Sang Ho Yoon

Sang Ho Yoon

Associate Professor

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)sangho@kaist.ac.krOffice: N5 3F #2327, KAIST
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon, Korea 34141

HCI Tech Lab

Biography

He is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Culture Technology at KAIST, and leading the HCI Tech Lab (Human-centered Interactive Technologies Lab). He is also affiliated with the School of Computing, the Department of AX, the Graduate School of Metaverse, and the KAIST Robotics Program.

His research focuses on enabling natural user interactions that overcome physical, mental, and social barriers. The research scope falls within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), enabling novel interactions for XR interfaces. He explores sensing techniques & haptics with the aid of AI technologies.

Before joining KAIST, he was a principal engineer at Samsung Research and a research engineer at Microsoft Applied Sciences Group. He received Ph.D. from Purdue University, and M.S. and B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Travel & Talks

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2026.04.30
Samsung Global Technology Conference. Invited Speaker.
2026.04.13-
2026.04.17
CHI 2026. 2 Papers & 1 Workshop. Workshop Organizer.
2026.03.21-
2026.03.25
VR 2026. 2 TVCG Papers & 1 Workshop. Workshop Organizer.
2026.03.05
Hyundai Motors Company. Invited Speaker.
2026.02.28
KAIST Global Institute for Talented Education,. Invited Speaker.
2026.01.29
Haptics PI Symposium. Invited Speaker.
2026.01.26-
2026.01.28
2025.12.03
Korea University Department of AI. Guest Lecturer.
2025.10.08-
2025.10.12
ISMAR 2025. 2 TVCG Papers, 2 Posters & 1 Workshop. Workshop Organizer.
2025.10.12
KAMRR’25. Invited Speaker.

Recent News

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  • 2026.05.06
  • 2026.05.06
    Serving as an International Program Committee (IPC) for VRST 2026.
  • 2026.04.12
    Serving as an Technical Program Committee (TPC) for ISWC 2026.
  • 2026.02.04
    Serving as an International Program Committee (IPC) for ISMAR 2026.
  • 2026.01.11
    Serving as an AC for DIS 2026.
  • 2025.12.01
    2 co-organizing workshop proposals have been accepted to VR 2026 (Multimodal Heritage) and CHI 2026 (AI Haptics).
  • 2025.11.25
    Honored to receive the Research Award at KAIST Q-Day in recognition of my contributions to HCI research.
  • 2025.11.05
    Serving as a sponsorship co-chair for AsiaHaptics 2026.
  • 2025.11.04
    Serving as an AC for UIST 2026.
  • 2025.11.02
    Serving as an AC for AHs 2026.