Ph.D. in Culture Technology
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Aug 2022 – Present (Expected Aug 2026) · Daejeon, Korea
🎓Education
M.S. in Culture Technology
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Sep 2020 – Aug 2022 · Daejeon, Korea
B.S. in Media & Communication (Cum Laude)
Chung-Ang University
Mar 2015 – Aug 2020 · Seoul, Korea
💼Work Experience
Visiting Researcher
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dec 2025 – Apr 2026 · Atlanta, USA
University of Calgary
Aug 2025 – Nov 2025 · Calgary, Canada
University of Calgary
Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · Calgary, Canada
University of Southern California
Dec 2021 – Feb 2022 · Los Angeles, USA
Research Intern
Seoul National University
Mar 2020 – Apr 2020 · Seoul, Korea
🧪Projects
OpenXR: Development of an Open XR Platform for Highly Immersive Collaboration
KAIST, KISTI, KICT
Dec 2021 – Present
TranSpace: Human Reconstruction for Highly Realistic Virtual Interaction
KAIST
Sep 2020 – Nov 2021
🤝Service & Leadership
Student Volunteer Chair
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2025)
Student Volunteer
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2023, 2024)
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR 2024, 2025)
Reviewer
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) [2024] [2025]
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) [2024] [2025]
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) [2025]
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing [2025]
PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality [2025]
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) [2026]
Young Standardization Expert
Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA), Korea
Jun 2023 – Present
- Contributing member of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 WG 9 (Augmented and Virtual Reality)
- Presenter and contributor at ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 plenary and working group meetings (Sydney 2023, Paris 2024, Alexandria 2025)