• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.49-79
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• 2014

The adoption of technology has always been of interest to academicians and practitioners of the field of Management Information System. This is so because without proper and adequate adoption, technology-no matter how beneficial or advanced it may be-will be of little value to users. Numerous researches, such as the researches of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) or the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), had been conducted to understand the human nature in association with the adoption or rejection of technologies that have bombarded the users. The coming of smart technologies (i.e., smart phones and devices), however, seems to have fundamentally changed the environment for adoption. The ubiquity combined with mobility of technology, especially when it comes to mobile apps, seem to make the old PC era of two-stage-pre and post-adoption models obsolete. A new model of adoption that identifies the determinants of technology acceptance and continuance is needed for the smart age. To this end, this paper undertakes an empirical study, by analyzing 229 users of Social Networking Service (SNS) mobile apps, to identify the role of user experience on the multi-stage adoption of technology, and provides results that User Experience (UX) plays the crucial role of bridging the separate stages of pre and post adoption of technologies. The paper concludes by providing practical implications of the new model as it relates to mobile apps and technologies, and recommendations for further studies to get a better understanding of technology adoption in the smart age.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.342-352
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• 2012

As a futuristic construction model, building information model (BIM) based project management system (PMIS) and mobile BIM simulator apps have been showing visible sign. However, researches on the BIM based 3D simulator using mobile device are hard to find result from limitation of mobile device (slow speed at huge 3D file, display size, and etc.) and undefined standard of business processes. Therefore, this research aims at studying application of mobile BIM apps based on cloud computing. Total 8 BIM cloud apps were selected and analyzed in the 5 application feasibility characteristics (speed, view, inquiry, markup, and usability). This research would be essential phase to construct BIM based mobile project management system using cloud computing in the future.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.201-217
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• 2019

Cars have become a necessity in modern life. It is widely used to transport people or products to a destination conveniently. However, the addition of a navigation service that provides route information and more makes driving more convenient and safer. Recent developments in the mobile app ecosystem encourages people to adopt not only an installation-type car navigation, but also a mobile app navigation, supporting connected car concepts. It should be noted that mobile apps with mobile Internet can be a significant linkage between information acquired online and offline business. This study demonstrates the impact of the app use experience for a driver in the context of applying artificial intelligence service. As a result, the introduction of artificial intelligence services has a statistically significant moderating effect on the use of mobile navigation apps. This seminal research is valuable as it evaluates the role of artificial intelligence applied to mobile navigation apps.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2021

Recent studies have indicated that mobile markets harbor applications (apps) that are either malicious or vulnerable, compromising millions of devices. Some studies indicate that 96% of companies' employees have used at least one malicious app. Some app stores do not employ security quality attributes regarding authorization, which is the function of specifying access rights to access control resources. However, well-defined access control policies can prevent mobile apps from being malicious. The problem is that those who oversee app market sites lack the mechanisms necessary to assess mobile app security. Because thousands of apps are constantly being added to or updated on mobile app market sites, these security testing mechanisms must be automated. This paper, therefore, introduces a new mechanism for testing mobile app security, using white-box testing in a way that is compatible with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) working environments. This framework will benefit end-users, organizations that oversee app markets, and employers who implement the BYOD trend.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.328-333
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• 2017

모바일 플랫폼에서 게임은 가장 전력을 많이 소모하여 배터리 사용시간을 단축시키는 응용 중 하나이다. 따라서 모바일 게임은 스마트폰의 배터리 사용시간을 늘리기 위한 중요한 전력관리 대상이다. 그러나 모바일 게임 실행 중에 배터리 용량이 급격히 감소하는 현상은 빈번하게 발생하는 문제이며 사용자가 많은 여러 모바일 게임의 동작을 검토해 본 결과 멀티 쓰레드로 동작하는 동안 특정 쓰레드가 불필요하게 CPU 사용량을 높게 점유하여 에너지가 낭비되는 경우가 발생하였다. 따라서 본 논문은 게임 실행 중 Quality of Service(QoS)와 무관하게 비정상적으로 CPU 사용량이 높은 쓰레드를 검출하고 이종 멀티프로세싱 (Heterogeneous Multi-Processing)의 특성을 활용하여 QoS 저하 없이 전력소모를 감소시키는 최적화 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법을 상용 스마트폰(삼성 Galaxy S6 Edge)에 적용하여 QoS 저하 없이 최대 58%의 에너지 효율 향상이 가능하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.232-236
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• 2020

Background: Children today get access to smartphones at an early age. However, their ability to use mobile apps has not yet been studied in detail. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the ability of children aged 2-8 years to perform touchscreen gestures and follow prompting techniques, i.e., ways apps provide instructions on how to use them. Methods: We developed one mobile app to test the ability of children to perform various touchscreen gestures and another mobile app to test their ability to follow various prompting techniques. We used these apps in this study of 90 children in a kindergarten and a primary school in New Delhi in July 2019. We noted the touchscreen gestures that the children could perform and the most sophisticated prompting technique that they could follow. Results: Two- and 3-year-old children could not follow any prompting technique and only a minority (27%) could tap the touchscreen at an intended place. Four- to 6-year-old children could perform simple gestures like a tap and slide (57%) and follow instructions provided through animation (63%). Seven- and 8-year-old children could perform more sophisticated gestures like dragging and dropping (30%) and follow instructions provided in audio and video formats (34%). We observed a significant difference between the number of touchscreen gestures that the children could perform and the number of prompting techniques that they could follow (F=544.0407, P<0.05). No significant difference was observed in the performance of female versus male children (P>0.05). Conclusion: Children gradually learn to use mobile apps beginning at 2 years of age. They become comfortable performing single-finger gestures and following nontextual prompting techniques by 8 years of age. We recommend that these results be considered in the development of mobile apps for children.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2017

