Juwon Um

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I'm Juwon Um

Juwon Um

I'm currently a Ph.D. student at the Human-Centered Intelligent Systems (HCIS) Lab of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in Korea, advised by Prof. SeungJun Kim. My main areas of interest in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research, specifically Virtual Reality. If you have any questions about me or the projects I have worked on, feel free to contact me anytime via email at juwon.um@gm.gist.ac.kr .

Selected Publications
When Fingers Become Tools: Rendering Virtual Tool Inertia with a Finger-Mounted Extending Rod

When Fingers Become Tools: Rendering Virtual Tool Inertia with a Finger-Mounted Extending Rod

Seongjun Kang, Gwangbin Kim, Bocheon Gim, Jeongju Park, Juwon Um, Semoo Shin, Chanyoung Park, and SeungJun Kim

CHI 2026 : Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Defying Gravity: Towards Gravitoinertial Retargeting of Acceleration for Virtual Vertical Motion in In-Car VR

Defying Gravity: Towards Gravitoinertial Retargeting of Acceleration for Virtual Vertical Motion in In-Car VR

Bocheon Gim, Seongjun Kang, Dohyeon Yeo, Gwangbin Kim, Juwon Um, Jeongju Park, and SeungJun Kim

ISMAR 2025 : IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2025
TeleHopper: Simulating a Jumping Sensation as Proprioceptive Feedback for Teleportation in Virtual Reality via Electrical Muscle Stimulation

TeleHopper: Simulating a Jumping Sensation as Proprioceptive Feedback for Teleportation in Virtual Reality via Electrical Muscle Stimulation

1st Author

Juwon Um, Bocheon Gim, Seongjun Kang, Yumin Kang, Eunki Jeon, and SeungJun Kim

CHI EA 2025 : Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2025
LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation

LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation

1st Author

Juwon Um, Eunki Jeon, Yumin Kang, Seongjun Kang, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Joseph DelPreto, Wojciech Matusik, Daniela Rus, and SeungJun Kim

Ubicomp Companion 2024 : Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, 2024
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Education

logo Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

Ph.D. student at College of Information and Computing

Feb 2026 — Present

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Master's student (M.S.) at Intelligent Robotics, College of Information and Computing

Feb 2024 — Feb 2026

logo Korea University of Technology & Education (KOREATECH)

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at School of Computer Science and Engineering

Mar 2019 — Feb 2024

GPA: 4.23 / 4.5, Major GPA: 4.26 / 4.5

Experience

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Human-Centered Interaction Systems Lab (HCIS Lab) at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Lab director: Prof. SeungJun Kim

Mar 2024 — Present

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Human-Centered Interaction Systems Lab (HCIS Lab) at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Lab director: Prof. SeungJun Kim

2023 Summer, 2024 Winter

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Interaction Lab at Korea University of Technology & Education

Lab director: Prof. Sang-Youn Kim

Jul 2021 — Dec 2022

Honors & Awards
  • Best Demo Award — VRST 2022 (Dec 2022)
  • Excellent Paper Award — 2022 Korea Digital Contents Society Summer Academic Conference (Jul 2022)
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship (Awarded for the students with high GPA) — Korea University of Technology and Education (2019-2022)
  • GIST Scholarship (Government supported, Full funding) — GIST (2024-Present)
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