International Advisor

Dr. Gun Lee is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE), University of South Australia (UniSA). His research investigates interaction and visualization methods for sharing virtual experiences in xR, i.e. VR/AR/MR (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality). Recently, developing xR technology for remote collaboration and virtual training has been his main research focus. Sharing richer communication cues and supporting large groups to collaborate across space and time are the next steps he is working on.

Before joining the Empathic Computing Lab at IVE, UniSA he was a Research Scientist at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury), leading mobile and wearable AR research projects. Previously, he also worked at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI, Korea) as a researcher where he developed VR and AR technology for industrial applications, including immersive 3D visualization systems and virtual training systems.

Dr. Lee received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Kyungpook National University (Korea), and received his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH (Korea), investigating immersive authoring method for creating VR and AR contents using 3D user interfaces.

Education

• Mar 2002 - Feb 2009: Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering, POSTECH

  • Supervisor: Prof. Gerard J. Kim, Prof. Seungmoon Choi

  • Dissertation:  Immersive Authoring of Virtual Worlds

• Mar 2000 - Feb 2002: Computer Science and Engineering, POSTECH

  • Supervisor:  Prof. Gerard J. Kim, Prof. Chan-Mo Park

  • Thesis: Modeling Virtual Object Behavior within Virtual Environment

• Mar 1996 - Feb 2000: B.S in Computer Science, Kyungpook National University 

Experiences

• Mar 2020 - Now : Senior Research Fellow in Empathic Computing Lab, University of South Australia

• Aug 2016 - Feb 2020: Senior Research Fellow in Empathic Computing Lab, University of South Australia

• Apr 2011 - Jul 2016: Post-Doctoral Fellow and Research Scientist in The Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

• Mar 2009 - Mar 2011:  Senior Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea

• Feb 2005 - Feb 2009: Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea 

Roles

• IEEE VR 2026 Poster Chair

• IEEE ISMAR 2025 Paper Chair

• IEEE ISMAR 2024 Pitch Your Lab Chair

• IEEE ISMAR 2023 Paper Chair

• IEEE ISMAR Program Committee (2020~2022)

• IEEE VR Program Committee (2019~2022)

• IEEE 3DUI 2016 Program Committee

• KJMR 2014 Panel Chair

• IEEE ISMAR 2013 Birds of a Feather Chair