Hi. My name is Jaeyeon [JAY-awn] and I am an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at UNIST. I'm leading the TACT Lab, where we focus on designing rich and intuitive haptic interactions for future computers based on human haptic perception and innovative hardware interfaces.
Previously, I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at KAIST in 2020, advised by Prof. Geehyuk Lee. I was also a research intern at Microsoft Research (with Mike Sinclair, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Eyal Ofek, and Christian Holz) and Saarland University (with Prof. Jürgen Steimle). You can find the full list of my publications in my Google Scholar profile and in my CV (PDF).

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If you are looking for a research internship, please read this form carefully and submit an application if you are still interested. In the past two and a half years, we were able to have eleven amazing interns and all interns led their own research projects.

If you are looking for graduate thesis/project advising, please send me an email with the topic you'd like to explore so we can discuss the topic and research plan for the semester. I usually put much attention in early stage of the project (even before the semester). Please start communicating your plan as early as possible. An application on the portal without pre-discussion can be declined.

If you are interested in MS/Ph.D. position in my group, every year I take 1-2 graduate students supported by the government scholarship (free tuition fee).
However, I hardly consider applicants without prior research experience with me unless they have a strong recommendation from a professional researcher in related fields. Thus, if you are interested in joining MS/Ph.D. program, I strongly recommend considering a research internship in my group so that both you and I can see whether there's a good fit not only in research interests and skills but also in working style, lab culture, etc. Please understand that this is because the *fit* is one of the key factors for your successful graduate school life. If you have any related question, please send me an email.

News

Jun 17  KIISE  I joined the KIISE Computer Graphics & Interaction Society as a board member.
May 20  IB Brain Link  Our proposal (PI: Jaeyeon Lee) on haptic interfaces research group got accepted. I'm very excited for future collaborations with Professor Jiyun Kim, Min Hyuk Lim, Kyungdon Joo, and Hyemin Ahn!
May 17  CHI 2025  I joined the CHI 2025 Program Commitee.
May 11  UIST 2025  I joined the UIST 2025 Organizing Committee.
May 11-19  Travel  Attended CHI 2024 as an Interactivity chair and an author. One of my students, Sungwoo, joined the travel to Honolulu.
Feb 20  LGe Target Lab  TACT Lab has been selected as LG Electronics' Target Lab in Haptics for AR/VR.
Feb 7  Korea Haptics Conference  I will serve as a Program Chair for KHC 2024.
Jan 19-Feb 19  Travel  I visited the Univeristy of Maryland for research collaboration with Prof. Stephanie Valencia. It was a great time with lots of interactions and inspiring conversations with professors and students at UMD HCIL!

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Paper Award, KHC 2023
  • Best Work-in-Progress Paper Finalists, WHC 2021
  • EECS Rising Stars in Korea
  • Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, CHI 2019
  • Special Recognition for Outstanding Review, CHI 2019
  • Outstanding Paper Award, ISSM 2017
  • GradUS Global Scholarship
  • UIST 2017 Doctoral Symposium
  • SCF 2017 Summer School Travel Grant
  • NAVER PhD Fellowship Award
  • Google Travel Grant
  • Outstanding TA Award, School of Computing, KAIST
  • Outstanding TA Award, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

Teaching

  • UNIST CSE333: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction, Spring 2024
  • UNIST CSE333: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction, Spring 2023
  • UNIST CSE523: Advanced Human-Computer Interaction, Spring 2023
  • UNIST UNI111: Introduction to CSE, Fall 2022
  • UNIST CSE333: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction, Spring 2022
  • UNIST CSE469: Introduction to Robotics, Spring 2022
  • UNIST CSE523: Advanced Human-Computer Interaction, Fall 2021
  • UNIST UNI111: Introduction to CSE, Fall 2021

Academic Services

    Board Member
  • ACM SIGCHI Korea Local Chapter, 2022-2024
  • Korea Haptics Society, 2022-2024
  • KIISE Computer Graphics and Interaction Society
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    Organizing Committee
  • ACM UIST'25 Local Arrangement Chair
  • Korea Haptics Conference 2024 Program Chair
  • IEEE World Haptics Conference 2025 Workshop Chair
  • ACM CHI'23-24 Interactivity Chair
  • Korea Haptics Conference 2023 Poster Chair
  • ACM SIGCHI Korea Local Chapter Winter Event Organizer
  • ACM AHs'21 Poster Chair
  • ACM SIGCHI Korea Local Chapter Workshop Mentorship Chair
  • ACM ISS'19 Student Volunteer Chair
  •  
    Program Committee
  • ACM CHI'23-25 Papers
  • Korea Haptics Conference 2023
  • ACM UIST'23 Papers
  • ACM MobileHCI'19 Late-Breaking Results
  • ACM CHI'19 Late-breaking Work
  • ACM TEI'17 Work-in-Progress
  • ACM CHI'17 Interactivity
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    Editorial Board
  • Frontiers in Virtual Reality
  • Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  •  
    Reviewer
  • ACM CHI'18-24
  • ACM UIST'18-24
  • ACM VRST'22
  • IEEE VR'19-23
  • IEEE ISMAR'20
  • ACM SUI'22
  • ACM CSCW'20
  • ACM TEI'17-19
  • ACM DIS'18
  • ACM ISWC'17
  • IEEE VR Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics
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    Departmental / University Services
  • UNIST Admission Audit Committee Vice-Chair '23-'25
  • UNIST Undergraduate Admission Committee '22
  • CSE Student/Event/Public Relations Committee '21 - Present

