You-Jin Kim
Assistant Professor of CS at Nebraska 🌽
Director of Dynamic Reality Lab [DRL]
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
School of Computing, College of Engineering
Nebraska Hall, Lab W192 | 900 N 16th St, Lincoln, NE 68508
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yujnkm@cse.unl.edu
Wide-area Outdoor Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction, EEG and Eye-tracking,
Embodied AI Agents in Avatar Format, Interactive Narrative and Immersive Theater
Academic Postions
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Assistant Professor in School of Computing, College of Engineering
Director of Dynamic Reality Lab [DRL]
Lincoln, NE
2026–Present
Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor in Visual Computing and Interactive Media (VCIM) and Computer Science and Engineering
VCIM PhD Program Steering Committee [Member]
Director of Dynamic Reality Lab [DRL]
College Station, TX
2024–2026
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction
MAT Program - focusing on Wide-area outdoor AR, Human-AI Interaction under Tobias Höllerer.
Santa Barbara, CA
Duke University
MFA, Interactive Systems
EDA Program - Interactive Systems
Durham, NC
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA, Game Development
ATS Program - Game Development
• Scholars Program Merit Scholarship (4-year) • Chancellor's Scholarship
• Excellence in Leadership Award (3) • Graduation Honor: Leadership Award
Chicago, IL
Professional Position
Research Intern
Nokia Bell Labs – Future X Robotics
Murray Hill, NJ
June 2022–September 2022
Research Intern
Nokia Bell Labs – Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Murray Hill, NJ
June 2021–September 2021
Research Intern
Microsoft Research – The EPIC (Extended Perception, Interaction & Cognition) Research Group
Redmond, WA
June 2019–September 2019
Academic Service
[Member] VCIM PhD Program Steering Committee
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
July 2024–June 2026
[Member] Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
April 2026–Present
[Member] School of Computing, Data Science Faculty Search Committee
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
January 2026–April 2026
[Poster Judge] 2026 College of Engineering (COE) Graduate Student Symposium
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
February 13, 2026
[Member] Technical Art and Interactive Media Section Committee
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
July 2024–Ferburary 2026
[Mentor] CSE Senior Capstone Design CSCE 482 / CSCE 483
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
January 2025–May 2025
[Member] Visualization Graduate Student Capstone Review Committee
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
January 2025–May 2025
[Member] VCIM PhD – Graduate Admissions Committee (PhD)
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
December 2024–April 2025
[Member] Visualization – Graduate Admissions Committee (MFA / BS)
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
December 2024–April 2025
[Host] VCIM Distinguished Lecture Series – Dr. Sab Babu from Clemson
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
March 18, 2025
[Host] CSE Distinguished Lecture Series – Dr. Karthik Ramani from Purdue
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Ferbuary 6, 2025
Professional Service
[PC Member] ACM VRST 2026
Review as a committee member (8)
Sendai, Japan
[PC Member] IEEE VR 2026
Review as a committee member (8)
Daegu, South Korea
[PC Member] ACM CHI 2026
Review as a committee member (11)
Barcelona, Spain
[Design Chair] IEEE ISMAR 2026
Organizing Committee, Design Chair
Review as a committee member (9)
Daejeon, South Korea
[Poster Chair] ACM SAP 2025
Organizing Committee, Poster and Demo Chair, Main Track committee member
