SEONG SOO KIM

301 Ball Street #2074,

College Station, TX 77840, USA

Tel: 979-862-9275(H), 979-845-9578(O)

Homepage: http://dropzone.tamu.edu/~skim/

E-mail: skim@ee.tamu.edu  or  kimseongsoo2@hotmail.com

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Career Experience

4WORK AUTHORIZATION: F-1 Optional Practical Training

 

05/2005 - present  Texas A&M University, Electrical Engineering – Post Doc.

 

09/2001 – 05/2005  Texas A&M University, CPEN in Electrical Engineering – Ph.D.

 

4Advisor: A. L .Narasimha Reddy
4Course work

2004 spring     1) Topics in network security                                        - ELEN/CPSC 689      - N. Reddy et al.

2003 fall          1) Statistical communication theory                                - ELEN 646                 - D. Halverson

2003 spring     1) Multimedia systems and Networks                            - ELEN 627                 - N. Reddy

2002 fall          1) Analysis of algorithms                                               - CPSC 629                 - A. Klappenecker

2002 summer  1) Mathematical communication and technology            - MATH 696                - M. Pilant

2002 spring     1) Advanced digital signal processing                 - ELEN 644                 - E. Serpedin

2) Estimation and detection theory                                 - ELEN 662                 - D. Halverson

3) Advanced networking and security                            - CPSC 665                 - U. Pooch

2001 fall          1) Digital signal processing                                            - ELEN 444                 - Z. Xiong

2) Computer communications and Networking  - ELEN 602                 - N. Reddy

3) Channel coding for communication systems   - ELEN 604                 - S. Miller

 

4Research Interests: computer network security, multimedia including image and signal processing, and stochastic processing

i) Tool based on statistical techniques (NP Test) for analyzing network traffic in order to detect, identify and mitigate traffic anomalies such as worms.

ii) Signal-processing based (DWT), image-processing based (DCT) and Steganalysis (DRM) techniques to analyze such traffic signals.

 

4Publications

[ Ph.D. Dissertation ]

"Real-time Analysis of Aggregate Network Traffic for Anomaly Detection", Texas A&M University, May 2005.

[ Conference ]

7. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, " NetViewer: A Network Traffic Visualization and Analysis

Tool", to appear in Proceedings of USENIX 19th Large Installation System Administration Conference

(LISA ¡®05), San Diego, CA, USA, Dec. 2005.

6. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, "Modeling Network traffic as Images", in Proceedings of IEEE

International Conference on Communication (ICC) 2005, Seoul, Korea, May. 2005.

(32.2% acceptance rate, 692/2150)

5. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, "The real-time detection and containment of network attacks

using QoS Regulation", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC) 2005,

Seoul, Korea, May. 2005.

(32.2% acceptance rate, 692/2150)

4. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, "A Study of Analyzing Network traffic as Images in Real-Time",

in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2005, Miami, Florida, USA, Mar. 2005.

(17.2% acceptance rate, 244/1419)

3. Seong Soo Kim, A. L. Narasimha Reddy and Marina Vannucci, "Detecting traffic anomalies through

aggregate analysis of packet header data", in Proceedings of Networking 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer

Science (LNCS) vol. 3042, pp. 1047-1059, Athens, Greece, May 2004.

(19.1% acceptance rate, 103/539) [SCI-E]

2. Seong Soo Kim, A. L. Narasimha Reddy and Marina Vannucci, "Detecting traffic anomalies using discrete

wavelet transform", in Proceedings of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN) 2004,

Vol. III, pp. 1375-1384, (Revised selected papers in LNCS vol. 3090, pp. 951-961), Busan, Korea, Feb. 2004.

(30.5% acceptance rate in LNCS, 104/341) [SCI-E]

1. Seong Soo Kim, Ki Seong Seo, Chang Hoon Lee, and Kwang Bang Woo, "The Design of a Knowledge-

Based Controller for Job Scheduling in Assembly", in Proc. of Korea Automatic Control Conference '90,

Vol. I, pp. 514-518, Oct. 1990.

