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Dr. Joobum Kim - Ph.D.

Joobum Kim

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science

Phone: 478-471-5741
Website:

Locations:
  • Warner Robins - Academic Service Building (WRC2) - 225
    Phone: 478-471-5741
Office Hours: FALL 2025
• Tuesday 11:30AM to 3:30PM (Warner Robins)
• Wednesday 11:00AM to 3:00PM (Warner Robins)

Summer 2025
• Tuesday 10:00AM to 2:00PM (Warner Robins)

Spring 2025
• Monday: 4:30pm - 5:30pm (Warner Robins)
• Tuesday: 9:00am - 10:00am, 11:30am - 2:00pm (Warner Robins)
• Thursday: 10:15am - 12:45pm (Macon)
• Friday: 9:00am - 10:00am (Warner Robins)
Biography: Joobum Kim was born in Seoul, Korea. He received his BE in Electronic Communication Engineering at Kwangwoon University in 1999, received his MS in Information and Communications at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in 2002, and received his Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas in 2016. He worked for Telecommunication Systems Division at Samsung Electronics from 2002 to 2005 as a senior researcher and worked for the Advanced KREONET center at Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) from 2005 to 2019 as a senior researcher. Currently he is working for Department of Computer Science at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø as an associate professor. His research areas of interests are Queueing Analysis, Routing and Spectrum Allocation, Elastic Optical Network (EON), Internet of Things (IoT), and Edge Computing.
Courses: Fall 2025
• CSCI 1301-01 Computer Science I (Online)
• CSCI 1302-01 Computer Science II
• CSCI 3245-01 Database Principles (Hybrid)
• CSCI 3245-02 Database Principles (Hybrid)
• ITEC 4264-01 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (Online)
• ITEC 6720-01 Programming for Data Science (Online)

Summer 2025
• CSCI 1302-01 Computer Science II (Online)
• ITEC 2260-01 Intro to Computer Programming (Online)
• ITEC 4261-01 JAVA Programming (Online)

Spring 2025
• CSCI 2205-01 Introduction to Data Structure
• CSCI 3245-01 Database Principles
• CSCI 3251-02 Object-Oriented Programming
• CSCI 4264-01 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (Online)
• ITEC 2270-04 Application Development (Online)
• ITEC 6430-01 Software Test & Quality Assurance (Online)
Syllabi:
Education: Ph.D. in Telecommunications Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas (2016)
• Dissertation: Analytical Study of Spectral Resource Management in Optical Networks
M.S. in Information and Communications, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2002)
• Dissertation: Scheduling for Data Services in HDR (High Data Rate) Systems
B.E. in Electronic Communication Engineering, Kwangwoon University (1999)
Professional Experience: Associate Professor (Aug. 2025 ~ Present)
• 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø
Assistant Professor (Jan. 2020 ~ Jul. 2025)
• 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø
Senior Researcher (Jun. 2005 ~ Dec. 2019)
• Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Korea
Senior Researcher (Jan. 2002 ~ Jun. 2005)
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon, Korea
Professional Affiliations: Journal reviewer of Vehicular Communications
Journal reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications
Journal reviewer of Computer Information Systems
IACIS Review Committee
Awards and Honors: MGA’s nominee for the 2025 Regents’ Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Dean's Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2025
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching 2023
Dean's Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2022
Dean's Award for Excellence in Publication 2022
Dean's Award for Excellence in Scholarship 2021
Dean's Award for Excellence in Service 2021

The Best Research Paper Award at 62nd IACIS Annual Conference (Oct. 2022)
• Extending Data Transmission in the Multi-hop LoRa Network
The BEST PAPER award at GLOBECOM2015 (Dec. 2015)
• An Analytical Model of Spectrum Fragmentation in a Two-Service Elastic Optical Link
Publications: JOURNALS
• Kim, J., Kwak, M., and Jenkins, J. (2024). Reliable image transmission over LoRa networks, Issues in Information Systems, Vol. 25:1, pp. 199-207, https://doi.org/10.48009/1_iis_2024_117, Oct. 2024
• Jenkins, J., Kim, J., Kwak, M., Seol, J. (2024), "Wireless Technologies for Environmental Monitoring: A Network Perspective", Journal of Computer Information Systems, https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2024.2399099, Sep. 2024
• Kwak, M., Jenkins, J., Kim, J. (2023), "Adaptive Programming Language Learning System Based on Generative AI", Issues in Information Systems, 24(3), pp. 222-231, https://doi.org/10.48009/3_iis_2023_119, Oct. 2023
• Kim, J., Jenkins, J., Seol, J., Kwak, M. (2022), "Extending data transmission in the multi-hop in LoRa network", Issues in Information Systems, 23(3), pp. 292-304, https://doi.org/10.48009/3_iis_2022_124, Oct. 2022
• Lee, J., Kim, J., Kwak, M. (2022), "Performance Evaluation of Co-Channel Interference on Wireless Networks", Journal of Computer Information Systems, 63(6), pp. 1301–1315, https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2022.2148142, Dec. 2022
• Kim, C., Kim, J., Kim, K.-H., Lee, S.K., Kim, K., Shah, S.A.R., Goo, Y.-H. (2021), "ScienceIoT: Evolution of the Wireless Infrastructure of KREONET", Sensors 2021, 21(17), 5852, https://doi.org/10.3390/s21175852,2021, 2021
• etc.


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