Professor

Hyun K. Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Kwangwoon University, School of Information Convergence

20 Kwangwoon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea (01897)

Tel: +82-2-940-8143

E-mail: hyunkkim@kw.ac.kr (※Google Scholar Citations)

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Industrial & Management Eng., POSTECH (2009~2015)
    “Dissertation: Definition and Classification Framework of IT Iteraction disability"

  • B.S. in Industrial & Management Eng., POSTECH (2004~2009)


Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor at School of Information Convergence, Kwangwoon University (2018~)

  • Senior UX Designer at Corporate Design Center, Samsung Electronics (2015~2018)

  • Visiting Researcher at University of Oulu (2013)


Research Interests

  • Accessibility & Digital Inequality

  • AI UX (Artificial Intelligence User Experience)

  • Human-AI Interaction


Activities

  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality 초빙 편집위원 (Special Issue Editor of Virtual Reality in Industry - Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in the Vehicle Industry) (2020~2021)

  • 대한인간공학회 학술이사 (Member of the Board of Directors of ESK (The Ergonomics Society of Korea) (2020 ~ )

  • 가전접근성 표준기술위원회 위원 (한국전자정보통신산업진흥회, 2017 ~ 2019)

  • 반응허용시간 표준기술위원회 위원 (한국전자정보통신산업진흥회, 2020 ~ )

  • 웹 접근성 국가표준 개정 위원 (한국정보화진흥원, 2020)

  • 디지털 포용 포럼 디지털 격차해소 분과 위원 (한국정보화진흥원, 2019 ~ )

  • 전자서명인증사업자의 접근성 적용 지원 사업 자문 위원 (한국정보화진흥원, 2021 ~ )


Invited Talks

  • 접근성과 UX (동의대학교, 2020.02)

  • 키오스크 접근성 (NULI, 2020.09)

  • HCI 관점에서의 장애유형 분류체계 (한국정보화진흥원, 2019.12)

  • UX 디자인에서 본 접근성 디자인 (동국대학교, 2019.12)

  • Virtual Reality UX (Seoul National University, 2019.4)

  • 사회자 약자를 배려한 접근성 정책 및 표준화 (2018년 접근성 표준화 포럼, 2018.11)

  • Why the accessibility becomes increasingly important in the company? (University of Bath, 2018.7)


Awards and Honors

  • Best UX Specialist 2018, Samsung Electronics

  • iF DESIGN AWARD 2018, Discipline Professional Concept, Universal Media UX, Samsung Electronics (Hyunkyung Kim, Christan Park, Sangah Lee, Joohee Jung) https://ifworlddesignguide.com/entry/232826-universal-media-ux/

  • iF Design AWARD 2017, Discipline Professional Concept, Spatial VR / VR UX, Samsung Electronics (Seon Woo Yoo, Hyejin Lee, Hyunkyung Kim, Joohee Park, Eun Young Lim) https://ifworlddesignguide.com/entry/206153-spatial-vr

  • Best Paper Award for the paper titled “A classification of assistive functions for people with sensory and physical disabilities” in the 1st Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design 2014 (2014)

  • National Science and Engineering Graduate Research Scholarship, The Korea Student Aid Foundation (2009 ~ 2010)

  • National Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship, The Korea Student Aid Foundation (2004 ~ 2008)