International Journal

<2025 (18)>

1. So-Eun Jeon, Jung Hoon Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Data-Aided Friendly Jamming with Multi-AP Cooperation: A Novel Approach for Joint Optimization of Wireless Secrecy and Network Throughput," IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2025 (SCIE, IF 10.9, Q1, JCR Top 2.9%) - Major revision

2. Sun-Jin Lee, So-Eun Jeon, Il-Gu Lee, "Partial Encryption-Based Shamir Secret Sharing for Low-Latency and Secure Networks," ICT Express, 2025 (SCIE, IF 4.1, Q1, JCR Top 23%) - Minor revision

3. Yu-Rim Lee, So-Eun Jeon (co-first), Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Adaptive Feature Selection with Gradient-Based Relevance for Intrusion Detection Systems," Scientific Reports, 2025 (SCIE, IF3.9, Q1, JCR Top 18%) - Major revision

4. Seung-Ha Jee, So-Eun Jeon, IL-Gu Lee, "Co-EDR: Cooperative Event-Driven Fuzzing for Efficient Vulnerability Detection in Firmware," IEEE Access (SCIE, IF3.6. Q2, JCR Top 35.9%) - Minor revision

5. So-Hui Kim, Jung-Hwa Ryu, Il-Gu Lee, "Dynamic Zero-Trust Architecture for Low-Latency and High-Reliability Cloud Network Services," International Journal of Intelligent Systems (SCIE, IF 5.0, Q1, JCR Top 22.6%) - Minor revision

6. Eun-Young Lee, Nam-Ryeong Kim (co-first), Chae-Rim Han, Na-Yeon Shin, IL-Gu Lee, "rPBFT: Reliable Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance Mechanism for Faulty Distributed Networks," IEEE Transactions on BigData, 2025 (SCIE, IF5.7, Q1, JCR Top 11.9%)  

7. Seung-ha Jee, Il-Gu Lee, "Traffic-Aware Clustering and Power-Saving Mechanism for Energy-Efficient Internet of Things Networks," Journal of Information Processing Systems, Nov. 2025 (Scopus) 

8. Jung-Hwa Ryu, Seo-Yi Kim, Ri-Yeong Kim, Yeeun Kim, Seongmin Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Interoperable Security Information and Event Management Framework for Multi-Cloud Environment," Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, Springer LNICST 628, 2025 (Scopus)

9. Hye-Yeon Shim, Jin-Min Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Interference Avoidance and Mitigation Technique Utilizing Cooperative Characterization of Interferers  in Dense Wireless Networks,"  Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, Springer LNICST 628, 2025 (Scopus)

10. Na Hyun Kim, Jin-Min Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Dual-Core Hierarchical Fuzzing Framework for Efficient and Secure Firmware-Over-The-Air," Electronics, 2025 (SCIE, IF2.6, Q2, JCR Top 44.3%)

11. Yeon-Ji Lee, Na-Yeon Shin, Il-Gu Lee, "Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing via PCA-Based Dimensionality Reduction in Non-IID Environments," Electronics, 2025 (SCIE, IF2.6, Q2, JCR Top 44.3%)

12. Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Lightweight Federated Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System for Industrial Internet of Things," ICT Express, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 690-695, Aug. 2025 (SCIE, IF 4.1, Q1, JCR Top 23%)

13. Chae-Yeon Park, Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Secure and lightweight firmware over-the-air update mechanism for Internet of Things," Electronics, 2025 (SCIE, IF2.6, Q2, JCR Top 44.3%)

14. So-Hyun Park, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hui Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Achieving High Efficiency and High Throughput in Erasure Code-Based Distributed Storage for Blockchain," Sensors, 2025 (SCIE, IF 3.9, Q2, JCR Top 30.9%)

15. So-Eun Jeon, Yeon-Ji Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Software Defined Range-Proof Authentication Mechanism for Untraceable Digital ID," Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol. 142, No. 3, pp.3213-3228, Mar. 2025 (SCIE, IF 2.4, Q2, JCR Top 31.3%)

16. Sun-Jin Lee, Jin Min Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Low Latency and Secure Data Encryption for Multi-Hop Biometric Authentication in Distributed Networks," Internet of Things, Vol. 30, Mar. 2025 (SCIE, IF6.0, Q1, JCR Top 11.4%)

17. Soyoung Joo, So-Hyun Park, Hye-Yeon Shim, Ye-Sol Oh, Il-Gu Lee, "Machine Learning-Based Detection and Selective Mitigation of Denial-of-Service Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks," CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 82, No. 2, pp.2475-2494, Feb. 09, 2025 (SCIE, IF 2.1)