[ Journal ]

4. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, "An Approach to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Measurement-

based Anomaly Detection Techniques (preparing to submission)", in ACM Computer Communication Review

(CCR). [SCI-E]

3. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, "Image-based Anomaly Detection Technique: Algorithm,

Implementation and Effectiveness (submitted for publication)", in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in

Communications (J-SAC) - HIGH SPEED NETWORK SECURITY. [SCI]

2. Seong Soo Kim and A. L. Narasimha Reddy, "Statistical Techniques for detecting Traffic Anomalies through

Packet header data (submitted for publication)", in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. [SCI]

1. D.W. Kwon, K. Ko, M. Vannucci, A.L.N. Reddy, and S. Kim, "Wavelet methods for the detection of

anomalies and their application to network traffic analysis", to appear in Quality and Reliability Engineering

International (QREI) 2005. [SCI-E]

 

1991-2001  LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Digital Multimedia & Digital TV Research Lab.

             Senior Research Engineer

 

4Work Experiences

1999-2001    Development of IEEE1394 Digital Interface & HAVi Home-Networks

             1) Design IEEE std. 1394 MAC

             2) Design system software elements of HAVi (using Visual C++, C)

             3) Comparative study of UPnP, Bluetooth

             4) Design JPEG, PNG (Portable Network Graphics), AIFF-C parser

1998-1999    Development of Cable Modem & ADSL

             1) Design ADSL Communication Protocol (ANSI T1.413 using TI DSP)

             2) Comparative study of DAVIC, DSM-CC specification & MAC protocol

             3) Study of IEEE 802.14 LAN protocol (Tree-Based algorithm & p-Persistence algorithm etc.)

             4) Study of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet & ATM MAC protocol

1997-1997    Research of CAS (Conditional Access System) & Security

             1) Coding of Common scrambling spec. of EP-DVB (using C & VHDL)

             2) Coding of MULTI2 algorithm (using C)

             3) Coding of Smart card interface software (ISO/IEC 7816 std.)

             4) Channel coding algorithm (Viterbi decoder, using VHDL)

1995-1996    Development of DBS-STB (Direct Broadcasting Satellite-Set Top Box)

             1) Coding device driver for Tuner, QPSK decoder, TP parser, NTSC encoder

             2) Construct Data Base of MPEG2 PSI & EPG (ISO/IEC 13818 std.)

             3) ARM porting on RTOS (pSOS+)

1994-1994    Design of VGA to NTSC Encoder ASIC

             1) Design of Digital video signal processing logic (using VHDL)

             2) Develop Evaluation Board (using FPGA: Altera Series)

1992-1993    Development of Caption decoder ASIC (FCC & EIA-608 standard)

             1) Develop decoder program (using Intel 8052 assembly language)

             2) Develop u-code of decoder program (using Zilog Z-80 assembly language)

             3) Design of data slicer logic (using Schematic entry)

1991-1991    Development of Voice Recognition VCR

             1) Develop voice synthesis part (using Intel 8051 assembly language)

             2) Design board hardware (using PCAD design tool)

1989-1990                Research Assistant for Prof. Kwang Bang Woo, Electrical Engineering Yonsei University,

Korea. Research on the flexible manufacturing system, especially on the Expert System and

optimal flow control.

