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Ph.D. candidate at KAIST
hyhan@kaist.ac.kr
Hyunyoung 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
Aug 2026 | Gave a Research Talk at the University of Glasgow.
Aug 2026 | Passed Ph.D. Qualifying Exam.
Jul 2026 | ComiXR was featured on KAIST news and TJB.
Jul 2026 | Selected as a recipient of the Kim Young-Han Global Leader Scholarship.
Jul 2026 | Serving as a program committee member for IUI 2027.
Jul 2026 | Selected as a recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Scholarship from KOSAF.
Jul 2026 | A paper has been accepted to AutoUI 2026.
Jul 2026 | My mentee Chani's proposal was accepted into the KAIST URP program.
Education
KAIST
Ph.D. Candidate
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Sep. 2025 - Present
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
KAIST
Master of Science
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2025
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
Bachelor of Science
Daegu, Republic of Korea
Feb. 2019 - Feb. 2023
Thesis: Development and Application of an Integrated AI Framework for Motion Analysis and Posture Correction for Future Healthcare
Seoul National University
Exchange Student
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Dec. 2021 - Jun. 2022
University of California, Berkeley
Exchange Student
California, US (Remote)
Jun. 2021 - Aug. 2021
Research Experiences
Inference, Dynamics and Interaction Group
School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Visiting Researcher
Jun. 2026 - Aug. 2026
Supervisor: Prof. Roderick Murray-Smith and Dr. John Williamson
HCI Tech Lab
Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Research Intern
Mar. 2023 - Aug. 2023
Supervisor: Prof. Sang Ho Yoon
Division of Automotive Technology
Convergence Research Institute, DGIST
Daegu, Republic of Korea
Research Intern
Oct. 2020 - Dec. 2021
Supervisor: Prof. Wooyoung Jung
DataLab (now CAOS Lab at POSTECH)
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, DGIST
Daegu, Republic of Korea
Research Intern
Jun. 2020 - Oct. 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Sungjin Lee
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Laboratory
Dept. of Brain Science, DGIST
Daegu, Republic of Korea
Research Intern
Jan. 2020 - Feb. 2020
Supervisor: Prof. Iksoo Chang
Selected Publications
Full list of publications: Google Scholar / C=Conference Proceeding, W=Workshop Position Papers, U=Under Review, *Equal Contribution
C3. Hit and Run: Evaluating Interface Placements for Automated Vehicle-Runner Interaction
[ACM AutomotiveUI 2026]
Ammar Al-Taie, Hyunyoung Han, Mingyu Han, Ian Oakley
C2. ComiXR: Exploring Comic Layouts in eXtended Reality
[ACM DIS 2026] (Acc. Rate: 21%) DOI
Ammar Al-Taie, Hyunyoung Han, Ian Oakley
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
Hyunyoung Han*, Kyungeun Jung*, Sang Ho Yoon
W1. AfforDance: Personalized AR Dance Learning System with Visual Affordance
[ACM CHI 2025] Workshop on Beyond Glasses: Future Directions for XR Interactions within the Physical World DOI
Hyunyoung Han, Jongwon Jang, Kitaeg Shim, Sang Ho Yoon
U4. Gaze-Gesture Multimodal Interaction
U3. Externalization of Tacit Knowledge
U2. AmbientEye: A Dataset for Pupil Segmentation under Natural Ambient Infrared Illumination
Mingyu Han, Hyunyoung Han, Nitheekulawatn Thommakoon, Gangtae Park, Jieun Han, Xucong Zhang, Ian Oakley
U1. Make it Simple, Make it Dance: Dance Motion Simplification to Support Novices’ Dance Learning
Hyunyoung Han, Murad Eynizada, Son Xuan Nghiem, Sang Ho Yoon
Patents
PA4. Motion Simplification Method to Support Dance Learning
Patent Application
Sang Ho Yoon, Hyunyoung Han · 2026
PA3. Method and Computer Device to Suggest Motion for Choreography Crafting
Patent Application
Sang Ho Yoon, Hyunyoung Han, Kyungeun Jung · 2025
PA2. Apparatus and Method for Choreography Creation in an Extended Reality Environment
Patent Application
Sang Ho Yoon, Kyungeun Jung, Hyunyoung Han · 2025
PA1. Apparatus and Method for Providing Lightened Pose Estimation Model
Patent Issued (KR102707696B1, WO2023096133A1)
Jaehyun Pahk, Hyunwoo Kwak, Hyunyoung Han, Nakheon Koh · 2024
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
The IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) • 2026
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
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
Invited Talks
Externalizing Tacit Knowledge from Robot Policies, Aug 2026
University of Glasgow
ChoreoCraft: In-situ Crafting of Choreography in Virtual Reality through Creativity Support Tool, Jan 2026
SIGCHI Korea 2026 Invited Papers Workshop
The Current State of AI and Responsible Use, Dec 2025
Unho High School / Cheongju Jungang Girls' Middle School
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