diff --git a/SubgraphIsomorphism/ktruss/code/julia/ktruss.jl b/SubgraphIsomorphism/ktruss/code/julia/ktruss.jl
index 9bfff12..3195a63 100644
--- a/SubgraphIsomorphism/ktruss/code/julia/ktruss.jl
+++ b/SubgraphIsomorphism/ktruss/code/julia/ktruss.jl
@@ -1,34 +1,71 @@
+const Chol = if isdefined(Base, :SparseArrays)
+    Base.SparseArrays.CHOLMOD
+else
+    Base.SparseMatrix.CHOLMOD
+end
+
+colptr0(A::Chol.Sparse, col) = unsafe_load(unsafe_load(A.p).p, col)
+rowval(A::Chol.Sparse, j) = unsafe_load(unsafe_load(A.p).i, j) + 1
+nzval(A::Chol.Sparse, j) = unsafe_load(unsafe_load(A.p).x, j)
+
 function calcx(E, m, n, k)
-    tmp = E.'*E;
-    R = E * ( tmp - spdiagm( diag(tmp) ) );
-    r,c,v = findnz(R);
-    id = v.==2;
-    A = sparse( r[id], c[id], 1, m, n);
-    s = sum(A, 2);
-    x = s .< (k-2);    
-    return(x, !x);
+    CSE = Chol.Sparse(E)
+    tmp = CSE'*CSE
+
+    # subtract spdiagm( diag(tmp) ) from tmp in-place by setting diagonals to 0
+    tmp_ptr = unsafe_load(tmp.p)
+    for col in 1:n
+        for j in colptr0(tmp, col) + 1 : colptr0(tmp, col+1)
+            if rowval(tmp, j) == col
+                unsafe_store!(tmp_ptr.x, 0, j)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    R = CSE * tmp
+    s = zeros(Int, m)
+
+    @inbounds for col in 1:n
+        for j in colptr0(R, col) + 1 : colptr0(R, col+1)
+            if nzval(R, j) == 2
+                s[rowval(R, j)] += 1
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    rowflags = falses(m) # rows of E with at least one nonzero in them
+    @inbounds for col in 1:n
+        for j in colptr0(CSE, col) + 1 : colptr0(CSE, col+1)
+            if nzval(CSE, j) != 0
+                rowflags[rowval(CSE, j)] = true
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    return find(s .>= (k-2)), sum(rowflags)
 end
 
 function ktruss(inc_mtx_file, k)
-    if ~isfile( inc_mtx_file )
-        println("unable to open input file");
-        return (-1);
+    if !isfile( inc_mtx_file )
+        println("unable to open input file")
+        return (-1)
     end
 
     # load input data       
-    t_read_inc=@elapsed ii = readdlm( inc_mtx_file, '\t', Int64);
-    println("incidence matrix read time : ", t_read_inc);
-
-    t_create_inc=@elapsed E = sparse( ii[:,1], ii[:,2], ii[:,3] );
-    println("sparse adj. matrix creation time : ", t_create_inc);
-
-    #
-    tic();
-    m,n = size(E);
-    x, xc = calcx(E, m, n, k);
-    while sum(xc) != sum( any(E,2) )
-        E[find(x), :] = 0
-        x, xc = calcx(E, m, n, k);
+    t_read_inc=@elapsed ii = readdlm( inc_mtx_file, '\t', Int64)
+    println("incidence matrix read time : ", t_read_inc)
+
+    t_create_inc=@elapsed E = sparse( ii[:,1], ii[:,2], ii[:,3] )
+    println("sparse adj. matrix creation time : ", t_create_inc)
+
+    tic()
+    m,n = size(E)
+    xcinds, rowcount = calcx(E, m, n, k)
+    while length(xcinds) != rowcount
+        # keep rows of E where x is false, equivalent to E[find(x), :] = 0
+        Ekeep = E[xcinds, :]
+        E = SparseMatrixCSC(m, n, Ekeep.colptr, xcinds[Ekeep.rowval], Ekeep.nzval)
+        xcinds, rowcount = calcx(E, m, n, k)
     end
     
     return E