Major 

Electronics Engineering, Philosophy of Science
 
 
 Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence : (Neural Network, GA, Neuro-Fuzzy etc.)

Philosophy of Science

Science, Technology and Society

  
 
 Education 

Ph.D., Cornell University, U.S.A, 1995
 
 
 Selected Publications 
  1. Chon, T. S., Park, Y. S., Kim, J. M., Lee, B. Y., Chung, Y. J., and Kim, Y. S., "Use of an Artificial Neural Network to Predict Population Dynamics of the Forest-Pst Pine Needle Gall Midge(Diptera: Cecidomyiida)," Environmental Entomology, 29(6) pp. 1208-1215, 2000.

2. Kim, Y. S., "Causal Explanation and Bell Type Correlation," Korean Journal for Philosophy of Science, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 81-107, 2000.

3. Moon, Y. H., Kim, H. S., Kim, Y. S., and Kim, J. H., "A Novel Fast Fractal Decoding Algorithm," Signal processing : Image Communication, Vol. 14, Issue 4, pp. 325-333, 1999.

4. Kim, Y. S., Yoon, G. S., and Kim, J. W., "The Improvement of Genetic Algorithm Using Boltzman Selection," Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechatronics (ICRAM '99), May 24-26, Istanbul, Turkey, Vol. 2, pp. 217-222, 1999.

5. Park, J. H., Kim, Y. S., Eom, I. K., and Lee, K. Y., "Economic Load Dispatch For Piecewise Quadratic Cost Function Using Hopfield Neural Network," IEEE Transaction on Power System, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 1030-1038. 1993.
  
 
 Professional Experiences 

Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, U.S.A. (1999-2000)

Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea (1997-Present)

Visiting Scholar in HPST at Cornell University (1989-1990)

  
 
 Professional Societies & Activities 

Vice President, Korean Society of Philosophy of Science.

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Engineering Education Research, Korean Society for Engineering Education & Technology Transfer (1997-Present)

President, Research Association of Information and Society, Korean Institute of Communication Science (1997-Present)

Member of Editorial Board, Journal of The Institute of Electronics Engineering of Korea (1996-1997)

  
 
 Honors and Awards 

  
 
 International Joint Research & Activities