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Dr. Myungjae Kwak - Ph.D.

Myungjae Kwak

Interim Chair and Professor
Department of Computer Science

Phone: 478.757.6682

Locations:
  • Macon - Professional Sciences and Conference Center - 314
    Phone: 478-757-6682
  • Warner Robins - Admin - 216
Courses: Fall 2024
CSCI 3245 Database Principles
Education: Ph.D., Information Systems and Technology - Claremont Graduate University (CGU)
M.S., Information Systems and Technology - Claremont Graduate University (CGU)
M.E., Computer Science - Information & Communications University (currently KAIST, South Korea)
B.S., Economics - Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul, South Korea)
Awards and Honors: Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019,2022
Dean's Award for Outstanding Service 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching 2015, 2018
Publications: Wang, Y., Xu, B., Kwak, M., & Zeng, X. (2021). A noise injection strategy for graph autoencoder training. Neural Computing and Applications, 33(10), 4807-4814.
­Kwak, M., Kang, K., & Wang, Y. (2019). Methods of metabolite identification using MS/MS data. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1-7.
Kang, K., Kwak, M, & Shin, S., “A Calculus of Virtual Community Knowledge Intentions: Anonymity, Perceived Network-Structure,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, 58(2), p. 110-121, 2018.
Kwak, M., Koohang, A, Floyd, K, & Choi, A., “An Educational Adventure Game for Teaching Information Literacy and Student Engagement,” 51th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Jan. 2018.
Lee, I., Kwak, M, & Han, D., “A Dynamic k-Nearest Neighbor Method for WLAN-Based Positioning Systems,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, 56(4), p. 295-300, 2016.
Talmage, C., Casper, D., Hollifield, S., Brooks, J., Holland, J., Nylund, C., Choi, A., Kwak, M., “Tesla’s Revenge: A 2D Educational Adventure Game for Information Literacy and Student Engagement,” Proceedings of 19th of Southern Association for Information Systems Conference (SAIS), St. Augustine, FL, March 2016
Kwak, M., Yurov, K.M., and Floyd, K., “A 3D Learning Game to Foster Computational Thinking in K-12 Education”, 55th Annual International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, October 2015.
Ku, C., Kwak, M., Yurov, K., and Yurova, Y., “A Study of the Influence of Gaming Behavior on Academic Performance of IT College Students”, Proceedings of 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Savannah, Georgia, 2014.
M. Kwak, G. Leroy, J. D. Martinez, J. Harwell, “Development and evaluation of a biomedical search engine using a predicate-based vector space model,” Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JBI), Vol. 46, 929-939. 2013.


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