Junwoo Kim

Junwoo Kim

Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering Expected Feb. 2028
POSTECH, South Korea
Interaction Lab  ·  Advisor: Prof. Seungmoon Choi
B.S. in Electronics Engineering Aug. 2021
Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea
I am an HCI researcher studying haptic perception and rendering techniques that provide physically grounded sensations in virtual and immersive environments. My research focuses on leveraging signal processing and multimodal AI to translate digital content into meaningful haptic feedback.
# HCI # Haptics # XR / VR / AR # Multimodal AI # Application
school Doctoral Research
vibration Automatic Haptic Generation for Viewing Experiences
Haptic Dataset Construction Multimodal AI Applications

My doctoral research focuses on automatic haptic generation for multimedia content. I aim to build haptic-centered multimodal datasets. Based on these datasets, I am interested in developing joint multimodal AI models for audiovisual content understanding and haptic rendering, with the goal of enabling practical haptic applications.

science Current Research
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Real-Time Audiovisual-to-Haptic Rendering System Main
# Haptic Rendering # Multimodal # Audio / Video # Real-Time
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Full-Body Haptics for VR Interaction
# Full-Body Haptics # VR # Vibrotactile # User Interaction
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Directional Cueing in 3D Space
# Spatial Haptics # Directional Cue # 3D Perception # Torso Display
psychology Technical Skills
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Haptic Perception & Rendering

Psychophysics-based tactile rendering for realistic virtual environments

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Signal Processing

Time-frequency analysis, filtering, and feature extraction for haptic/audio signals

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Multimodal AI

Utilizing multimodal models for audiovisual understanding and haptic content creation

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Data Collection & Analysis

Dataset construction, statistical analysis, and experimental data processing

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User Evaluation

User studies, psychophysical experiments, and subjective quality assessment

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Application Development

AI-integrated real-time systems and interactive application development

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Total Papers
3
First Author
1
Patents
pending Ongoing Work
Conditionally Accepted 1 conference paper — ISMAR'26 (Co-author)
Conditionally Accepted 1 conference paper — UIST'26 (1st author)
Submitted 1 patent
Writing 1 journal paper — Extreme Mechanics Letters (1st author)
Writing 1 conference paper — IEEE VR'27 (Co-author)
Research 2 additional studies in progress
article Publications
Journal Papers ( 2 )
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J2 Representing Egocentric Directions With Torso-Applied Vibrotactile Stimuli
Junwoo Kim, Jaejun Park, Chaeyong Park, Junseok Park, and Seungmoon Choi
IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH), 2026
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J1 Telemetry-based Haptic Rendering for Racing Game Experience Improvement
Jiwan Lee, Junwoo Kim, Jeonggoo Kang, Eunsoo Jo, Dong Chul Park, and Seungmoon Choi
IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH), 2024
Conference Papers ( 3 )
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C3 Human Identification Performance of Vibrotactile Stimuli Applied on the Torso along Azimuth or Elevation
Junwoo Kim, Jaejun Park, Chaeyong Park, and Seungmoon Choi
2024 EuroHaptics Conference (EH'24)
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C2 Information Transfer of Full-Body Vibrotactile Stimuli: An Initial Study with One to Three Sequential Vibrations
Jaejun Park, Junwoo Kim, Sangyoon Han, Chaeyong Park, and Seungmoon Choi
2023 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC'23)
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C1 Human Recognition Performance of Simple Spatial Vibrotactile Patterns on the Torso
Junwoo Kim*, Heeyeon Kim*, Chaeyong Park, and Seungmoon Choi
2023 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC'23)
license Patents
P1 Apparatus And Method For Controlling Haptic Feedback
CN Application: 202411349517.1 (2024.09.26)
Junwoo Kim