18. Yeon-Jin Kim, Na-Eun Park, Il-Gu Lee, "Air-Fuzz: Feasibility Analysis of Fuzzing-Based Side-Channel Information Leakage Attack in Air-Gap Networks," Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences (LNCS) , Vol. 15499, pp.231-242, Feb. 05, 2025 (Scopus)

<2024 (9)>

19. Ye-Seul Kil, Yeon-Ji Lee, So-Eun Jeon, Ye-Sol Oh, Il-Gu Lee, "Optimization of Privacy-Utility Trade-off for Efficient Feature Selection of Secure Internet of Things," IEEE Access, pp.142582-142591, Sept., 2024 (SCIE, IF 3.4, Q2, JCR Top 34.5%)

20. Yu-Ran Jeon, Jung-Hwa Ryu, Il-Gu Lee, "ART: Adaptive Relay Transmission for Highly Reliable Communications in Next-Generation Wireless LANs," Computer Networks, Vol. 254, Dec. 2024 (SCIE, IF 4.4, Q1, JCR Top 14.4%)

21. So-Eun Joen, Sun-Jin Lee,  Yu-Rim Lee, Heejung Yu, Il-Gu Lee, "Machine Learning-Based Cooperative Clustering for Detecting and Mitigating Jamming Attacks in Beyond 5G Networks," Information Systems Frontiers, Sept. 2024 (SCIE, IF 6.9, Q1, JCR Top 7.3%)

22. Ye-Seul Kil, Yu-Ran Jeon, Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Multi-binary Classifiers Using Optimal Feature Selection for Memory-Saving Intrusion Detection Systems," Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol. 141, No.2, pp.1473-1493, Aug. 2024 (SCIE, IF 2.4, Q2, JCR Top 31.3%)

23. So-Yeon Kim, So-Hyun Park, Jung Hoon Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Secure Triggering Frame-Based Dynamic Power Saving Mechanism Against Battery Draining Attack in WiFi-enabled Sensor Networks," Sensors, Vol.24, No.16, Aug. 2024 (SCIE, IF 3.4, Q2, JCR Top 31.6%).

24. Na-Eun Park, Seo-Yi Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Selfish Attack Detection and Response Using Cooperative Backoff Adjustment in Wireless Sensor Networks," ICT Express, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp.1295-1300,  Jun. 1, 2024 (SCIE, IF 4.1, Q1, JCR Top 23%)

25. So-Eun Joen, Ye-Sol Oh, Yeon-Ji Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Suboptimal Feature Selection Techniques for Effective Malicious Traffic Detection on Lightweight Devices," Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, pp.1-19, Apr. 2024 (SCIE, IF 2.4, Q2, JCR Top 31.3%)

26. Sun-Jin Lee, So-Eun Jeon, Il-Gu Lee, "A machine learning-enhanced endpoint detection and response framework for fast and proactive defense against advanced cyber attacks," Soft Computing, Vol 28, pp.7807-7821, Jul. 5, 2024 (SCIE, IF 4.1, Q2, JCR Top 41.4%)

27. Yeon-Ji Lee, Na-Eun Park, Il-Gu Lee, "Lightweight Anomaly Detection Mechanism based on Machine Learning Using Low-Cost Surveillance Cameras," Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences (LNCS) 2024, Vol. 14562, pp.81-92, Mar. 08, 2024 (Scopus)

<2023 (11)>

28. Yu-Rim Lee, Na-Eun Park, Seo-Yi Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Malicious Traffic Compression and Classification Technique  for Secure Internet of Things," CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No. 3, pp.3465-3482, Oct. 2023 (SCIE, IF 3.1)

29. Chae-Rim Han, Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Performance Improvement of Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm by Optimized Early Stopping for Inhomogeneous Datasets," Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering (JICCE), Vol.21, No.3, pp.198-207, 2023 (Scopus)

30. Sun-Woo Yun, Na-Eun Park, Il-Gu Lee, "Wake-up Security: Effective Security Improvement Mechanism for Low Power Internet of Things," Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol. 37, No.3, pp. 2897-2917, Sept. 2023 (Scopus)

31. Sun-Woo Yun, Eun-Young Lee, and Il-Gu Lee, "Selective Layered Blockchain Framework for Privacy-preserving Data Management in Low-latency Mobile Networks," Journal of Internet Technology, Vol.24, No. 4, pp. 881-891, July. 2023 (SCIE, IF 1.140)

32. So-Eun Jeon, Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Machine Learning-based Efficient Discovery of Software Vulnerability for Internet of Things,"  Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing,  Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 2407-2419, June. 2023 (SCIE, IF 2.0)

33. So-Eun Jeon, Sun-Jin Lee, Il-Gu Lee, "Hybrid in-network computing and distributed learning for large-scale data processing," Elsevier Computer Networks, Vol. 226, May. 2023 (SCIE, IF 5.6, JCR Q1, Top 13.9%)

