About Me

Notice (For Prospective Students)

We, 3D Vision & Extended Reality Lab. (XR Lab.), are looking for highly motivated new members for undergraduate interns/graduate students/postdocs. If you're interested in joining our group, please email Prof. YoungWoon Cha with your Resume/CV and a copy of the Transcript.

Research Interests

• Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR): 3D Telepresence, Virtual Avatars, Metaverse Systems

• Computer Graphics: Human Performance Capture, Physically Based Modeling

• Computer Vision: 3D Reconstructions of Face, Hands, Body, and Environments 

• Machine Learning: Deep Learning for Motion Capture, Human Body Reconstruction

Education

• Ph.D. : Computer Science, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA (2021)

• M.S. : Computer Science, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA (2016)

• M.S. : Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2011)

• B.S. : Computer Science and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea (2009)

Work Experience

• [2023 - Present] Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Metaverse Convergence, Graduate School, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

• [2021 - 2023] Assistant Professor, School of Computing, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea

• [2017] Intern, Reality Reflection, Seoul, Korea

• [2014] Intern, Bosch RTC, CA, USA

• [2012 - 2013] Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea

• [2011 - 2012] Research Engineer, CTO Division, LG Electronics Inc. (LGE), Seoul, Korea

• [2007 - 2008] Intern, Samsung Software Membership (SSM), Seoul, Korea

Honors & Awards

• Best Conference Paper Award, IEEE VR 2021

• Best Paper Award, Future Device R&D Lab Conference (FDC 2011), LG Electronics

Services

• Program Committee, IEEE VR 2022

• Committee member, Korean Society for Internet Information (KSII)

Research Grants

• PI, supported by NRF: Real-time Bidirectional Mobile 3D Telepresence (2023-2024)

• PI, supported by KIST: Real-time Robotic 3D Telepresence (2022-2024)

Teaching

• Computer Graphics & Image Processing, Spring, 2024, CSE Dept., Konkuk University

• Game Programming, Fall, 2023, CSE Dept., Konkuk University

• Introduction to Open Source Software, Spring, 2023, CSE Dept., Konkuk University

• Object-Oriented Programming, Spring, 2023, 2024, CSE Dept., Konkuk University

• Algorithms, Fall, 2022, School of Computing, Gachon University

• Deep Learning, Spring 2022, School of Computing, Gachon University

• Data Structures, Spring 2022, School of Computing, Gachon University

• Database Systems, Fall 2021, School of Computing, Gachon University

• Problem-Solving Methods, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, School of Computing, Gachon University

Members

Selected Publications