Young-Ho Kim, PhD - HCI Researcher & Builder
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Young-Ho Kim, PhD
HCI Researcher & Builder
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Short bio
2023 - Now
Leader, HCI
NAVER AI Lab
2021 - Now
Research Scientist
NAVER AI Lab
2019 - 2021
Postdoc
Univ. of Maryland
2012 - 2019
PhD (CS)
Seoul Nat'l Univ.
2007 - 2011
BFA (Design)
Seoul Nat'l Univ.
Research internsMore
2025.3 -
Jungeun Lee
POSTECH
2025.3 -
Yeonsun Yang
DGIST
2025.3 -
Migyeong Yang
SKKU
2024.5 - 9
Suhyeon Yoo
UToronto
2024.3 - 9
Inhwa Song
KAIST
2024.3 - 9
Dasom Choi
KAIST
2024.5 - 8
2023.5 - 8
Woosuk Seo
U of Michigan
2023.6 - 10
2022.6 - 9
Eunkyung Jo
UC Irvine
2023.6 - 9
Donghoon Shin
U of Washington
2023.1 - 7
Taewan Kim
KAIST
2023.1 - 7
Sukhyun Lee
Yonsei University
2022.5 - 7
Jing Wei
U of Melbourne
2022.4 - 6
Mina Huh
UT Austin
News
2025.1
Eight papers were conditionally accepted to CHI 2025, five of which were authored by our research interns. See you in Japan.
2025.1
Invited talk at Seoul National University CS & AI (Jan 7)

I am a Lead Research Scientist at NAVER AI Lab, leading the Human-Computer Interaction Research Group. As a Human-Computer Interaction researcher, I do research at the intersection of Ubiquitous Computing, Personal Health Informatics, and Personal Data Visualization. Combining my multidisciplinary knowledge in Computer Science and Visual Communication Design, I design and develop computing systems for self-tracking that empower people in the loop of human-data interaction.

I am a recipient of International Postdoc Fellowship supported by National Research Foundation of Korea in 2019, a Best of CHI Honorable Mention award at CHI 2021, and a Best Paper award at CHI 2023.

For my permanent e-mail address, please check my CV.

Academic Service

  • ACing - ACM CHI '25 (Health), ACM CSCW '24 (Jan), ACM CHI '24 (Health), IEEE PacificVis '23

Miscellaneous Facts

🫶 My Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is ENFJ (Extraversion-iNtuition-Feeling-Judging).
👨‍👩‍👦 I am going to be a dad soon I'm a dad of one boy.

