2025 Spring-Summer Research Internship

🏢 In-person, NAVER Green Factory at Jeongja, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyunggi, South Korea
📅 Starting around January-June 2025, for 12 weeks + extendable up to additional 12 weeks

You will develop and execute research agenda that broadly touches personal/health informatics systems (c.f., link1, link 2) equipped with AI and NLP technologies, with methods including (1) building and evaluating novel interactive systems and (2) obtaining empirical insights around existing technology or prototyped probes.

Sub-agenda with special interest include but are not limited to:

1. Building personal health and well-being systems leveraging multi-modal (text/speech/image/...) understanding and generation of LLMs
2. LLM-infused visual exploration and sensemaking of semi- or un-structured personal data (e.g., photo+text journals, audio logs)
3. Advancing/understanding AIs in relation to marginalized populations (e.g., patients, children, older adults, people with disabilities) in the health and well-being context
4. Understanding how researchers and practitioners apply Western-trained LLMs to non-Western populations

An ideal outcome of the research internship is to submit an academic paper to top-tier venues, such as CHI, UIST, UbiComp, and CSCW.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, priority will given to citizens or permanent residents of Korea, as well as international students enrolled in Korean domestic universities.

You are highly encouraged to meet these formal requirements:

• Be pursuing a PhD or have received a Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or other fields relevant to HCI. But if you are not in a PhD program, a track record of research would be necessary.
• Have one or more accepted full (main) papers as a sol-first author (co-first authored papers are not counted) in CHI, UIST, CSCW, or UbiComp.

We'll achieve the most synergy if you...

• Are receptive to guidance and open to constructive feedback.
• Are eager to learn and leverage new research methods, technoolgies, programming languages, libraries, etc., that will help us answer our research questions.

I will try my best to help you...

• Equip yourself with new research methods and skills.
• Expand your research boundaries by integrating AI perspectives.
• Experience hands-on collaboration in every aspect of research, including technical implementation, evaluation, analysis, and writing.

How to Apply

1. Unlike in previous years, you must now apply through our formal application page first (Korean / English)

   • In the application form, under [Tell about yourself], you must provide your prospective research directions and why you are qualified to accomplish the plan within the time frame of the internship.
   • Failing to clearly state your research agenda in the application form may result in rejection during the screening phase.

2. After applying, ping me via an email, titled "[Internship application] {Your name} ({Affiliation})" with your CV (You can find my e-mail address in my CV.) Not sending the email may delay the process.

Hiring Process

1. Screening of application (Until the end of Feb 2025 but may be closed earlier)
2. Coding test
3. Proposal presentation and job interviews