Review as a committee member (10)
Vancouver, Canada
[PC Member] CGS CASA 2025
Computer Graphics Society (CGS) – Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA)
Review as a committee member (6)
Strasbourg, France
As an External Reviewer
IEEE TVCG 2026 (1)
ACM UIST 2026 (2)
IEEE ISMAR 2026 (2)
ACM DIS 2026 (1)
IEEE TVCG 2025 (2)
SIGGRAPH 2026 Technical Paper (2)
ACM DIS 2025 (2)
ACM CHI 2025 (2)
Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds (April 2025) – Wiley (2)
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (March 2025) – Taylor & Francis (1)
Eurographics 2025 (2)
ACM CHI 2024 (2)
IEEE TVCG 2024 (1)
IEEE ISMAR 2024 (2)
Workshop
ACM CHI 2026: W42 Next Steps for Augmented Reality On-the-Move: Challenges & Opportunities (invented member)
IEEE ISMAR 2025: TRUST-XR 2025 Workshop – Technical Program Committee (invented member)
ACM CHI 2025: Augmented Humans (AH) Intelligent Music Interfaces (workshop organizer)
IEEE ISMAR 2024: Future Faculty Forum (F3), Speed Advising + Panel (invented member)
Courses
Courses Taught as Assistant Professor
Nebraska–Lincoln - Spatial Interaction and Simulation [CSCE 492]
CSCE Special Topic Graduate Class
Lincoln, NE
Fall 2026
Courses Taught as Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University - Generative AI and Design in Visualization [VIZA 626]
VCIM PhD & MFA Graduate Core Class
College Station, TX
Spring 2025
Associate Instructor
UC Santa Barbara - Computer Programming for Arts [MAT 299 / ART 22]
Developing Wide-area AR Interactive Narrative app for HoloLens 2
Santa Barbara, CA
Fall 2022
Associate Instructor
UC Santa Barbara - Research in STEM: Human-Computer Interaction [INT 93/ CS 190]
HCI + Perception and Correlation Development in Augmented Reality
Santa Barbara, CA
Summer 2021
Student Positions
Graduate Researcher
UC Santa Barbara • Department of Computer Science • Four Eyes Lab
Santa Barbara, CA
September 2018–September 2024
Associate Instructor
UC Santa Barbara - [MAT 299 / ART 22] and [INT 93/ CS 190]
Santa Barbara, CA
June 2021–December 2022
Tech TA
UC Santa Barbara • Department of Theater and Dance
Santa Barbara, CA
September 2018–May 2021
Graduate Research Assistant
Duke University • Interactive Systems • S1 Speculative Sensation Lab
Durham, NC
January 2015–May 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Duke University • Duke Pratt School of Engineering • Interactive Systems
Durham, NC
January 2015–May 2016
TA Experience
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Spring 2023: MAT 294 [Course Designed] – Presenting Media Arts and Technology Projects
Fall 2020: MAT 594X – Designing Creative Technologies (Instructor: Jennifer Jacobs)
Spring 2020: THTR 500 – Performance and Technology (Instructor: Christina McCarthy)
Winter 2020: THTR 500 – Performance and Technology (Instructor: Christina McCarthy)
Spring 2019: THTR 123D – Theater Lighting Design (Instructor: Andrew Schmedake)
Winter 2019: THTR 124D [Course Designed] – Immersive Entertainment Design
Fall 2018: THTR 500 – Performance and Technology (Instructor: Christina McCarthy)
Duke University
Duke University
Spring 2016: CompSci 107 – Multi-Causal and Multi-Agent C++ Modeling & Simulation
Fall 2015: ISS 240 – Fundamentals of Web-Based Multimedia
Spring 2015: ISS 230 – Complex Systems: Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation
Student Academic Service
Research Mentorship Program (RMP)
UC Santa Barbara– Summer Sessions
Santa Barbara, CA
June 2019–September 2024
Mentoring Unity for Virtual Reality Research
UC Santa Barbara – Computer Science
Santa Barbara, CA
August 2021–May 2024
Sustainable Technology Repair Initiative Mentor
UC Santa Barbara – Blum Center for Sustainable Development
Santa Barbara, CA
March 2019–May 2024
