I am an assistant professor at Yonsei University (and an affiliate faculty at POSTECH) leading the iDea team as a part of the Human-Data Interaction Lab (HDIL).

My research interest is in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-AI Interaction (HAI), and Data Visualization. Specifically, I am interested in building natural language tools in various multimodal contexts (e.g., data visualization, metaverse / hybrid space, UI/UX, AI application planning) via understanding how users communicate and collaborate around data in multimodal contexts and building systems to support these processes.

Before joining Yonsei University, I was a postdoctoral researcher at KAIST, working with Prof. Juho Kim. I completed my PhD in Computer Science at Stanford, with the mentorship of my advisor Prof. Maneesh Agrawala. My PhD work focuses on understanding the interactions between text and visualizations (dissertation). I did my undergrad in Computer Science at California Institute of Technology.

My CV is available here.

Note for potential applicants: The lab is currently welcoming students at all levels of study (undergraduate interns, MS, PhD, MS/PhD). If you are interested, please email me the following: (1) your CV, (2) your (unofficial) transcript, (3) a 1-2 page statement of purpose/research statement (written in English), (4) most noteworthy past experience, and (5) any other supporting material. Since I may ask for opinions from the students in the lab, who may become your future collaborators, please indicate if any of the material should not be shared with other students. If your profile seems like a good fit, I will reach out to you typically within a week.
If you are hoping to join a graduate program (MS, PhD, MS/PhD), please consider doing an internship prior to your application so that we can see if we have a mutual fit.