 1991
Minor: Education
Professional Experience
Research Assistant - Human Activity Recognition, Mobile & Pervasive Computing Lab., 01/2009 -
University of Florida Present
Developed a new techniques to facilitate automation of human activity recognition
Achieved 43% improvement in activity model accuracy by incorporating semantic knowledge
of activities
Implemented multi-layer neural network based activity recognition algorithm that improves
activity recognition performance by 23% and activity recognition system scalability by 58%
Proposed fuzzy logic based activity recognition technique that is practical & robust
Designed and implemented a sensor network for observing human activities at Gator Tech
Smart House
Identified and analyzed uncertainty sources in activity recognition systems; Proposed
metrics for quantifying the impact of uncertainty sources
Teaching Assistant Operation Systems, DBMS, Software Engineering, Dept. of CISE, 08/2007 -
University of Florida Present
Delivered several crash course lectures for Operating Systems
Led discussion sections on Operating Systems, Software Engineering
Visiting Researcher Smart Space Applications, EIT ICT Lab. at Aalto University, Finland. 06/2012 -
08/2012
Investigated potential applications of smart spaces including public touch displays in areas
of social networking, information dissemination
Visiting Researcher Daily Living Human Activity, Smart Lab. at Ulster University, Ireland 06/2011 -
08/2011
Developed methods to minimize uncertainties in activity recognition techniques
Designed and implemented a motion sensor based activity observation system for daily
living human activities
Project Leader Server Security, R&D, Redgate Co., Ltd. 02/2006 -
06/2006
Developed a server security management system that analyzes big server log data
Designed Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) APIs
Project Leader Information Security, Research Center, Softforum Co., Ltd., (Mirae & Lycos 05/2001 -
Korea Group). 03/2005
Implemented a Role Based Access Control (RBAC) system
Developed a Single Sign On (SSO) system for secure authentication of multiple server
systems
Implemented Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) based user authentication system
Senior Engineer Speech Recognition Applications, Lernout & Hauspie, Korea. 11/1999 -
03/2001
Developed a unified messaging system based on speech recognition technology
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(Speech to Text (STT), Text to Speech (TTS), Email to Voice, and SMS to Voice)
Engineer - Distributed Video On Demand Server, R&D, Viva Telecom Co., Ltd., Korea. 09/1998 -
02/2001
Developed a distributed multimedia server for Video On Demand services in collaboration
with The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea
Engineer Object Oriented DBMS, R&D, Datec Co., Ltd., Korea. 07/1997 -
03/1999
Developed an integrated database management system for distributed databases in several
heterogeneous DBMS systems including Object Store DBMS, Oracle, or etc.
Research Assistant Software Testing and Quality, Dept. of Computer Science and 03/1996 -
Engineering, Dongguk University 02/1997
Developed an Integrated software testing techniques
Proposed software quality metrics and developed a distributed system quality management
system using common object request broker architecture (CORBA)
Lecturer C & Assembly, Hansung Technical College, Korea. 03/1993 -
02/1995
Conducted courses on C, Assembly programming, and AutoCAD
Lecturer C & Assembly, Gumi Computer Institute, Korea. 03/1991-
02/1993
Delivered lectures on C and Assembly programming languages
Selected Publications: 5 journal papers and 9 conference papers
1. E. Kim and S. Helal, A Practical Activity Recognition Approach Based on the Generic Activity
Framework, The International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC), Accepted
April 2012.
2. E. Kim, S. Helal, D. Cook, Human Activity Recognition and Pattern Discovery, IEEE Pervasive
Computing vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 48-52, 2010. (Cited 68 times as of 10/2012)
3. E. Kim and S. Helal, Modeling Human Activity Semantics for Improved Recognition Performance,
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Banff,
Canada, 2011.
4. E. Kim, S. Helal, C. Nugent and J. Lee, Assurance-Oriented Activity Recognition, Proceedings of the
International Workshop on Situation, Activity and Goal Awareness, Beijing, China, 2011.
5. E. Kim, S. Helal, J. Lee, and S. Hossain, Making an activity dataset, Proceedings of the 7th
International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Xi an, China, 2010.
Technical Training
Software Architecture Software Testing
Oracle System Object Store DBMS
Rational Rose HP UX 10 & Shell Script
CMMI Advanced CMMI
(Software Development Process Capability Maturity)
Skills & Expertise
Machine Learning Techniques for Data Analysis, Uncertainty Analysis
Data Modeling
Graph-Theoretic Data Model such as HMM or CRF, Multi-Layer Neural
& Analysis
Network Model, Fuzzy Logic Model
Authentication, Authorization, Single Sign On, Role Based Access Control,
Information Security
Public Key Infra-structure
Visual C++, MFC, C++, C, Java, JSP, Visual Basic, Assembly, PHP
Programming
Oracle, Sun Directory Server (LDAP), Object Store DBMS
DBMS
Rational Rose (UML), Visio, CVS, Source safe, MS Project, Win Runner,
Tools
Auto Cad, Java neural network framework (Neuroph)
UNIX, Android Mobile Platform, Phidget Sensor Platform
Systems
Languages: Korean, English
Honors
08/2006 - 05/2007
Achievement award in University of Florida
03/1988 - 02/1991
Academic Excellence Award, Dongguk University
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