Jinwook Kim
Scholar

Jinwook Kim

Google Scholar ID: HD_S4dkAAAAJ
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
VR/ARMultimodal InteractionPerceptionSpatial User InterfaceTelepresence
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
197
 
H-index
8
 
i10-index
6
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
12
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • KAIST Jang Young Sil Fellow Program – Postdoctoral Researcher Track (50M KRW), April 2025
  • Young-Han Kim Global Leader Scholarship (KAIST, 4M KRW), July 2024
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE VR Conference 2024, March 2024
  • Audience Choice Award, CHI Play Student Game Design Competition, November 2022
  • NCSOFT Scholarship (NC-KAIST, 10M KRW), June 2021
  • 2nd Prize, Junction x Seoul (Naver Z), May 2019
  • CNU Engineering Student of the Year Award (Dean Award), December 2017
  • 1st Prize, NEXON Idea Challenge, Jun–Aug 2017
  • 2nd Prize, 5th China SW Cup, Aug 2016
  • Semi-Finalist (Top 7), Microsoft Imagine Cup, March 2016
  • Publication: 'Facilitating the Exploration of Linearly Aligned Objects in Controller-Free 3D Environment with Gaze and Microgestures', IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2025 (Honorable Mention)
Research Experience
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, HCI Tech Lab, KAIST (Starting Sept. 2025), funded by KAIST Jang Young Sil Fellow Program (Postdoctoral Researcher Track), conducting alternative military service under Prof. Sangho Yoon
  • Visiting Researcher, XI Research Group, Aarhus University (Apr–Jul 2024), conducted Gaze-based XR interaction (Gaze & Pinch) research under Prof. Ken Pfeuffer
  • Research Assistant, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Center for Cognition and Sociality (2020–2022), learned EEG signal processing and data analysis (MATLAB, MNE), conducted EEG experiments on Vection and P3 Oddball ERP in VR under Dr. Yee Joon Kim
  • UX Researcher, Companoid Labs, SNU AICT (Jun–Dec 2018), developed interactive social robot 'Petbe' (published at HRI), and analyzed user data for 'Doctor Diary' app redesign
  • Intern/Programmer, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) (2015, 2017, Apr–Jun 2018; total 7 months), developed Android GPS app using LoRa signals and built LoRa node prototypes with Raspberry Pi and Arduino