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Hyunyoung (Hyun-young) is a Ph.D. student in WIT Lab at the School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, working with Ian Oakley.
His research focuses on designing interactive systems and entertainment computing grounded in user-centered design methodologies. He is particularly interested in developing experiences that are not only engaging and accessible for users but also impactful for researchers and practitioners. He received his master's degree from KAIST (advised by Sang Ho Yoon) and his bachelor's degree from DGIST.
He was a recipient of a master's research grant from the NRF of Korea (2024-2025) and received an Honorable Mention at CHI (2025).
Contact: hyhan@kaist.ac.kr
Recent News
Dec 2025 | A paper was accepted to HCI Korea 2026.
Oct 2025 | Serving on the program committee for IUI 2026.
Jun 2025 | Recognized as an outstanding reviewer for IMWUT 2025.
Jun 2025 | Successfully defended master's thesis. Continue Ph.D. journey at KAIST EE.
Jun 2025 | Serving on the program committee for the Late-Breaking Results track of ICMI 2025.
May 2025 | ChoreoCraft was featured on KAIST news.
Mar 2025 | New research project (supported by ITRC) on performance capture using smartglasses was selected!
Mar 2025 | A full paper (Honorable Mention awarded) and a workshop paper were accepted to CHI 2025.
Jan 2025 | Three papers were accepted to HCI Korea 2025.
Mar 2024 | Master's research grant from NRF of Korea on improving the dance learning experience was selected!
Education
KAIST
Ph.D. student
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Sep. 2025 - Present
WIT Lab at the School of Electrical Engineering, supervised by Prof. Ian Oakley. My specific research interests lie in:
User-Centered Design (PJT1-9, 13, 15)
Entertainment Computing (PJT1, 4, 6-9, 12, 13, 15)
Designing Interactive Systems (PJT2, 4, 5, 6, 13)
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
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
Advisor: Prof. Hongkyoung Lee
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
HCI Tech Lab
Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST
Research Intern
Mar. 2023 - Aug. 2023
Advisor: Prof. Sang Ho Yoon
Division of Automotive Technology
Convergence Research Institute, DGIST
Research Intern
Oct. 2020 - Dec. 2021
Advisor: Prof. Wooyoung Jung
DataLab (now CAOS Lab at POSTECH)
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, DGIST
Research Intern
Jun. 2020 - Oct. 2020
Advisor: Prof. Sungjin Lee
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Laboratory
Dept. of Brain Science, DGIST
Research Intern
Jan. 2020 - Feb. 2020
Advisor: Prof. Iksoo Chang
Work Experiences
OnCloud9
Product Manager
Jun. 2021 - Nov. 2022
Movers
Product Manager
Feb. 2021 - Jun. 2021
Selected Publications
Full list of publications: Google Scholar (*Equal contribution)
C1. ChoreoCraft: In-situ Crafting of Choreography in Virtual Reality through Creativity Support Tool
[ACM CHI 2025] Honorable Mention recognition (Top 5%)
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
Hyunyoung Han, Jongwon Jang, Kitaeg Shim, Sang Ho Yoon
Patents
PA3. 안무 저작을 위한 모션 추천 방법 및 컴퓨터 장치 (METHOD AND COMPUTER DEVICE TO SUGGEST MOTION FOR CHOREOGRAPHY CRAFTING)
Patent Application
윤상호, 한현영, 정경은 · 2025
PA2. 확장현실 환경에서 안무 저작 장치 및 방법 (APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY CREATION IN A EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENT)
Patent Application
윤상호, 정경은, 한현영 · 2025
PA1. 경량화된 자세 추정 모델 제공 장치 및 방법 (APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVING LIGHTENED POSE ESTIMATION MODEL)
Patent Issued (KR102707696B1, WO2023096133A1)
박재현, 곽현우, 한현영, 고낙헌 · 2024, 2023
Academic Services
Committee
Program Committee
The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) • 2026
The ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI) Late-Breaking Results • 2025
Paper Reviewer
Special Recognition for Outstanding Review
The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (PACM IMWUT) • 2025
Reviews (>60 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, 2025
The ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) • 2024, 2025
The ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) • 2024, 2025
The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) • 2024
The ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) • 2024, 2025
The ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS, PACM HCI) • 2024
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
The ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C) • 2025
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 / 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
The ACM Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS, PACM HCI) • 2026
The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) • 2026 / 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 Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) • 2026
Mentorship
Murad Eynizada | Undergraduate (School of Computing, KAIST) • 2024 (URP)
Son Xuan Nghiem | Undergraduate (School of Computing, KAIST) • 2025
Youngjun Kim | Undergraduate (School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST) • 2026
Student Volunteer
Korea Haptics Conference 2023
Teaching Assistant
[EE205] Data Structures and Algorithms for Electrical Engineering (Fall, 2025)
Selected Honors and Awards
A6. Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviewer at IMWUT 2025 - Issued by ACM · 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
G2. Student Independent Research Grant (10M KRW) - Funded by ITRC KAIST SpaceTop Research Center · 2025
G1. Master's Student Research Grant (12M KRW) - Funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) · 2024-2025
S3. National Scholarship - Funded by Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea · Sep. 2025
S2. KAIST Scholarship (≈15M KRW) - Funded by KAIST · Aug. 2023
S1. National Scholarship (≈30M KRW) - Funded by Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea · Feb. 2019
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