Previous Affliations

Current Members

  • Buyeong Mun (MS-Ph.D.)
  • Sang Hyun Bae (MS-Ph.D.)
  • Sungwoo Kang (UNIST CSE)
  • Junsu Lee (UNIST CSE)

Collaborators

Previous Research Projects

PseudoBend (UIST'19)
We present a technique for haptic feedback that creates the illusion that a rigid device is being stretched, bent, or twisted. The method uses a single 6-DOF force sensor and a vibrotactile actuator to render grain vibrations to simulate the vibrations produced during object deformation based on the changes in force or torque exerted on a device.

TORC (@ Microsoft Research, CHI'19)
Recent hand-held controllers have explored a variety of haptic feedback sensations for users in virtual reality by producing both kinesthetic and cutaneous feedback from virtual objects. These controllers are grounded to the user's hand and can only manipulate objects through arm and wrist motions, not using the dexterity of their fingers as they would in real life.

Like a Second Skin (@ Saarland HCI Lab, Honorable Mention at CHI'19)
The emerging class of epidermal devices opens up new opportunities for skin-based sensing, computing, and interaction. Future design of these devices requires an understanding of how skin-worn devices affect the natural tactile perception.

Mode Errors in Korean-English Dual-language Keyboard (CHI'19)
In countries where languages with non-Latin characters are prevalent, people use a keyboard with two language modes namely, the native language and English, and often experience mode errors. To diagnose the mode error problem, we conducted a field study and observed that 78% of the mode errors occurred immediately after application switching.

Square Watch Interaction (IJHCS, 2018)
Smartwatch has a limited input vocabulary because of its small touchscreen. Using touch sensitive edge as an input is one of the promising solutions. We explored interaction techniques that use the possible combinations of touch sensitive edges and the touchscreen.

Touch Branch (Lumi Land (2017); Outstanding Paper Award at ISSM'17; DIS'18)
Interpersonal touch, one of the most primitive social languages, is an excellent design element frequently utilized in interaction design. We built an interactive system that can sense simple touch and interpersonal touches. We observed the interpersonal touches and discussed the effect of social relationship and the spatial distance. This research project was a part of an interactive installation project, Lumi Land (2017), at National Science Museum in Korea.

Multimodal Watch-back Tactile Display (CHI'18)
We proposed the idea of layering two disjoint tactile sensations (wind and vibration) together to expand the information capacity of watch-back tactile display. We presented interaction scenarios and the pattern recognition experiment results of multimodal tactile display.

Non-contact Wearable Tactile Display (UIST'16)
Traditional wearable tactile displays transfer tactile stimulations through a firm contact between the stimulator and the skin. We conjecture that a firm contact may not be always possible and acceptable. We explored the concept of a non-contact wearable tactile display using an airflow, which can transfer information without a firm contact.

Watch-back Tactile Display (CHI'15)
A watch-back tactile display (WBTD) is expected to be a viable supplement to the user interface limitations of a smartwatch. However, its design requires that many design parameters such as tactor types and stimulus patterns be determined. We conducted a series of experiments to explore a best design of a WBTD consisting of 3×3 tactors and presented the results.

