Major 

Database
 
 
 Research Interests

Object-Oriented Spatial Query Languages

MobilInternet GIS

Parallel Spatial Query Processing

  
 
 Education 

Ph.D., Seoul National University, Korea, 1988
 
 
 Selected Publications 
  1. Kim, J. D., and Hong, B. H., "Parallel Spatial Join Algorithm Using Grid Files," International Symposium DANTE, pp. 127-135, 1999.

2. Moon, S. H., Shin, Y. S., and Hong B. H., "Update Propagation of Replicated Data in Distributed Spatial Databases," Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA), pp. 952-963, 1999.

3. Moon, S. H., and Hong, B. H., "Design and Implementation of Materialized Spatial Views," Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems(OOIS), 1997.

4. Moon, S. H., and Hong, B. H., "Incremental Update Algorithms for Materialized Spatial Views by Using View Derievation Relationships," Proc. of 8th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA), pp. 539-550, 1997.

5. Oh, A. S., and Cho, J. O., "An Incremental Update Propagation Scheme for a Cooperative Transaction Model," Proceedings of 7th International Conference and Workshop on DEXA, pp. 353-362, 1996.

  
 
 Professional Experiences 

Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea (1987-Present)
  
 
 Professional Societies & Activities 

Member, ACM, KISS
  
 
 Honors and Awards 

  
 
 International Joint Research & Activities