Jinwook Kim, Ph.D.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Information Electronics at KAIST, advised by Prof. Sang Ho Yoon. I received my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Graduate School of Culture Technology at KAIST, where I worked in the Visual Cognition Lab under the supervision of Prof. Jeongmi Lee. During my graduate studies, I conducted interdisciplinary research bridging Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and cognitive science.

My research interests lie at the intersection of HCI and Extended Reality (XR), with a specific focus on multimodal interaction utilizing gaze, hand gestures, and EEG and exploring and measuring cognitive features to evaluate novel interaction techniques. My ultimate goal is to augment human performance and enhance immersive experiences through advanced multimodal I/O systems in XR environments.

jinwook.kim31 [at] gmail.com

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News

Sep. 2025 💼 I started as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute of Information Electronics & HCI Tech Lab, KAIST (1-year alternative military service).
Apr. 2025 🌟 I was selected for KAIST Jang Young Sil Fellow Post-doctoral Program ($35K).
Apr. 2025 🎓 Succesfully defended my Ph.D. thesis!
Apr. 2024 ✈️ Fly to Aarhus University, Denmark to join Prof. Ken Pfeuffer's XI group at Aarhus University as a Visiting Researcher.

Education

Ph.D. in Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST

2021 – 2025

Thesis: Tailoring and Blending Functions on Natural Input based Hybrid Interaction for Enhanced Practicality in Controller-Free Extended Reality Environment

Advisor: Visual Cognition Lab, Prof. Jeongmi Lee
M.S. in Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST

2019 – 2021

Thesis: Multisensory Pseudo-Haptic Feedback for Weight Perception of Virtual Objects

Advisor: Visual Cognition Lab, Prof. Jeongmi Lee
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University

2014 – 2018

Global SW Track member & CNU Engineering Student of the Year (Dean award)

Work Experience

Institute of Information Electronics, KAIST(Daejeon, Korea)

Sep. 2025 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Prof. Sang Ho Yoon)
XI Research Group, Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark)

Apr. 2024 - Jul. 2024

Visiting Researcher (Advisor: Prof. Ken Pfeuffer)
Hyundai ZERO1NE(Seoul, Korea)

May 2021 - Dec. 2022

Researcher & Creator
ibs Center for Cognition & Sociality (Daejeon, Korea)

Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022

Research Assistant
Companoid Labs, SNU AICT (Suwon, Korea)

Jun. 2018 - Dec. 2018

HCI Researcher

Publications

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Selected Awards

Apr. 2025
KAIST Jang Young Sil Fellow Program
Postdoctoral Researcher Track ($35K)
Jul. 2024
Young-Han Kim Global Leader Scholarship
KAIST Scholarship ($2.8K)
Jun. 2021
NCSOFT Ph.D. Scholarship
NC-KAIST Scholarship ($7K)
Aug. 2017
2017 NEXON Idea challenge
1st Prize
Mar. 2016
2016 Microsoft Imagine Cup
Semi Final (TOP 7)

Academic Services

Invited Talk & Lecture

Psychological Experiment Implementation with Unity 3D, CNU, 2024.02~03

(Article)[Paper Review] Increasing the sense of immersion in extended reality: A sensory augmentation system, Dongascience, 2023.10

CSE333 Intro to Human-Computer Interaction, UNIST, 2023.06.01

Conference Contribution

IEEE ISMAR 2025 – 3rd Workshop on Gaze and Eye Movement in Interaction in XR (GEMNI) (Organizer)

ACM CHI LBW 2025 (Associate Chair)

ACM TEI 2021 (Student Volunteer)

Reviewer

IEEE VR, ISMAR, CHI, CSCW, UIST, IMWUT, EuroHaptics, HRI, VRST, IEEE Access, IJHCI

Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews: CHI2025, UIST2025, ISMAR2024

Mentoring

7 M.S. and Ph.D. Students Research Mentoring with PI (Prof. Jeongmi Lee & Sang Ho Yoon)

Naver Connect Foundation (Python, C, Data Analysis)

KAIST Gifted Youth Camp (Block Programming, Unity Basic)

MODU Lab - LG ML/AI bootcamp

2021 ARKO Art Center ART TALK Program Mentor

2020 Young-In Upcycling Hack-A-Thon Mentor