Short bio
2023 - Now
Leader, HCI
NAVER AI Lab
2021 - Now
Research Scientist
NAVER AI Lab
2019 - 2021
Postdoc
Univ. of Maryland
2012 - 2019
PhD (CS)
Seoul Nat'l Univ.
2007 - 2011
BFA (Design)
Seoul Nat'l Univ.
Research Area
Selected PublicationAll Publication
ACM CHI 2025 (Cond. Accept)
AACessTalk: AI-guided Communication Mediation for Minimally Verbal Autistic Children and Parents
Dasom Choi, SoHyun Park, Kyungah Lee, Hwajung Hong, Young-Ho Kim
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AACessTalk: Fostering Communication between Minimally Verbal Autistic Children and Parents with Contextual Guidance and Card Recommendation
Dasom Choi,
SoHyun Park,
Kyungah Lee,
Hwajung Hong,
and Young-Ho Kim
ACM CHI 2025 (Cond. Accept) (Full Paper)
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ELMI: Interactive and Intelligent Sign Language Translation of Lyrics for Song Signing
Suhyeon Yoo,
Khai N. Truong,
and Young-Ho Kim
ACM CHI 2025 (Cond. Accept) (Full Paper)
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ExploreSelf: Fostering User-driven Exploration and Reflection on Personal Challenges with Adaptive Guidance by Large Language Models
Inhwa Song,
SoHyun Park,
Sachin R. Pendse,
Jessica Lee Schleider,
Munmun De Choudhury,
and Young-Ho Kim
ACM CHI 2025 (Cond. Accept) (Full Paper)
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ChaCha: Leveraging Large Language Models to Prompt Children to Share Their Emotions about Personal Events
Woosuk Seo,
Chanmo Yang,
and Young-Ho Kim
ACM CHI 2024 (Full Paper)
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MindfulDiary: Harnessing Large Language Model to Support Psychiatric Patients' Journaling
Taewan Kim,
Seolyeong Bae,
Hyun Ah Kim,
Su-woo Lee,
Hwajung Hong,
Chanmo Yang*,
and Young-Ho Kim*
(*co-corresponding)
ACM CHI 2024 (Full Paper)
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Understanding the Impact of Long-Term Memory on Self-Disclosure with Large Language Model-Driven Chatbots for Public Health Intervention
Eunkyung Jo,
Yuin Jeong,
SoHyun Park,
Daniel A. Epstein,
and Young-Ho Kim
ACM CHI 2024 (Full Paper)
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Leveraging Large Language Models to Power Chatbots for Collecting User Self-Reported Data
Jing Wei,
Sungdong Kim,
Hyunhoon Jung,
and Young-Ho Kim
PACM HCI (CSCW 2024) (Full Paper)
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PlanFitting: Tailoring Personalized Exercise Plans with Large Language Models
Donghoon Shin,
Gary Hsieh,
and Young-Ho Kim
arXiv (Full Paper)
Best Paper Award
Understanding the Benefits and Challenges of Deploying Conversational AI Leveraging Large Language Models for Public Health Intervention
Eunkyung Jo,
Daniel A. Epstein,
Hyunhoon Jung,
and Young-Ho Kim
ACM CHI 2023 (Full Paper)
Leveraging Pre-Trained Language Models to Streamline Natural Language Interaction for Self-Tracking
Young-Ho Kim,
Sungdong Kim,
Minsuk Chang,
and Sang-Woo Lee
NAACL 2022 Workshop on "Bridging HCI and NLP" (Short Paper)
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MyMove: Facilitating Older Adults to Collect In-Situ Activity Labels on a Smartwatch with Speech
Young-Ho Kim,
Diana Chou,
Bongshin Lee,
Margaret Danilovich,
Amanda Lazar,
David E. Conroy,
Hernisa Kacorri,
and Eun Kyoung Choe
ACM CHI 2022 (Full Paper)
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Honorable Mention Award
Data@Hand: Fostering Visual Exploration of Personal Data on Smartphones Leveraging Speech and Touch Interaction
Young-Ho Kim,
Bongshin Lee,
Arjun Srinivasan,
and Eun Kyoung Choe
ACM CHI 2021 (Full Paper)
Understanding Personal Productivity: How Knowledge Workers Define, Evaluate, and Reflect on Their Productivity
Young-Ho Kim,
Eun Kyoung Choe,
Bongshin Lee,
and Jinwook Seo
ACM CHI 2019 (Full Paper)
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OmniTrack: A Flexible Self-Tracking Approach Leveraging Semi-Automated Tracking
Young-Ho Kim,
Jae Ho Jeon,
Bongshin Lee,
Eun Kyoung Choe,
and Jinwook Seo
PACM IMWUT (UbiComp 2017) (Journal Article)
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TimeAware: Leveraging Framing Effects to Enhance Personal Productivity
Young-Ho Kim,
Jae Ho Jeon,
Eun Kyoung Choe,
Bongshin Lee,
KwonHyun Kim,
and Jinwook Seo
ACM CHI 2016 (Full Paper)
Research internsMore
2025.3 -
Jungeun Lee
POSTECH
2025.3 -
Yeonsun Yang
DGIST
2025.3 -
Migyeong Yang
SKKU
2024.5 - 9
Suhyeon Yoo
UToronto
2024.3 - 9
Inhwa Song
KAIST
2024.3 - 9
Dasom Choi
KAIST
2024.5 - 8
2023.5 - 8
Woosuk Seo
U of Michigan
2023.6 - 10
2022.6 - 9
Eunkyung Jo
UC Irvine
2023.6 - 9
Donghoon Shin
U of Washington
2023.1 - 7
Taewan Kim
KAIST
2023.1 - 7
Sukhyun Lee
Yonsei University
2022.5 - 7
Jing Wei
U of Melbourne
2022.4 - 6
Mina Huh
UT Austin
News
2025.1
Eight papers were conditionally accepted to CHI 2025, five of which were authored by our research interns. See you in Japan.
2025.1
Invited talk at Seoul National University CS & AI (Jan 7)
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