Seungwon Yang

About

Seungwon Yang is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH. His research focuses on building human-centered systems that support social interaction and human agency, primarily through AR/VR applications.

He has attended CHI 2024, CHI 2025, and UIST 2025. He envisions a future where technology empowers people in their everyday lives by supporting their agency, confidence, and meaningful social connections.

He is also interested in how the AI-driven democratization of software creation reshapes the relationship between people and technology.

He received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from POSTECH in 2023.

Publications

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  MimeBot: Cultivating Human Engagement through Non-verbal Expression for Proactive Robot Intervention

  UbiComp/ISWC 2026 · PEACE Workshop

  Best Paper Award

  DOIWorkshop
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  Toward Affective Empathy via Personalized Analogy Generation: A Case Study on Microaggression

  CHI 2025

  VideoDOIPDF
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  Chameleon: A Surface-Anchored Smartphone AR Prototype with Visually Blended Mobile Display

  UIST 2025 Poster

  arXivDOILinkVideo
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  Toward Affective Empathy via Personalized Analogy Generation: A Case Study on Microaggression

  CHI 2025 Interactivity

  Popular Choice Honorable Mention Award

  Link
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  Chatperone: An LLM-Based Negotiable Scaffolding System for Mediating Adolescent Mobile Interactions

  CHI 2025 Workshop

  arXivDOIWorkshop

Academic Service

Reviewer
CHI 2027 — Papers
CHI 2026 — Posters · Special Recognition for Reviewing
DIS 2026 — Papers
UIST 2026 — Papers

Artefact Evaluation Committee
MobiSys 2026