The developments in mobile technology and the increase in the production of smartphones have led to the growth of the mobile healthcare market. Moreover, the number of mobile healthcare apps is on the rise, and users are benefiting from using healthcare, exercise tracking, and body monitoring apps, as well as they have been searching for health information through mobile health apps. This paper evaluated the usability of a symptom checker application that provides information on diseases, treatment methods, and related hospitals through self-diagnosis of symptoms. Symptom checkers are currently being developed, and are widely used overseas. This paper sought to evaluate the usability of a symptom checker app, and suggested ways to introduce enhancements.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.125-139
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• 2013

안드로이드 기반 오픈 마켓의 개방성으로 인해 일반적인 정상 어플리케이션 뿐만아니라 공격자에 의해 개발된 악성 어플리케이션의 배포 역시 점차 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 악성 어플리케이션들의 확산으로 인한 피해를 줄이기 위해서는 상용 모바일 단말을 대상으로 보다 정확한 방법으로 정상 앱과 악성 앱을 판별할 수 있는 메커니즘이 개발되어야 한다. 이에 본 논문에서는 안드로이드 플랫폼 기반 모바일 단말을 대상으로 정상 앱과 악성 앱으로 부터 이벤트 패턴을 분석하기 위해 안드로이드 오픈 마켓에서 가장 사용자 이용도가 높은 게임 앱을 대상으로 정상 이벤트 패턴을 분석하였고, Android MalGenome Project에서 배포하고 있는 1,260개의 악성 샘플들 중에서 게임 앱 형태에 해당하는 악성 앱과 유사 악성 앱 등을 대상으로 악성 이벤트 패턴을 분석하였다. 이와 같이 안드로이드 기반 모바일 단말에서 정상 앱과 악성 앱을 대상으로 리눅스 기반 시스템 콜 추출 도구인 Strace를 이용해 정상 앱과 악성 앱의 이벤트를 추출하는 실험을 수행하였다. 정상 앱 및 악성 앱이 각각 실행되었을 때 발생하는 이벤트를 수집하여 각각의 이벤트 집합에 대한 연관성 분석 과정을 수행하였다. 이러한 과정을 통해 정상 앱과 악성 앱 각각에 대한 이벤트 발생 특징 및 패턴과 분포도를 분석하여 이벤트 유사도를 추출할 수 있었으며 최종적으로는 임의의 앱에 대한 악성 여부를 판별하는 메커니즘을 제시하였다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.255-272
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• 2020

This exploratory study investigated Chinese consumers' perceived usefulness and risks of fashion apps and identified reasons for continuance and discontinuance intentions. This study conducted focus group interviews with a convenience sample of 13 Chinese students majoring in fashion in Korea. Based on interviewee responses, this study identified five attributes leading the perceived usefulness of mobile fashion apps (ubiquity and convenience, multi-media information, personalization, interactivity between consumers, and immediateness) and sub elements related to the five attributes. Five types of perceived risk (privacy risk, security risk, product risk, loss of future opportunity, and time risk) were identified in relation to Chinese consumers' use of fashion apps. The important role of live streaming services was uniquely identified by Chinese fashion app users. Usefulness of location-based information provided by mobile fashion apps were differently perceived according to respondents' use purpose, and augmented reality services provided by the apps were related to entertainment rather than usefulness. This study provides meaningful insights into Chinese consumers' perceptions of fashion apps and important app attributes that influence their continuance and discontinuance intentions. The findings from this study lend preliminary implications for future researchers and fashion businesses interested in the Chinese app market.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2019

블록체인기술에 대한 관심은 지속적으로 증가되고 많은 분야에 활용되고 있다. 블록체인기술은 타인이 함부로 데이터와 거래를 제어할 수 없게 하는 분산 환경을 제공한다. 모바일앱 추천은 모바일 사용자에게 적당한 앱을 추천하는데 사용된다. 예를 들어, 사용자의 선호도 및 모바일 환경에 따라 서로 다른 모바일앱을 추천하는 복수의 안드로이드기반 추천앱이 개발되어왔다. 앱 추천은 사용자가 다른 사용자의 경험을 참조하여 앱을 발견하는 데 도움을 준다. 수집된 많은 양의 데이터 및 사용자 정보는 외부 공격에 대한 취약성과 사용자 개인 정보 보호 문제를 내포한다. 이 문제를 해결하는 방법으로 암호화 안전을 보장하는 블록체인 기술을 적용할 수 있다. 본 서베이 논문에서는 모바일앱 추천 기술과 전자상거래 기술 동향을 살펴본다. 개인화된 앱 추천에 대한 사용자의 개인 정보 선호 중요성 측면에서, 블록체인기술과 협업필터링 기술의 접목이 사용자에게 안전한 데이터 환경을 제공할 수 있는지도 살펴본다.