Juwon Um

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I'm 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
EMSWalker: Integrating Gait-Synchronized Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Seated Walking-in-Place in Virtual Reality

EMSWalker: Integrating Gait-Synchronized Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Seated Walking-in-Place in Virtual Reality

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Juwon Um, Seongjun Kang, Bocheon Gim, Yumin Kang, Gwangbin Kim, Semoo Shin, Joseph DelPreto, Daniela Rus, and SeungJun Kim

ISMAR 2026 : 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

Six Gains RDW: Reinforcement Learning Based Redirected Walking Using Translation, Rotation, Curvature, Strafing, Saccadic, and Eye Blink Gains

Six Gains RDW: Reinforcement Learning Based Redirected Walking Using Translation, Rotation, Curvature, Strafing, Saccadic, and Eye Blink Gains

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New

Jeongseok Oh*, Seongjun Kang*, Juwon Um*, and SeungJun Kim (*equal contribution)

ISMAR-Adjunct 2026 : IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct

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 : Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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
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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

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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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