Lecturer in Computer Science & Information Technology
La Trobe University
Continuing academic position, building research in XR, AI, Physical AI, XRMemory, and intelligent interfaces.
Career
Academic and Research Experience
Senior Researcher
KAIST
Co-PI on a national Meta-Object project and System Integration Manager for a national OpenXR platform project.
NYU-KAIST Postdoc Collaboration
New York University
Developing tele-experience systems for a meta-museum between Daejeon and New York with NYU Future Reality Lab.
Global Shaper
World Economic Forum
Founding Curator of the Daejeon Hub and Vice Curator during 2023-2024.
Research Assistant
KISTI
Joint research on OpenXR and untact realistic platform technology.
Creator and Alumni
ZER01NE, Hyundai Motor Group
Developed creative research and technology projects including Holobot and Automatic SONATA.
Visiting Researcher
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Conducted visiting research in France during graduate study.
Investment Manager Internship
Bluepoint Partners
Worked on technology venture evaluation and early-stage startup investment support.
Education
Education
Ph.D. in Culture Technology
KAIST
Thesis: Space-Adaptive Mutual Space Generation for Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration. Advisor: Prof. Woontack Woo.
M.S. in Culture Technology
KAIST
Graduate research in AR/VR, mixed reality collaboration, and spatial interaction.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
KAIST
Undergraduate training in engineering systems, design, and computation.
Recognition
Selected Honors and Awards
Best Paper Award (Top 1%)
Viewpoint-Tolerant Depth Perception for Shared Extended Space Experience on Wall-Sized Display, IEEE ISMAR 2025.
Best Paper Award (Top 1%)
Visuo-Tactile Feedback with Hand Outline Styles for Modulating Affective Roughness Perception, IEEE ISMAR 2025.
NYU-KAIST Postdoc Collaboration Grant
New York University and KAIST.
Best Paper Award (Top 1%)
Spatial Affordance-aware Interactable Subspace Allocation for Mixed Reality Telepresence, IEEE ISMAR 2024.
KAIST Start-up Scholarship
KAIST Alumni Academic Scholarship Foundation.
Best Presentation Award (1st Prize)
The effects of spatial configuration on relative translation gain thresholds in redirected walking was invited and presented at The Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality (APMAR) 2022.
Hyundai ZER01NE Creator
Selected creator in Hyundai Motor Group's ZER01NE program.
Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
A user-oriented approach to space-adaptive augmentation, ACM CHI 2021.