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Dr. Wook-Sung Yoo
Director of Bioinformatics Program 
Gannon University
School of Engineering and Computer Science
109 University Square
Erie, PA 16541
(814) 871-7691
yoo@gannon.edu

Dr. Yoo joined the Computer and Information Science department at Gannon University in 1997 as an assistant professor. He is a director of Gannon/GETS CIS graduate program as well as director of Gannon's Bioinformatics program. Prior to joining Gannon, he taught computer science courses in the Department of Computer Science at Utah State University and worked for the Oral Health Service and Informatics Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo as an assistant professor and system analyst. He was a chair of the IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) Dental Informatics working group and involved in many nationwide commercial web projects.

Office:

        Zurn, Room 322

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology
  • M.S. in Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology 
  • D.D.S in Seoul National University

Teaching Interest:

  • BINF100 - Introduction to Bioinformatics
  • BINF200 - Bioinformatics Tools
  • BINF300 - Bioinformatics Software
  • BINF400 - Bioinformatics Research
  • CIS220 - Data Structures and Algorithmic Design
  • CIS285 - Object Oriented Programming
  • CIS320 - Analysis of Algorithm
  • CIS330 - Operating Systems
  • CIS240 - Web Management and Design
  • GCIS501 - Advanced Programming
  • GCIS502 - Advanced Web Programming
  • GCIS621 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 

Research Interests:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Web Application
  • Scheduling Systems
  • Image Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence

Recent Publication:

  • Wook-Sung Yoo, Chi-Yeon Park, “Online Group Embedded Figure Test,” International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET 2006), #173, IEEE Proceedings, ISBN: 1-4244-0406-1, July 10-13, 2006.

  • Yoo, W.S., Frezza, S, "PSP Log Tool for Teaching the Personal Software Process,” SIGCSE (The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) 2006 conference in March 1 – 5 2006 in Houston, Texas.

  • Fong K. Mak, Stephen T. Frezza, Wook-Sung Yoo, “A Web-Based Outcome Assessment Tool: EvalTOOLS™ ,” in Proceedings of the IASTED international conference on web-based education 2005, Grindelwald, Switzerland, February 2005.

  • Wook-Sung Yoo, “Generic Keyword Search Engine Template for Database Driven Web Sites,” 80th ADEA Annual Session and Exposition, Feb. 2003, Vol. 67, No. 2.

  • Wook-Sung Yoo and Louis Martin-Vega, “Scheduling Single Machine Problems for On-time Delivery" Computer and Industrial Engineering, Special Edition, 2000.
  • Wook-Sung Yoo, John Eisner, "AADSoft and Its Future" Second International Conference on Computers in Dental Education and Practice, September 6 - 7, 1999.
  • Wook-Sung Yoo, “IPAS: A Prototype Intelligent Patient Appointment System for Dental Clinics,Toward an Electronic patient Record ", April 26-May 3, 1997.
  • Wook-Sung Yoo and Louis Martin-Vega, “A Decomposition Methodologies for Scheduling Semiconductor Test Operations for On-time Delivery" Journal of Electronics Manufacturing, Vol. 7, No.1, March 1997.
  • D. Tamir, Chi-yeon Park, and Wook-Sung Yoo, “Vector Quantization and Clustering: A Pyramid Approach" IEEE Data Compression Conference and Industrial Workshop, Utah, March 1995.
Membership/Award:

        ACM, IEEE, IMIA, ADEA

Hobby:

        Music, traveling and playing golf.

 
 
 

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