Soon M. Chung

Soon M. Chung is a tenured Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Wright State University, with research expertise spanning Database Systems, Data Mining, Text Mining, and Parallel/Distributed Processing. He has taught courses like Advanced Database Systems, Computer Architecture, and Distributed Computing.

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, 1990 (Syracuse University)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1981 (KAIST)
• B.S. in Electronic Engineering, 1979 (Seoul National University)

Research Interests

Dr. Chung's work focuses on:

• Time-series anomaly detection using multi-model verification
• 3D point cloud analysis for action recognition
• Semantic/privacy-preserving access control in grid systems
• Parallel data mining algorithms for text/transaction databases
• Geotagged text data visualization for crisis management

Scientific Awards

• IEEE Lifetime Member (2022)
• Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
• Multiple Who's Who listings (2006, 2002)

Grants & Collaborations

Principal investigator on AFRL/DAGSI grants for projects like:

• Anomaly detection in multi-seasonal time series (2023-2025)
• GPU-accelerated crisis management systems (2018-2022)
• Parallel text data mining (2003-2005)

Collaborated with institutions including Purdue University, LexisNexis, and NCR Corporation.