Invited Talks & Presentation

IEEE ISMAR 2023

Presenting "Reality Distortion Room: A Study of User Locomotion Responses to Spatial Augmented Reality Effects" Conference Paper (Session: Navigation and Locomotion)

Sydney, Australia

October 18, 2023

ACM VRST 2023

Presenting "Dynamic Theater: Location-Based Immersive Dance Theater, Investigating User Guidance and Experience" Conference Paper (Session: Technologies in the Wild)

Christchurch, New Zealand 

October 10, 2023

XR Symposium & Summer School 2023

Exploring the human-computer interaction and extended reality, including various technologies such as XR prototyping, eye-tracking, haptics, and perception, to design and shape the future of XR

Copenhagen, Denmark

May 4, 2023

ACM CHI 2023

Presenting "The Impact of Navigation Aids on Search Performance and Object Recall in Wide-Area Augmented Reality" Conference Paper (Session: Supporting users in AR and VR)

Hamburg, Germany

April 26, 2023

ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Community

Presenting "Extended Digital Twins: Blended Memories"
Session: Spatiality in Virtual Reality: Representation, Interpretation & Experience

ACM SIGGRAPH SPARKS 2023 - Virtual Session

January 27, 2023

ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Community

Presenting "Extended Digital Twins: Location-Based AR Theater Experience"
Session: New Media Architecture(s): A Speculative Vision of Change in the Arts, Design, & Sciences

ACM SIGGRAPH SPARKS 2022 - Virtual Session

December 9, 2022

IEEE ISMAR 2022

Presenting "Investigating Search Among Physical and Virtual Objects Under Different Lighting Conditions" IEEE TVCG Journal Paper (Session: Evaluation)

Singapore

October 21, 2022

Individualized Professional Skills Program Showcase

Presenting  "Exploring Innovation and Technology at Nokia Bell Labs Intern Day 2022"
Share my travel experience and research project completed at the Nokia Bell Labs 

Graduate Division, UC Santa Barbara 

October 11, 2022

Nokia Bell Labs Intern Day 2022

Invited Presentation, "World Tracer: An easy-to-use tool that uses LiDAR SLAM to generate the layout of 3D environments" Presenting the summer research project 

Nokia Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey

June 28, 2022

Mentoring Unity for Virtual Reality Research

Invited Presentation, "Creating Immersive Outdoor AR Experiences for HoloLens 2 with MRTK 3 Rapid Prototyping" As part of Research Mentorship Program

Computer Science, UC Santa Barbara

May 24, 2022

Designing XR for Healthcare

Invited Presentation, "AR / VR Environment for Human Experience Research"
team focusing on educating and outreach on how to use AR for instruction and training 

Kairos XR, San Francisco, California 

June 24, 2020

Lunch & Learn

Presenting "Journey to a Physical World Through Computational Media"
Monthly campus wide seminar series that provides graduate students to share their research 

Graduate Division, UC Santa Barbara 

May 3, 2019


Art Exhibition

Art of Science 2023

Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, 1130 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 

Group Show, individual work “Virtual Campus

May 2023 - December 2023

latent•ville

SBCAST, 513 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Group Show, individual work "Spatial Orchestra"

May 2023 - June 2023

Too Much Information (TMI)

Platform Gallery, HSSB - 6F, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Group Show, individual work “AR Kirby Crossing

September 2022 - September 2023

Art of Science 2022

Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, 1130 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 

Group Show, individual work “Ambulatory Augmented Reality”

May 2022 - December 2022

SYMADES

SBCAST, 513 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Group Show, individual work “Mixed Reality Simulations and Its Impact on Climate Change Awareness"

May 2022 - June 2022

Bricolage, End of Year Show by Media Arts and Technology

Due to COVID-19, a Virtual Exhibition in a VR Environment 

Group Show, individual work “Reality Distortion Room (PDR)

May 2021 - July 2021

Reality Distortion Room (RDR)

Microsoft Building 99, 14820 NE 36th St, Redmond, WA 98052 

Perception and Interaction Group

 September 2019

MADE, End of Year Show by Media Arts and Technology

CNSI, Elings Hall, Mesa Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Group Show, individual artwork “Spatial Orchestra

