KAIST
WIT Lab at the School of Electrical Engineering, supervised by Prof. Ian Oakley. Research interests lie in:
- User-Centered Design
- Design and Evaluation of Interactive Systems
- Computational Interaction
- Embodied Activities and Learning
About Me
Ph.D. candidate at KAIST
hyhan@kaist.ac.krHyunyoung is a Ph.D. candidate in the Wearable and Interactive Technology Lab at the School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, working with Prof. Ian Oakley. His research focuses on interactive systems and computational interaction for embodied activities grounded in user-centered design. He received his master's degree from KAIST (with Prof. Sang Ho Yoon) and bachelor's degree from DGIST. He researched in the Inference, Dynamics and Interaction Group at the University of Glasgow (with Prof. Roderick Murray-Smith and Dr. John Williamson).
His research and academic pursuits have been supported by the NRF Master's Research Grant (2024–2025), the Outstanding Doctoral Scholarship (2026–2030), and the Kim Young-Han Scholarship (2026–2027), along with various other fellowships from KAIST, IITP, KOSAF, and NRF.
Recent News
Load more- Visited Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM, Host: Dr. Jieyeon Woo)
- Gave a Research Talk about Externalizing Tacit Knowledge from Robot Policies at the University of Glasgow.
- Passed Ph.D. Qualifying Examination.
- ComiXR was featured on KAIST news and TJB.
- Selected as a recipient of the Kim Young-Han Global Leader Scholarship (4M KRW over 1 year).
- Serving as a program committee member for IUI 2027.
Education
KAIST
HCI Tech Lab at the Graduate School of Culture Technology, supervised by Prof. Sang Ho Yoon.
Thesis: Designing and Evaluation of Virtual Reality-Based Creativity Support Tool for Choreographic Process
(Dissertation committee: Sang Ho Yoon, Sung-Hee Lee, and Junyong Noh)
DGIST
Thesis: Development and Application of an Integrated AI Framework for Motion Analysis and Posture Correction for Future Healthcare
Seoul National University
University of California, Berkeley
Research Experiences
Inference, Dynamics and Interaction Group
Supervisor: Prof. Roderick Murray-Smith and Dr. John Williamson
HCI Tech Lab
Supervisor: Prof. Sang Ho Yoon
Division of Automotive Technology
Supervisor: Prof. Wooyoung Jung
DataLab (now CAOS Lab at POSTECH)
Supervisor: Prof. Sungjin Lee
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Laboratory
Supervisor: Prof. Iksoo Chang
Selected Publications
Full list of publications: Publications / Google Scholar / C=Conference Proceeding, U=Under Review, *Equal Contribution
C3. Hit and Run: Evaluating Interface Placements for Automated Vehicle-Runner Interaction
[ACM AutomotiveUI 2026
] DOI
C2. ComiXR: Exploring Comic Layouts in eXtended Reality
[ACM DIS 2026
] (Acc. Rate: 21%) DOI
C1. ChoreoCraft: In-situ Crafting of Choreography in Virtual Reality through Creativity Support Tool
[ACM CHI 2025
] (Acc. Rate: 25.1%) Honorable Mention recognition (Top 5%) Project page | DOI
U2. AmbientEye: A Dataset for Pupil Segmentation under Natural Ambient Infrared Illumination
U1. Make it Simple, Make it Dance: Dance Motion Simplification to Support Novices’ Dance Learning
Patents
PA4. Motion Simplification Method to Support Dance Learning
PA3. Method and Computer Device to Suggest Motion for Choreography Crafting
PA2. Apparatus and Method for Choreography Creation in an Extended Reality Environment
PA1. Apparatus and Method for Providing Lightened Pose Estimation Model
Academic Services
Committee
Associate Chair
- The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Poster • 2026
Program Committee
- The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) • 2026
- The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) • 2026, 2027
- The ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) Late-Breaking Results • 2025
Paper Reviewer
Special Recognition for Outstanding Review
- The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Posters • 2026
- The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) • 2026
- The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (PACM IMWUT) • 2025
Reviews (>90 papers)
- The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW, PACM HCI) • 2023 / Posters • 2025
- The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) • 2025, 2026 / Late-Breaking Work • 2024-2026
- The ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) • 2024-2026
- The ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) • 2024-2026
