Hyunyoung Kim

The most up-to-date list of my publications is available on Google Scholar.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

We investigated how people perceive a various range of robot hands when they see the hands and get touched by them.

We developed AirLogic, a technique for embedding pneumatic computation and I/O in 3D models to fabricate electronics-free interactive objects.

TEI'22 ClipWidgets

We propose ClipWidgets, 3D-printed modular tangible UI extensions for smartphones. ClipWidgets uses a conical mirror, a custom phone case, and modular passive 3D-printed widgets to provide tangibility.

CHI'21 MorpheesPlug

We present MorpheesPlug, pneumatic shape-changing widgets. They are designed based on a shape-changing interface taxonomy. They can be 3D printed and powered by pressurised air.

Frontiers Robotics and AI'19

In this paper, we investigate how users have different preferences on shape-change speed when they see the shape-change on screen and in real life.

INTERACT'19 SplitSlider

SplitSlider is a reconfigurable control interface that allows input for uncertainty. By changing the configuration of the three cursors, users can either input a single value or probability distribution.

DIS'19 ExpanDial

ExpanDial is a shape-changing dial that can change the width and height. We observe how users grab dials of different sizes and design ExpanDial based on the results.

CHI'18 KnobSlider

KnobSlider is a shape-changing device that changes between a rotational knob and a linear slider to accommodate users’ needs.

CHI'18, Morphees+

Honourable Mention Award. We study everyday reconfigurable objects for the design and taxonomy of reconfigurable UIs.

Other Publications

TEI'19 WiP, TUIs for Uncertain Input

The article suggests 5 TUIs based on dials and sliders, extending the one-dimensional input spaces to allow uncertain input.

UIST'18 DC, PhD Thesis

Fostering Design Process of Shape-Changing Interfaces

Masters Thesis '11, at KAIST

I suggest gesture-recognition interface with keyboard embedded IR modules.

Professional Projects

'14 Web Design

I designed and developed a website for Association for Vertical Farming. It was a great experience to meet people and learn about vertical farming.

'12-13 Samsung Smart Home

I designed the Smart Home service and UI. A part of the mobile and TV interfaces was demonstrated at 13 IFA and CES ’13. I played a role in a global user study, wire-framing, and usability test.

'12 Samsung Wallet

I participated a research project for Samsung Pay. I designed merchants app UIs and card reader appcessory. I also led user studies such as purse tour.

Personal Research/Other Projects

'15 Gun Shot Positioning System

I developed a system that can position a shot on a target, for Korean army's training purpose.

'15 Market App

In a big city, such as Berlin, it is not easy for sellers to set up a garage sale or flea market. On the other hand, buyers want to see as many items before making decisions, without walking through all markets. From these perspectives, I suggested a market app, which enables location-based selling and buying.

'13 Money Book

It can be painful to maintain all the expenses and incomes. I suggested a concept to foster the maintaining process.

'12 New Gmail

When users subscribe newsletters, they push down more important emails to out of users’ sight. Rather than categorizing some emails to Social or Promotion, I suggested following new features for Gmail.

'10 BookBook

In BookBook, we demonstrated interactive needs for pressure sensitive tablet. In addition to image enlargement, we prototyped racing game, e-book reader, interactive media art.

'10 Yo!Run!

We suggested a personal sports assistant app. An avatar guides users how to do sessions. An on-shoe sensor tracks user activities.