| Jini Kim | |
| Human-Computer Interaction Researcher wlsdl0519@gmail.com |
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| EDUCATION | |
| 2028 |
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Ph.D. Student in Human-Computer Interaction Institute School of Computer Science • Advisor: Jodi Forlizzi & Hong Shen |
| 2022 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea M.S. in Industrial Design (Specialization : Human-Computer Interaction) • Advisor: Ki-Young Nam • Thesis Committee: Ki-Young Nam, Sangsu Lee, Changhee Lee • GPA: 4.08/4.3 |
| 2020 | Handong Global University (HGU), Pohang, Korea B.S. in Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICT) B.S. in Product Design (Specialization : UX Design) • Total GPA : 4.21/4.5 | Major GPA : 4.39/4.5 | Magna Cum Laude • Honors: Academic Excellence Scholarship for 5 semesters (Top 1%) |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS Human-Computer Interaction, Social Computing, Human-AI Interaction, Health & Well-being, Crowdsourcing, Online Discussion, Digital Civics, Accessibility, Data-driven Design |
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| PUBLICATIONS | |
| [1] | ThinkWrite: Design Interventions for Empowering User Deliberation in Online Petition Kim J., Kim C., Nam K. CHI 2022 Late-breaking Work. |
| [2] | Service Design Strategies for Seamless EV Charging Experience Kim J., Kim J., Jang J., Choi J., Nam K. KSDS 2020 |
| [3] | Study of Voice-Based Crowdsourcing Platform for the Enhancement of Self-support for the Visually Impaired Kim J., Song G.R., Kim H., Kim E., Lee W. AHFE 2019 |
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
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| 2020 - | Designize Lab, Korea Advanced Science & Technology (KAIST) • Advisor: Prof. Ki-Young Nam • Thesis Committee: Ki-Young Nam, Sangsu Lee, Changhee Lee |
| 2019 | UX Design Research collaborated with LG Electronics R&D • Advisor : Prof. Eunjong Lee |
| 2018 - 2019 | Human-Computer Interaction Lab, HGU • Undergraduate Researcher • Advisor: Prof. Won-sup Lee |
| 2019 - 2019 | Ergonomic Design & Technology Lab, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) • Research Intern at Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering • Advisor : Prof. Heecheon You |
| 2018 - 2018 |
User Experience Lab, Seoul National University (SNU) • Research Intern • Advisor: Prof. Joong-Seek Lee |
| 2018 - 2020 | The Answer (UX Design group), HGU • Advisor : Prof. Eunjong Lee |
| 2017 - 2018 | Design Lab, HGU • Undergraduate Researcher • Advisor: Prof. In-Wook Choi |
| RESEARCH PROJECTS | |
| 2022 | Development of Crowd-sourcing System for the Local Sharing of Social Resources • Funded by KAIST, working as a UX Researcher |
| 2021 - 2022 |
Design Interventions for Empowering User Deliberation in Online Petition Platform • M.S. Research Thesis, KAIST • Published in CHI 2022 LBW (Kim J., Kim C., Nam K.) Developing Deliberation Augmented AI-Infused Civic Participation Platform using BERT • Funded by Exploratory Research Program, KAIST |
| 2021 | Innovating Classroom Desks to Improve Student Experience in Future Classrooms • Funded by YESEM & KAIST |
| 2021 | What Matters the Most? Investigating the Gap Between Consumers and Companies with Term-based Sentiment Analysis • Analyzed text data with NLP methods (TF-IDF, Sentiment Analysis) to compare the company's web landing pages (Apple, Huawei, Samsung) & customer reviews • Identified companies’ unique selling propositions (USP) and marketing strategies |
| 2020 | Public Display Design Strategies for Passive Citizen Engagement in Civic Activities • Funded by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) Social Venture |
| 2020 | Design Guidelines for Building AI Chatbots in Online Museum • KAIST User Centered Design Methodology Class Research |
| 2020 | Service Design Strategies for Seamless EV Charging Experience • UX Design Research, collaborated with LG Electronics R&D • Published in KSDS 2020 (Kim J., Kim J., Jang J., Choi J., Nam K.) |
| 2019 | Development of a Community Mapping App for the Non-Ambulatory • Funded by Korea Telecom (KT) • The Answer (UX Design group), HGU |
| 2019 | Data Collection and Analysis of Korean Faces for Samsung Mask Design • Research Intern, Ergonomic Design & Technology Lab, POSTECH |
| 2018 |