- The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) • 2024, 2026
- The ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) • 2024-2026
- The ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS, PACM HCI) • 2024. 2026
- The ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) Late-Breaking Results • 2024, 2025
- The ACM International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction (TEI) • 2025, 2026 / Pictorials • 2027
- The ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C) • 2025, 2026
- The ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI, PACM HCI) • 2025
- The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (PACM IMWUT) • 2025
- The IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) • 2025, 2026 / Posters • 2025
- The ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutoUI) • 2025
- The ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Short & WiP • 2025
- The ACM Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY, PACM HCI) Work-In-Progress • 2025
- The European Association of Extended Reality International Conference (EuroXR) • 2025
- The ACM Conference on Australian Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI) • 2025
- Korea Computer Congress (KCC) • 2025
- The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) • 2025, 2026
- The ACM Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS, PACM HCI) • 2026 / Late-Breaking Work • 2026
- The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) • 2026, 2027 / Posters • 2026
- The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) • 2026, 2027
- The IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) • 2026, 2027
- The IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS) • 2026
- The IEEE Pacific Visualization Conference (PacificVis) • 2026
- The EuroHaptics Conference (EuroHaptics) • 2026
- Pattern Recognition (Elsevier) • 2026
- Scientific Reports (Springer Nature) • 2026
- The IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) • 2026
Mentorship
- Murad Eynizada | Undergraduate (School of Computing, KAIST) • 2024 (URP) - Now a master's student at KAIST HCI Tech Lab
- Son Xuan Nghiem | Undergraduate (School of Computing, KAIST) • 2025
- Youngjun Kim | Undergraduate (School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST) • 2026
- Chani Kim | Undergraduate (School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST) • 2026 (URP)
Student Volunteer
- Korea Haptics Conference 2023
Teaching Assistant
- [KAIST EE205] Data Structures and Algorithms for Electrical Engineering (Fall '25, Fall '26)
- [KAIST EE305] Introduction to Electronics Design Lab (Spring '26)
Selected Honors and Awards
- A8. Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviewer at CHI 2026 Posters · Feb. 2026
- A7. Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviewer at CHI 2026 · Jan. 2026
- A6. Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviewer at IMWUT 2025 · Jun. 2025
- A5. CHI 2025 Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%) - Issued by ACM · Apr. 2025
- A4. 2nd Prize at KHC Student Innovation Challenge (Hyundai Motor Group) - Issued by Korea Haptics Society · Nov. 2023
- A3. 2nd Prize at KHC Student Innovation Challenge (LG Electronics) - Issued by Korea Haptics Society · Nov. 2023
- A2. 1st Prize at Undergrad. Research Program - Issued by DGIST · Feb. 2022
- A1. DGIST Dean’s List - Issued by DGIST · Feb. 2022
- G5. Overseas Visiting Research Program (5M KRW) - Funded by ITRC KAIST SpaceTop Research Center · 2026
- G4. Graduate Student Venture Research Program (9M KRW) - Funded by KAIST College of Engineering · 2026
- G3. Student Independent Research Grant (10M KRW) - Funded by ITRC KAIST SpaceTop Research Center · 2026
- G2. Student Independent Research Grant (10M KRW) - Funded by ITRC KAIST SpaceTop Research Center · 2025
- G1. Master's Student Research Grant (12M KRW over 1 year) - Funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) · 2024-2025
- S5. Kim Young-Han Global Leader Scholarship (4M KRW over 1 year) · 2026-2027
- S4. Outstanding Doctoral Scholarship in STEM (30M KRW over 4 years) - Funded by KOSAF · 2026-2030
- S3. National Scholarship for Tuition (≈30M KRW over 4 years) - Funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea · Sep. 2025-2029
- S2. KAIST Scholarship for Tuition (≈15M KRW over 2 years) - Funded by KAIST · Aug. 2023-2025
- S1. National Scholarship for Tuition (≈30M KRW over 4 years) - Funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea · 2019-2023