Research Interests
Broadly speaking, my research aims to develop a set of conceptual or methodological tools that can address problems concerned with analysis, design, and evaluation of human-computer systems and complex socio-technical systems, and to apply the tools to a range of work domains for dealing with practical problems. The tools include methodology, framework, process, technique, software, modeling notation, etc. I hope that my research activities contribute effectually toward realizing human-computer jointly intelligent systems. The conceptual backgrounds of my research activities come from cognitive systems engineering, and my research activities are applied to the problems of human-computer interaction, knowledge management, human-centered artificial intelligence, service science & engineering, complex socio-technical systems engineering, and system safety engineering. Work domains or tasks in which I have a great interest are safety-or mission-critical systems (e.g. nuclear power plants, air traffic control systems, and ambulance dispatching systems), complex service systems (e.g. healthcare systems, education systems, and intelligent transportation systems), knowledge service systems (e.g. intelligence analysis and business intelligence), and information appliances (e.g. smart phones and ubiquitous computing systems). My research interests are as follows (More detailed research topics can be found here).
Analysis of Cognitive Works in Complex Socio-Technical Systems
Design and Evaluation of Human-System Interfaces (Display and Control, Task Procedure, Alarm System, and Information Aiding)
Design and Evaluation of Joint Cognitive Systems
Visual Analytics and Intelligent Decision Support
UX-Based Product and Service Innovation
UX-Based Product and Service Quality Engineering
Application of Data Mining Techniques to System Safety Problems and Sports Industry
System Safety Engineering (Accident Analysis and Modeling, Resilience Engineering, Human Error and Reliability, Risk Assessment, and Safety Culture)
Cognitive Systems Engineering Applications in Various Work Domains
Teaching Interests
(Socio-Technical) Systems Engineering
Systems Analysis and Design
Software Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
Cognitive Systems Engineering
Human Decision Making and Intelligent Decision Support
Knowledge Management
Analysis and Design of Work Systems
Human Factors Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications
Computer Applications and Programming
Research Methodology
Experimental Design and Data Analysis
Creative Problem Solving and Product Design
Skills and Knowledge
Research and Work
Analysis and Design of Human-Machine (Computer) Interactions
Usability Testing (Experimental Design, Statistical Data Interpretation, Experiment Management, etc.)
Developing Prototype for Usability Testing or Further Development
Software Quality Testing and Software Process Assessment
Application of Statistical Methods
Customer/User Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
Software Requirements Analysis and Specification Using UML & SySML
Design and Evaluation of Software Architecture
System Safety and Risk Assessment Using System Safety Methods
Accident and Incident Analysis
Establishing a Framework for Research and Development
Documentation and Paper Writing
Computing
Application Programs: MS-Office (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Access), HTML Editors, Adobe Photoshop, MindManager, CASE Tools-Rational ROSE, Statistical Tools-SAS System and Minitab, Optimization Tools-LINDO, etc.
Programming Language: FORTRAN, Q-BASIC, PASCAL, Visual-Basic, VBA, C/C++/C#, JAVA, HTML, LISP, Prolog, HyperCard, MetaCard
Operating System: Mac OS X and old version, Window 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7, Unix (System V)
Certifications
SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504) Provisional Assessor (March 2002)-Granted by Korea Association of Software Process Assessors
Korean Certified Quality Control Engineer (October 1992)- Granted by Human Resources Development Service of Korea
Professional Activities
Academic Memberships
Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics
British Human-Computer Interaction Group
Cognitive Systems Engineering Consortium
Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
Ergonomics Society of Korea
The Korea Society of IT Services
Society of Korea Safety Management and Science
Korea Intelligent Information System Society
The Korea Society of Information Technology Applications
Journal Editorship
Associate Editor for 'Safety and Health at Work" (March 2020 ~ Present)
Member of Editorial Board for "Journal of Korea Safety Management and Science" (March 2016 ~ Present)
Member of Editorial Board for "International Journal of Cognitive Performance Support" (March 2010 ~ Present)
Member of Editorial Board for “The Open Ergonomics Journal” (October 2007 ~ Present)
Member of Editorial Board for “International Journal of Software Architecture” (May 2007 ~ Present)
Guest Editor for Special Issue (ECCE 2007) of “International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics” (2008)
Journal Reviewer
Reviewer for “Reliability Engineering and System Safety”
Reviewer for "Cognition, Technology and Work"
Reviewer for “Automatica”
Reviewer for “IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics”
Reviewer for “Interacting with Computers”
Reviewer for “Computers in Human Behaviour”
Reviewer for “IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science”
Reviewer for "Ergonomics"
Reviewer for "International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics"
Reviewer for "Applied Ergonomics"
Reviewer for "Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science"
Reviewer for "Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries"
Reviewer for “Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations”
Reviewer for “International Journal of Information Technology Management”
Reviewer for “ETRI Journal”
Reviewer for “Management Information Systems Quaterly (MISQ)”
Reviewer for “(Korean) Journal of Information Technology Applications & Management”
Conference Reviewer
Reviewer for “Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting” (2002 ~ Present)
Reviewer for “World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics” (2001 ~ Present)
Reviewer for “Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Conference” (2005 ~ Present)
Reviewer for “ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems” (2007 ~ Present)
Reviewer for “2004 International Conference on Entertainment Computing”
Conference Organizations
Scientific Committee Member for “2004 International Conference on Entertainment Computing”
Scientific Committee Member for “2006 European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics”
Program Committee Member for “2007 Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference”
Program Committee Member for “2007 IFAC Human-Machine Systems Symposium”
Conference Co-Chair for “European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2007”
Program Committee Member for “EU-Korea Conference on Science and Technology 2009”
Program Committee Member for "Annual Conference of the New Zealand ACM SIG on Human-Computer Interaction 2010"
Program Committee Member for "European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010"
Program Committee Member for "European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2013"
Program Committee Member for "European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2014"