Research & Publications

Dr. Kum's research and design areas include Interaction Design, Game Design, UI/UX Design, AR/VR Design, and Media system design. For example, she has designed: 

• augmented reality systems for the interactive AR experience with Van Gogh’s studio

• mobile AR games and navigation

• interactive AR visualization of magnetic fields

• augmented reality molecular visualization

• 3D printer interface

• and several others

Her research and designs are published and presented at SIGGRAPH, IEEE Human Robot Interaction, Euro XR, International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Art Documents, and several other venues. 

Teaching:

Interaction Design, UI/UX Design,

Media Design & HCI 

Dr. Kum has received awards for her university teaching. She regularly receives the highest teaching evaluations at her college (TOP 5%).

She is also among the highest at the university. 

Her teaching experience spans several courses such as: 

• Interaction Design 

• Game Design 

• 2D/3D character/animation design 

• History of Games 

• Game environment design 

• Motion Graphics

• UI/UX Design

• Digital Media Design

• Exhibition Design

• AR/VR Design 

• Human-computer Interaction 

• Media Art

These classes were taught at several international universities in the United States, England, Korea, and Singapore over more than 20 years. 

Funding & Awards

Dr. Kum’s interactive augmented reality designs have received top paper or exhibition awards in Europe and Asia. 

Dr. Kum's research and design work has been supported by grants or external projects from over 10 leading funding organizations, including: 

• National Science Foundation 

• Amazon 

• National Research Foundation of Korea 

• Google 

• Ameritech-ATT Foundation 

• Seoul Design Foundation 

• among others

Professional Design Experience

Beyond her academic research and design, Dr. Kum has also worked as a Creative Director and UI/UX Designer at leading computer and media companies such as Samsung, LG, and others. Her design experience spans more than 15 years. Most recently, Dr. Kum was a Lead User Experience Designer at the Singapore Design Centre, HP. (Hewlett- Packard Inc.), HP's single international design center. 

Design Projects 

Dr. Kum has UI/UX design projects and collaborations include: 

• mobile game development, UI/UX design, character design for Korean president's election campus

• 3D printers, interfaces, and user experience design with Hewlett-Packard 

• VR brush design and testing with Google

• Interactive exhibition, Video Mapping exhibition with Korea Telecom 

• social presence research with Amazon

• mobile gaming and transportation application development, UX design, and usability testing for Winter Olympic Organization, Korea

• and several other high-tech companies

Her creative and design work has received awards and been featured in over 25 Solo and Group Design/Art Exhibitions spanning the globe: U.S.A., England, Italy, Spain, Korea, Australia, and Japan. 

Education

• Sungkyunkwan (Samsung) University (SKKU), Seoul, Korea, 2015

  Department of Interaction Science

  Ph.D. Interaction Design (Human-Computer Interaction)

Dissertation: Making Older Art Interactive to increase understanding and Appreciation of Visual Perception in Narrative Interaction Museum.

- WCU (World Class University) Grant: Ministry of Education, Korea

- BK21+ Global Grant: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, 1999

  Master of Fine Arts                  

  MA in Fine Art, Full time 

  - Video Art, Photography, Installation, Media Art

  - The British Council Scholarship

  - Goldsmiths, University of London Scholarship

• The University of Newcastle  Newcastle, Australia, 1998

  Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts

- BA in Visual Art, Full time

- Installation, Photography, Sculpture

Service

Dr. Kum has been a reviewer and chair organizer of several journals and conferences in Design and Human-Computer Interaction, including MIT's Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. She has also worked on the creation and management of new academic programs.