34. So-Eun Jeon, Sun-Jin Lee, Eun-Young Lee, Yeon-Ji Lee, Jung-Hwa Ryu, Jung-Hyun Moon, Sun-Min Yi, Il-Gu Lee, "An Effective Threat Detection Framework for Advanced Persistent Cyberattacks," CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No. 2, pp.4231-4253, Mar. 2023 (SCIE, IF 3.1)

35. Yeon-Ji Lee, Ye-Sol Oh, Na-Eun Park, Il-Gu Lee, "Implementation and Evaluation of Harmful-Media Filtering Techniques using Multimodal-Information Extraction," Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering (JICCE), Vol.21, No.1, pp.75-81, Mar. 2023 (Scopus)

36. Sun-Jin Lee, Yu-Rim Lee, So-Eun Jeon, Il-Gu Lee, "Machine learning-based jamming attack classification and effective defense technique," Elsevier Computers & Security, Vol. 128, May. 2023 (SCIE, IF 5.6, JCR Q2, Top 25.6%)

37. Na-Eun Park, Yu-Rim Lee, Soyoung Joo, So-Yeon Kim, So-Hui Kim, Ju-Young Park, Seo-Yi Kim, Il-Gu Lee, "Performance evaluation of a fast and efficient intrusion detection framework for advanced persistent threat-based cyberattacks," Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol. 105, No. 108548, Jan. 2023 (SCIE, IF 4.3, JCR Q2, Top 25%)

38. Ji-Hyun Nam, Sun-Jae Lee, Sungpil Park, and Il-Gu Lee, "IP dLedger: Decentralized Ledger for Intellectual Property Administration," Elsevier Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 186, Part A, Jan. 2023 (SSCI, IF 12.0, JCR Q1, Top 3.7%).

<2022 (7)>

39. Kyungmin Go, Il-Gu Lee, Sungwon Kang, and Myungchul Kim, "Secure video transmission framework for battery-powered video devices," IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp.275-287, Feb. 2022 (SCIE, IF 7.329, JCR Q1, Top 6.6%).

40. So-Hyun Park, Sun-Woo Yun, So-Eun Jeon, Na-Eun Park, Hye-Yeon Shim, Yu-Rim Lee, Sun-Jin Lee, Tae-Rim Park, Na-Yeon Shin, Min-Jin Kang, and Il-Gu Lee, "Performance Evaluation of Open-Source Endpoint Detection and Response Combining Google Rapid Response and Osquery for Threat Detection," IEEE Access, Vol.10, pp.20259-20269, Feb. 2022 (SCIE, IF 3.367, JCR Q2).

41. So-Hyun Park, Soyoung Joo, and Il-Gu Lee, "Secure Visible Light Communication System via Cooperative Attack Detecting Techniques," IEEE Access, Vol.10, pp.20473-20485, Feb. 2022 (SCIE, IF 3.367, JCR Q2).

42. Bongsoo Lee, Il-Gu Lee, and Myungchul Kim, "Design and Implementation of Secure Cryptographic System on Chip for Internet of Things," IEEE Access, Vol. 10, pp. 18730-18742, Feb. 2022 (SCIE, IF 3.367, JCR Q2).

43. Bongsoo Lee, Il-Gu Lee, and Myungchul Kim, "FIT: Design and Implementation of Fast ID Tracking System on Chip for Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks," Wireless Personal Communications, Vol.124, pp.1645-1659, Jan. 2022 (SCIE, IF 2.017).

44. Ga-Hye Jeon, Ji-Hyun Lee, Yeon-Su Sung, Hyun-Ju Park, You-Jin Lee, Sun-Woo Yun, and Il-Gu Lee, "Cooperative Friendly Jamming Techniques for Drone-based Mobile Secure Zone," Sensors, Vol. 22, No. 865, Jan. 2022 (SCIE, IF 3.576, JCR Q2).

45. Na-Eun Park, So-Hyun Park, Ye-Sol Oh, Jung-Hyun Moon and Il-Gu Lee, "Distributed Authentication Model for Secure Network Connectivity in Network Separation Technology," Sensors, Vol.22, No. 579, Jan. 2022 (SCIE, IF 3.576, JCR Q2).

<2021 (2)>

46. Sun-Jin Lee, Hye-Yeon Shim, Yu-Rim Lee, Tae-Rim Park, and Il-Gu Lee, "Ransomware Detection using Open-Source Tools," ICACT Transaction on Advanced Communications Technology (ICACT-TACT), Vol.10, No.5, pp.1385-1391, Sept. 2021 (Scopus)

47. Il-Gu Lee, Duk Bai Kim, Jeongki Choi, Hyungu Park, Sok-Kyu Lee, Juphil Cho, and Heejung Yu, "Wi-Fi HaLow for Long Range and Low Power Internet of Things: System on Chip Development and Performance Evaluation," IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol.59, No. 7, pp. 101-107, Jul. 2021 (SCIE, IF 11.05, JCR Q1, Top 4.95%).