Publications

    Peer-reviewed Conference and Journal Papers

  1. QuadStretcher: A Forearm-Worn Skin Stretch Display for Bare-Hand Interaction in AR/VR
    Taejun Kim, Youngbo Aram Shim, YoungIn Kim, Sunbum Kim, Jaeyeon Lee, Geehyuk Lee. CHI 2024.
  2. Investigating the Feasibility of Force Input using Hand Flexion and Extension
    Sungwoo Kang, Buyoung Mun, HyeonBeom Yi, Geehyuk Lee, Jaeyeon Lee. Korea Haptics Conference 2023. Outstanding Paper Award
  3. Perceptibility of programmable softness displays using magnetorheological elastomers
    Bingxu Li, Jaeyeon Lee, Gregory J. Gerling. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 2023. Best Student Paper Runner-Up
    [Sage Journals]
  4. Augmenting On-Body Touch Input with Tactile Feedback Through Fingernail Haptics
    Peter Khoa Duc Tran, Purna Valli Anusha Gadepalli, Jaeyeon Lee, Aditya Shekhar Nittala. CHI 2023.
    [acm dl]
  5. Design and Field Trial of Tunee in Shared Houses: Exploring Experiences of Sharing Individuals’ Current Noise-level Preferences with Housemates
    Nari Kim, Sangsu Jang, Hansol Kim, Jaeyeon Lee, Young-Woo Park. CHI 2023.
    [acm dl]
  6. PseudoBend: Producing Haptic Illusions of Stretching, Bending, and Twisting Using Grain Vibrations
    Seongkook Heo, Jaeyeon Lee, Daniel Wigdor. UIST 2019.
    [git repository] [acm dl]
  7. TORC: A Virtual Reality Controller for In-Hand High-Dexterity Finger Interaction
    Jaeyeon Lee, Mike Sinclair, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Eyal Ofek, Christian Holz. CHI 2019.
    [MSR blog post] [acm dl] [slides]
  8. Diagnosing and Coping with Mode Errors in Korean-English Dual-language Keyboard
    Sangyoon Lee, Jaeyeon Lee, Geehyuk Lee. CHI 2019.
    [project page] [acm dl]
  9. Like A Second Skin: Understanding How Epidermal Devices Affect Human Tactile Perception
    Aditya Shekhar Nittala, Klaus Kruttwig, Jaeyeon Lee, Roland Bennewitz, Eduard Arzt, Jürgen Steimle. CHI 2019. Best Paper Honorable Mention Award
    [pre-print] [project page] [acm dl]
  10. TouchBranch: Understanding Interpersonal Touches in Interactive Installation
    Seungki Kim, Jiwoo Hong, Jaeyeon Lee, Hyunsook Choi, Geehyuk Lee, and Woohun Lee. DIS 2018.
    [gif] [acm dl]
  11. Exploring Multimodal Watch-back Tactile Display using Wind and Vibration
    Youngbo Shim, Jaeyeon Lee, and Geehyuk Lee. CHI 2018.
    [video preview] [acm dl]
  12. Evaluation of Edge-based Interaction on a Square Smartwatch
    Sunggeun Ahn, Jaeyeon Lee, Keunwoo Park, and Geehyuk Lee. IJHCS 109 (2018): 68-78.
    [paper link]
  13. Developing and Understanding UX of the Interactive Installation with Interpersonal Touch Technology
    Seungki Kim, Jiwoo Hong, Jaeyeon Lee, Geehyuk Lee, Woohun Lee, and Hyunsook Choi. ISSM 2017. Outstanding Paper Award
  14. Designing a Non-contact Wearable Tactile Display Using Airflows
    Jaeyeon Lee and Geehyuk Lee. UIST 2016.
    [video figure] [acm dl] [slides]
  15. Investigating the Information Transfer Efficiency of a 3×3 Watch-back Tactile Display
    Jaeyeon Lee, Jaehyun Han, and Geehyuk Lee. CHI 2015.
    [video figure] [acm dl] [slides]
  16. Defying Gravity: A Novel Method of Converting Screen Orientation
    Jaeyeon Lee and Da Young Ju. IJSH 7.5 (2013).
  17. Implementation of Four Port Birdcage Coil in 3 Tesla MRI System
    Jaeyeon Lee, ChangHeun Oh, and HyunWook Park. ITC-CSCC 2012.

    Extended Abstracts, Posters, and Work-in-Progress

  1. A Magnetorheological Elastomer Device for Programmable Actuation and Sensing of Soft Haptic Experiences
    Bingxu Li*, Jaeyeon Lee*, Gregory J. Gerling. WHC 2021, Work-in-Progress. Best Paper Finalists
  2. PseudoBend: Producing Haptic Illusions of Stretching, Bending, and Twisting Using Grain Vibrations
    Seongkook Heo, Jaeyeon Lee, Daniel Wigdor. UIST 2019 Adjunct, Demonstration.
  3. Demonstration of TORC: A Virtual Reality Controller for In-Hand High-Dexterity Finger Interaction
    Jaeyeon Lee, Mike Sinclair, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Eyal Ofek, Christian Holz. UIST 2019 Adjunct, Demonstration.
  4. Exploring Multimodal Watch-back Tactile Display using Wind and Vibration
    Youngbo Shim, Jaeyeon Lee, and Geehyuk Lee. CHI 2018 EA, Demonstration.
  5. Wind Tactor: An Airflow-based Wearable Tactile Display
    Jaeyeon Lee. UIST 2017 Adjunct, Doctoral Symposium.

Theses

Patents Pending and Issued

  1. Computer device for providing eye-based tactile interface and method of the same
    KR Patent Application 10-2022-0018698-02-14.
  2. Presentation of continuous 6-dof parameters using wearable tactile display with multiple skin stretch tactors
    KR Patent 10-2339031-12-09.
  3. Smart-toggle for auto recovering from Korean-English mode errors
    KR Patent 10-2197227-12-24.
  4. Virtual Reality Controller
    US Patent 10-838486-11-17.
  5. Method of Outputting Tactile Pattern and Apparatuses Performing the same
    KR Patent 10-2095639-03-25.
  6. Non-contact Wearable Tactile Display Device Using Airflows and Method of Operating the same
    KR Patent 10-1879982, 2018-07-12.
  7. Transparent Display Device for Display Different Images on Two Sides
    KR Patent 10-1718241, 2017-03-14.

Last update: Jun 2024