UCSB MAT Student Representatives
UC Santa Barbara – Media Arts and Technology
Santa Barbara, CA
March 2021–August 2022
UCSB Graduate Student Ambassador (2019–2020)
UC Santa Barbara – Graduate Division
Santa Barbara, CA
September 2019–June 2020
Certificate
Certificate in Human Subjects Research
Biomedical Research Investigators (Group 1 & 2)
CITI Program
Issued February 2022
Reissued 2024, 2026
Certificate in Human Subjects Research
Social and Behavioral Research Investigators (Group 1 & 2)
CITI Program
Issued February 2022
Reissued 2024, 2026
Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)
Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Graduate School, University of California
Issued Feebruary 2024
Certificate in Human Subjects Research
Office of Research, University of California
Issued October 2019
Certificate in Information Science (ISS)
Duke University Graduate School
Issued May 2016
Certificate in College Teaching (CCT)
Duke University Graduate School
Issued April 2016
Media / Press Coverage
Star-Herald
Nebraska professor works to preserve Japanese American history
Jun5, 2026
Star-Herald
Museum is Digitizing Oral Histories
May 23, 2026
UNL Newsroom
Enroll in CSCE 492 Spatial Interaction and Simulation
March 11, 2026
UNL Newsroom
Join Augmented Reality Project in Dynamic Reality Lab
Febuary 11, 2026
ACM MobiHoc Communications
Cognitive Security Paper and Research Award
November 11, 2025
The Battalion
What If Day Interactive Systems Research Showcase
November 7, 2025
Academic Tech Broadcasts
Neuro-AR Special Lecture at EMBER Center
October 10, 2025
The Current
AR Theater and Interactive Narratives
October 8, 2024
The Current
Too Much Information Art Exhibition
October 20, 2022
Other service
South Korea's Mandatory Military Service
대한민국 육군 사단 감찰병사 - 병장 만기 전역
South Korea
2013–2014
DRL Students
Current Graduate Students (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Lijun Mao – CSE PhD Student (Chair/ Starting Summer 2026)
Jared V. Samonte – CSE PhD Student (Chair/ Starting Summer 2026)
Thomas Marxsen – CSE URA Student (Starting Summer 2026)
Everett Wahlqvist-Hardy – CSE URA Student (Starting Summer 2026)
Graduate Students (Texas A&M University)
Bid Pokhrel – CSE MS Student (Chair)
Madelein Villegas – CSE MS Student (Member)
Max (Chengyan) Tsai – CSE MS Student (Member)
Michael Nguyen – VIZ MS Student (Member)
Alumni & Past Mentees
Graduate
Jamie Dinh (2023–2025) – UMD Computer Science
Kaleb Guo (2022–2023) – UCSB Computer Science
Current: Software Engineer at Arista
Summer Research Program @ UC Santa Barbara
Alexandre Behar (2024) – Computer Science @ Dartmouth
Jingjing Luo (2024) – Computer Science @ Yale
Joshua Lu (2022–2023) – CS (EECS) @ UC Berkeley
Angela Zhang (2022) – Computer Science @ UT Austin
Woyu Wang (2022) – Computer Science @ UCLA
Siddharth Banerjee (2022) – CS (EECS) @ UC Berkeley
Alex Wang (2021–2022) – CS (EECS) @ UC Berkeley
Scholarship: Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Recipient
Srihari Krishnaswamy (2021–2022) – Computer Science @ UW
Shreyas Rana (2021) – CS (EECS) @ UC Berkeley
Nivedita Sanghavi (2021) – Bioengineering @ UC Berkeley
Anika Sikka (2021) – CS (EECS) @ UC Berkeley
Emma Lin (2020–2021) – Computer Science @ UPenn
Jacqueline Mei (2020–2021) – Computer Science @ UChicago
Scholarship: National Merit Scholarship Recipient
Jerry Shi (2020) – Computer Science @ UCLA
My research has taken me across the globe, and I often joke that I’ve lived in nearly every corner of the United States—from the Northeast and the South to the West Coast and the Midwest. Throughout these journeys, I have found immense joy in exploring new ways to connect with people, shaping my deep appreciation for human interaction
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