Youjin Sung

📮 672[at]kaist.ac.kr

She is a Ph.D. student in the School of Culture Technology at KAIST, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). She graduated in Cum Laude with a B.A.S in Art&Technology from Sogang University. Her current research explores multimodal generative AI and haptic interaction in XR environments, aiming to make tactile experiences more intelligent, personalized, and accessible. She has been presenting her work at top international venues including CHI, IMWUT,Ubicomp, and showcased interactive systems at global exhibitions.

News

May 21, 2025	Our hands-on demo has been accepted for presentation @IEEE World Haptics 2025!
May 01, 2025	Presenting our paper HapticGen and Attending 1st XR-PHY Workshop @CHI 2025, Yokohama! (See more!)
Mar 01, 2025	Working as a Teaching Assistant for GCT722 Spring 2025 Interactive Haptic Technologies.
Oct 31, 2024	Starting visiting scholar position @Arizona State University, Human-in-Mind Engineering Research Lab (See more!)
Oct 17, 2024	Invited to Korea Metaverse Festival 2024 to demonstrate our HapticPilot!
Oct 09, 2024	Presenting 2 works @Ubicomp 2024, Australia (1 Paper(HapticPilot) & 1 Doctoral Consortium paper(DOI))
Jun 12, 2024	Invited to AWE USA 2024 to demonstrate our HapticPilot sponsored by KEA (Korea Electronics Association)!
May 16, 2024	🏆 Our lab demo received Popular Choice Winner! @CHI 2024,Honolulu!
Mar 15, 2024	Presenting our Deep-Texture and working as a Student Volunteer @IEEE VR 2024,Oralando!

Selected Publications

CHI

HapticGen: Generative Text-to-Vibration Model for Streamlining Haptic Design

Youjin Sung, Kevin John, Sang Ho Yoon, and Hasti Seifi

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

DOI Project Website

@inproceedings{10.1145/3706598.3713609,
  author = {Sung, Youjin and John, Kevin and Yoon, Sang Ho and Seifi, Hasti},
  title = {HapticGen: Generative Text-to-Vibration Model for Streamlining Haptic Design},
  year = {2025},
  isbn = {9798400713941},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3706598.3713609},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  articleno = {495},
  numpages = {24},
  keywords = {Haptics, Designers, Generative AI, Extended Reality},
  series = {CHI '25},
}

IMWUT

HapticPilot: Authoring In-Situ Hand Posture-Adaptive Vibrotactile Feedback for Virtual Reality

Youjin Sung, Rachel Kim, Kun Woo Song, Yitian Shao, and Sang Ho Yoon

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2024

DOI Project Website

@article{sung2024hapticpilot,
  title = {HapticPilot: Authoring In-Situ Hand Posture-Adaptive Vibrotactile Feedback for Virtual Reality},
  author = {Sung, Youjin and Kim, Rachel and Song, Kun Woo and Shao, Yitian and Yoon, Sang Ho},
  journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies},
  volume = {7},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1--28},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {ACM New York, NY, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3631453}
}

Ubicomp

Towards Designing the Sense of Touch: Innovative Tools for Haptic Feedback in Extended Reality

Youjin Sung, and Sang Ho Yoon

In Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing , 2024

DOI

@inproceedings{sung2024towards,
  title = {Towards Designing the Sense of Touch: Innovative Tools for Haptic Feedback in Extended Reality},
  author = {Sung, Youjin and Yoon, Sang Ho},
  booktitle = {Companion of the 2024 on ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing},
  pages = {272--275},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1145/3675094.3678366},
}

VRST

🏆 Exploring Vibration Intensity Map Of Hand Postures For Haptic Rendering In XR

Youjin Sung, Yitian Shao, Rachel Kim, and Sang Ho Yoon

In Proceedings of the 28th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology , 2022

DOI

@inproceedings{sung2022exploring,
  title = {Exploring Vibration Intensity Map Of Hand Postures For Haptic Rendering In XR},
  author = {Sung, Youjin and Shao, Yitian and Kim, Rachel and Yoon, Sang Ho},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1145/3562939.3565672},
}