Education

05/05-present  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY  College Station, Texas, USA

Post Doc. in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering

09/01-05/05  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY  College Station, Texas, USA

Ph.D. in computer engineering in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering

03/89-02/91    YONSEI UNIVERSITY  Seoul, Korea

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering                                 

03/85-02/89    YONSEI UNIVERSITY  Seoul, Korea

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

 

Honors 

     ¡¤  Receiving Research Assistantship position from Texas A&M University since 2002

     ¡¤  Received Scholarship from Texas A&M University in 2001 and 2002 

     ¡¤  Invitation from the Korean President, Young Sam Kim to the Blue House on the Day of Invention in 1997

    ¡¤  Awarded ¡®Applied Patents Grand Prize¡¯ from LG Electronics in 1997

    ¡¤  Awarded ¡®Patent-Technology Prize¡¯ from the National Patent Officer in 1996

    ¡¤  Awarded ¡®Outstanding Research Engineer¡¯ from LG Electronics in 1995

     ¡¤  Received Fellowship from LG Electronics Inc. from 1989 to 1990

 

Professional Activities  

¡¤  Program committee member

        -- International conference on Information Society (i-Society) 2006.

¡¤  Reviewer for the following conference

        -- IEEE ICC 2004.

¡¤  A member of ¡®YECOM: u-processor based system design club¡¯ in Yonsei University (1987-1990)

 

Technical Skills

    ¡¤  Computer Languages: C/C++, Pascal, Assembly (Intel, Zilog, ARM),

                                            DSP (TI), Java, VHDL and HTML

    ¡¤  ASIC Design: Compass (VHDL Synthesizer & Simulator), FPGA (Altera, Xilinx)

    ¡¤  PCB Design Tools: PCAD

    ¡¤  Signal Tools: MatLab

    ¡¤  Instrument: Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, and Pattern Generator

 

Patents

    ¡¤  31 granted and pending from Korea National Patent Office & 5 Abroad

Registered Patents (Korea)

1        Data slicer apparatus in caption display device (Patents No.:P083291)

2        Remote-controller controlling method in voice recognition VCR (P084899)

3        Confirmatory method in voice recognition system (P086329)

4        Caption display controlling device and method (P091725)

5        Caption decoding method in scrambled video signal (P097636)

6        Apparatus and method for controlling the display of a caption (P104296)

7        Caption data decoder and method (P144189)

8        Dual caption processing apparatus and method (P161904)

9        Conversion method of synchronization signal in TV and PC (P198569)

10     TV encoder using normal memory (P217253)

11     Mode memory type caption display apparatus (P237243)

Registered Utility Model Patents (Korea)

12     Back cover combination apparatus in electronic device (Patents No.: U86- 22080)

13     Recorder using RAM (U91-24468)

14     Vibration apparatus for even distributing in toner (U95-35587)

15     Extension telephone interface circuit in digital key-phone system (U96-31308)

Application Pending Patents (Korea)

16     Caption controllable device and method (Application No.:P92-18743)

17     Control code for national character caption (P95-67193)

18     Processing method for national character caption (P96-35325)

19     Entrance authentication method using district mobile communication system(P96-72437)

20     Detection apparatus for power level (P97-54387)

21     Screen adjusting method in satellite broadcasting receiver (P97-80725)

22     Usage display method in satellite broadcasting receiver (P97-80739)

23     Auto-detection method of broadcasting caption in satellite receiver (P97-80740)

24     Data rates modification method in ADSL (P99-03547)

25     Customer equipment controlling method in home networks (P00-12540)

26     Message transmitting/receiving method in home networks (P00-31376)

27     Web server proxy API in home networks without Internet protocol (P00-32686)

28     Data reading/writing method in IEEE1394 system (P00-44333)

29     User preference setting method in home networks ( P00-44412)

30     Device name setting method in home networks using virtual keyboard ( P00-44413)

31     Configuration data reading/writing method of CMM1394 in HAVi networks (P00-44414)

Abroad Patent

1        Apparatus and method for controlling the display of a caption on a screen and for maximizing the area

devoted to presentation of the received video signal (US patent No.: 5,561,471)

Abroad pending Patents

2        Apparatus and method for controlling the display of a caption ( Japan, No.: 05-254398)

3        Apparatus and method for controlling the display of a caption

   (The People Republic of China, Application No.: 93118937.3)

4        Message transmitting/receiving method in home networks (US: processing)

5        Web server proxy API in home networks without Internet protocol (US: processing)