John Yen

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology

Research Summary

My current research focus is developing AI innovation for leveraging big and high-dimensional data for addressing challenges in the real world.  I have also been interested in improving the interpretability of an AI system so that people can better calibrate their trust level on recommendations of the system.

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Projects

Recent Publications

Detecting and Interpreting Changes in Scanning Behavior in Large Network Telescopes

Kallitsis, M., Prajapati, R., Honavar, V., Wu, D. & Yen, J., 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 17, p. 3611-3625 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Learning from experts' experience: Toward automated cyber security data triage

Zhong, C., Yen, J., Liu, P. & Erbacher, R. F., Mar 2019, In: IEEE Systems Journal. 13, 1, p. 603-614 12 p., 8360965.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Using Bayesian Networks for Probabilistic Identification of Zero-Day Attack Paths

Sun, X., Dai, J., Liu, P., Singhal, A. & Yen, J., Oct 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 13, 10, p. 2506-2521 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A cyber security data triage operation retrieval system

Zhong, C., Lin, T., Liu, P., Yen, J. & Chen, K., Jul 2018, In: Computers and Security. 76, p. 12-31 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Temporal causality analysis of sentiment change in a cancer survivor network

Bui, N., Yen, J. & Honavar, V., Jun 2016, In: IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 3, 2, p. 75-87 13 p., 7539545.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

What Do People Like to “Share” About Obesity? A Content Analysis of Frequent Retweets About Obesity on Twitter

So, J., Prestin, A., Lee, L., Wang, Y., Yen, J. & Chou, W. Y. S., Feb 1 2016, In: Health Communication. 31, 2, p. 193-206 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Automatic building information model query generation

Jian, Y., Yu, N., Ming, J., Lee, S., Degraw, J., Yen, J., Messner, J. I. & Wu, D., Dec 2015, In: Journal of Information Technology in Construction. 20, p. 518-535 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Leader identification in an online health community for cancer survivors: a social network-based classification approach

Zhao, K., Greer, G. E., Yen, J., Mitra, P. & Portier, K., Nov 1 2015, In: Information Systems and e-Business Management. 13, 4, p. 629-645 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Introduction to the special issue on linking social granularity and functions

He, Q., Li, J., Yan, R., Yen, J. & Zhang, H., Apr 2014, In: ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. 5, 2, 22.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

"Where have all the good men gone?" Gendered interactions in online dating

Kreager, D. A., Cavanagh, S. E., Yen, J. & Yu, M., Apr 2014, In: Journal of Marriage and Family. 76, 2, p. 387-410 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Patent evaluation based on technological trajectory revealed in relevant prior patents

Oh, S., Lei, Z., Lee, W. C. & Yen, J., 2014, In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 8443 LNAI, PART 1, p. 545-556 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Social intelligence and technology

Yang, C. C., Yen, J. & Liu, J., 2014, In: IEEE Intelligent Systems. 29, 2, p. 5-8 4 p., 6832888.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Cognitive process

Yen, J., Erbacher, R. F., Zhong, C. & Liu, P., 2014, In: Advances in Information Security. 62, p. 119-144 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Finding influential users of online health communities: a new metric based on sentiment influence.

Zhao, K., Yen, J., Greer, G., Qiu, B., Mitra, P. & Portier, K., Oct 2014, In: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 21, e2, p. e212-218

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Understanding topics and sentiment in an online cancer survivor community

Portier, K., Greer, G. E., Rokach, L., Ofek, N., Wang, Y., Biyani, P., Yu, M., Banerjee, S., Zhao, K., Mitra, P. & Yen, J., Dec 2013, In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs. 47, p. 195-198 4 p., lgt025.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review