Development of a Conversational AI Chatbot Framework for the Arts and Tourism Contents • Funded by Korea Creative Content Agency • User Experience Lab, SNU |
| 2018 | Development of Voice-based Crowdsourcing Platform for the Enhancement of Self-support for the Visually Impaired • Published in AHFE 2019 (Kim J., Song G.R., Kim H., Kim E., Lee W.) • Human-Computer Interaction Lab, HGU |
| 2018 | A Study on the Development of VR Education Contents for the Mentally impaired • Design Lab, HGU |
| ACADEMIC SERVICES Reviewer : CHI 2022 |
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| AWARDS & HONORS | |
| 2021 | Grand Prize in MTS UX / HCI Heuristic Evaluation Competition, Shinhan Investment ￭ Heuristic report about UX / HCI Mobile Trading System (MTS) improvement |
| 2020 - 2021 | Service Designer Expert, Korean Government ￭ Building Policies for Young Single-person Households Project ￭ Start-up Incubating Programs based on Urban Regeneration Project • Funded by Daejeon Metropolitan City Daedeok District, Korea Government |
| 2021 | Top 3 in House Price Prediction Challenge Competition, Kaggle, KAIST ￭ KAIST Data Mining Course in the Dept. of Computer Science ￭ House Price Prediction challenge in Kaggle by using machine learning models ￭ Ensemble model |
| 2020 | James Dyson International Design Competition, James Dyson Award ￭ National Runner-up 2020 • Vortex Laundry: Water-powered Laundry Kit for LEDC |
| 2020 |
Magna Cum Laude, Graduated with Honors, HGU ￭ 4.21/4.5 (Overall), 4.39/4.5 (Major) |
| 2015 - 2019 |
Top 1% Academic Excellence Scholarship, HGU ￭ Top 1% Academic Excellence Scholarship ￭ Awarded for five consecutive semesters |
| 2018 |
Software Festival - Excellence award, HGU ￭ Developed a Community Mapping App for the Non-Ambulatory |
| 2017 | Prize of Excellence, Pohang Steel Design Competition, Pohang City |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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| 2020 - 2021 | Teaching Mentor for Start-ups, KAIST ￭ Mentoring sessions about Customer Experience & Design Thinking for 10 start-ups |
| 2021 | Teaching Assistant, KAIST ￭ Introduction to Basic Design and Practical Skills |
| 2019 | Teaching Assistant, HGU ￭ Human-Computer Interaction • Create lecture materials for Human-Computer Interaction Course |
| 2018 | Teaching Volunteers, HGU ￭ Mentored high school students in pre-major camps • Introduction to basic computer programming skills with Scratch |
| 2017 | Teaching Assistant, HGU ￭ Programming I (Python Programming) • Introduction to Python programming and leading Q&A sessions |
| SELECTED COURSES Programming • Web Programming, Web Service Planning and Practicum, Introduction to ICT Application, Programming I (Python), Programming II (C++, Data Structures), C-Programming • Introduction to Data Science, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Big Data Analytics Using R, Data Analytics for Designers, Research Methodology (Statistics for Quantitative Research) HCI & UX Design • Human Computer Interaction, Kansei & Cognitive Engineering, Human-Centered Design, UX Design, User Centered Design Methodology, Managing Design Innovation for Business Technology & Society, Design Research and Planning I & II, Capstone Design I & II (UX Design research) Design Skills • Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Introduction to Visual Media (Maya), Computer Graphic Design 1 & Computer Graphic Design 2 |
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| LICENSE | |
| 2021 |
Advanced Data Analytics Semi-Professional (Korea Data Agency) ￭ Nationally Accredited License, Semi-Professional ￭ License Number : 030008046 |
| LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY English (Professional Proficiency) Korean (Native) |
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| SKILLS Qualitative Methodologies Ethnographic Methods • User Research • User Interview • Wireframes • Participatory Design • Prototyping • Personas • User Stories • Scenario-based Design • Usability Testing • A/B Testing. Quantitative Methodologies Survey Design • Experiment Design • Statistical Analysis • Modeling Programming Data : Python • R (tidyverse, dplyr, ggplot2) • SPSS • C • C++ Software: HTML • Node.js • CSS • JavaScript Design Tools Adobe XD • Figma • Sketch • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe After Effects • Protopie • Rhino |