May 2019 - June 2019

LA Project immerse(d)

Live House Hollywood, 1534 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Group Show, collaborate artwork “Collective VR World

December 2018

Optical Scale Optics

Power Plant Gallery, 320 Blackwell St #100, Durham, NC 27701

Group Show, individual artwork “Rain and Water

April 2016 - May 2016


Live Processing and Live Art, Performance and Technology

Power Plant Gallery, 320 Blackwell St #100, Durham, NC 27701

Group Show, individual artwork “Clicker Repeater

April 2014 - May 2014


2012 SAIC Spring BFA Show

Sullivan Galleries, 33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603

Group Show, individual artwork “Motor Symphony” 

March 2012 - April 2012


White Castle Party, End of Year Show by Art and Technology 

MacLean Center, 112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603

Group Show, individual artwork “Butterfly Wave” 

November 2011 - December 2011


Making the Leap

A.I.R. Gallery, 155 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 

Group Show, collaborate artwork “JIN” by You-Jin Kim and Jeesoo Shin

December 2010 - January 2011


4 x 5, Large Format

Siragusa Gallery, 162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

Solo Show, You-Jin Kim

May 2010 - June 2010


Moto Broker, Robotic Arms

Siragusa Gallery, 162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

Solo Show, You-Jin Kim

April 2010 - May 2010


Where We Stand

Nuveen Center, 162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

Group Show, individual artwork “Where the Light Flows” 

April 2009 - June 2009


ArtBash 2009

Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603

Group Show, individual artwork “Space to Space

April 2009 - May 2009


Carol Jackson Exhibition, Text as Art

LeRoy Neiman Center, 37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603

Group Show, individual artwork “Boxes of Reality

February 2009 - April 2009


Department (Store) Exhibition with J. Morgan Puett 

Sullivan Galleries, 33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603

Group Show, collaborate artwork “You-Jin & Emily” by You-Jin Kim and Emily Smith

October 2008 - November 2008



Theatrical Production 

Gagaku: Court Music and Dance from Japan

A Gagaku Performance by The Hideaki Bunno Gagaku Ensemble

Performing Arts Theater, HSSB Ballet Studio, University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

March 4-6, 2020

Dance Company 2020

Company Director: Delila Moseley, Choreography: Christina McCarthy, Brandon Whited 

Performing Arts Theater, HSSB Ballet Studio, University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

February 27-28, 2020 

Santa Barbara Dance Theater 2020 

Artistic Director: Christopher Pilafian, Artist: Nancy Colahan

Hatlen Theater, 552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

January 16-19, 2020 

Out of Many (Dance Concert 2019)

Director: Christina McCarthy, Concert Director: Christina McCarthy 

Hatlen Theater, 552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

December 5-7, 2019 

The White Card

Original: Claudia Rankine, Directed by Shirley Jo Finney

Studio Theater, Isla Vista, CA 93117

November 21-24, 2019

Boys Like Us

Original: Edmund White, Artistic Director: Brandon Whited 

Hatlen Theater, 552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

October 24-26, 2019

Race Ballet & American Dance

Alicia Graf Mack, Calvin Royal III, Lynn Garafola, Stephanie Batiste, Ninotchka D. Bennahum 

Performing Arts Theater, HSSB Ballet Studio, University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

April 29, 2019 

Avian

Concert Director Valerie Huston, Artist: Carley Conder  

Performing Arts Theater, HSSB Ballet Studio, University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

April 25-27, 2019

Fracture

Director: Christina McCarthy, Concert Director: Christina McCarthy 

Hatlen Theater, 552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

April 11-14, 2019

Distance and Desire

Artistic Director: Christopher Pilafian, Concert Director: Christina McCarthy 

Santa Barbara Dance Theater, University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

January 11-19, 2019 

Origin Evolution (Dance Concert 2018)

Director: Christina McCarthy, Concert Director: Christina McCarthy 

Hatlen Theater, 552 University Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

December 6-8, 2018 


I enjoy researching in my office space at Four Eyes Lab, overlooking the beautiful Santa Barbara coastline. 




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