<2020 (5)>

48. Jung Hoon Lee, Yunjoo Kim, and Il-Gu Lee, "Random Beam-Based Random Access for Low-Latency Device-to-Device Communication Systems," IEEE Access, Vol. 8, pp. 79887-79895, Apr. 2020 (SCIE, IF 3.367, JCR Q2).

49. So-Yeon Kim, Sun-Woo Yun, Eun-Young Lee, So-Hyeon Bae, and Il-Gu Lee, "Fast Packet Inspection for End-to-End Encryption," Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 11, 2020 (SCIE, IF 2.397, JCR Q3).

50. Jaehwan Ahn, Il-Gu Lee, and Myungchul Kim, "Design and Implementation of Hardware-Based Remote Attestation for a Secure Internet of Things," Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 114, pp.295-327, 2020 (SCIE, IF 1.671).

51. Il-Gu Lee, Kyungmin Go, and Jung Hoon Lee, "Battery Draining Attack and Defense against Power Saving Wireless LAN Devices," Sensors, Vol. 20, No. 7, 2020 (SCIE, IF 3.576, JCR Q2).

52. Heejung Yu, Il-Gu Lee, “Physical Layer Security Based on NOMA and AJ for MISOSE Channels with an Untrusted Relay,” Future Generation Computer System, vol. 102, pp. 611-618, Jan. 2020 (SCIE, IF 7.307, JCR Q1, Top 8.72%)

<2019>

53. Ye-Jin Choi, Hee-Jung Kang, Il-Gu Lee, “Scalable and Secure Internet of Things Connectivity,” Electronics, Vol. 8, No. 7, 2019 (SCI, IF 2.397, JCR Q3).

<2018>

54. Il-Gu Lee, “Secure Inter-frame Space Communications for Wireless LANs,” Future Internet, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2018 (Scopus).

<2017>

55. Il-Gu Lee, “Opportunistic Secure Communications for Wireless Area Networks,” International Journal of Control and Automation, Vol. 10, No. 12, pp. 109-120, 2017 (Scopus).

56. Il-Gu Lee, “Digital Pre-Distortion of Carrier Frequency Offset for Reliable Wi-Fi Enabled IoTs,” Future Internet, 9(3), August, 2017 (Scopus).

57. Il-Gu Lee, “Interference-Aware Opportunistic Dynamic Energy Saving Mechanism for Wi-Fi Enabled IoTs,” Future Internet, 9(3), July, 2017 (Scopus).

<~2016>

58. Il-Gu Lee and Myungchul Kim, “Persistent Jamming in Wireless Local Area Networks: Attack and Defense,” Computer Networks, Vol. 109, No. 1, pp. 67-83, Jun. 2016 (SCI, IF 4.474, JCR Q1, Top 24.04%).

59. Il-Gu Lee and Myungchul Kim, “Interference-aware self-optimizing Wi-Fi for high-efficiency internet of things in dense networks,” Computer Communications, Vol.89-90, pp.60-74, Mar. 2016 (SCI, IF 3.167, JCR Q1, Top 15.41%).

60. Il-Gu Lee and Myungchul Kim, “IAPS: Interference Aware Power Saving for High-Efficiency Wireless LANs in Dense Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp.2238-2241, Oct. 2015 (SCI, IF 3.436, JCR Q2).

61. Il-Gu Lee and Sok-kyu Lee, “Robust Wireless Transmission Utilizing PPDU based Aggregation Technique for Next Generation Wireless LANs,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol.14, no. 3, pp. 205-207, Mar., 2010 (SCI, IF 3.436, JCR Q2).

62. Il-Gu Lee, Sok-Kyu Lee, and Ju-Phil Cho, “Efficient Automatic Gain Control Algorithm and Architecture for Wireless LAN Receivers,” Journal of Systems Architecture, vol.53, pp369-378, July. 2007 (SCI, IF 3.777).

63. Jung-Bo Son, Il-Gu Lee, Hyung-Joun Yoo, and Sin-Chong Park, “An Effective Polling Scheme and Adaptive Ack Mechanism for IEEE 802.11e,” IEICE Trans. on Communications, Vol.E88-B, No.12,pp4690-4693, Apr.2005 (SCI).

64. Il-Gu Lee, Hyung-Joun Yoo, and Sin-Chong Park, "Throughput Analysis of IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs and Efficient Block Ack Mechanism," IEICE Trans. on Communications, Vol.E88-B, No.1, pp.402-407, Jan. 2005 (SCI).