Hyunju KimHyun-Jooooo

(she/her)

Ph.D. Student

Bio

Hello! 🌼 I am a Ph.D. student in Information Science at Cornell, advised by Prof. François Guimbretière. I design and study telepresence and XR systems for remote collaboration in HCI. My research explores proxy-mediated collaboration through embodied representations such as robots and avatars.

Last updated: September 29, 2026

Education

Ph.D. in Information Science

2022-08-01

Cornell University

M.Eng. in Culture Technology

2017-03-01
2019-02-28

KAIST

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

2013-03-01
2017-02-28

Ewha Womans University

Interests

Remote Collaboration Telepresence XR Interaction Human–Robot Interaction

Featured Publications

Designing Embodied Telepresence for Remote Collaboration: A Comparative Study of Robots and Avatars featured image

Designing Embodied Telepresence for Remote Collaboration: A Comparative Study of Robots and Avatars

Telepresence systems enable remote collaboration through physical robots or virtual avatars, yet prior comparisons have focused on technical capabilities and affordances from …

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• Apr 22, 2026 • 1 min read

DanXeReflect: Interacting with the Spatio-Temporal Past Movements for Embodied, Reflective Choreographic Collaboration featured image

DanXeReflect: Interacting with the Spatio-Temporal Past Movements for Embodied, Reflective Choreographic Collaboration

Choreographic reflection relies on iterative dialogue, where dancers and choreographers refine movement through embodied demonstration and shared feedback in studio rehearsal. With …

hyunju-kim

• Apr 1, 2026 • 1 min read

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WalkBeside: Designing Navigational Delegation for a Semi-Autonomous Robot in Embodied Telepresence

When a remote guest joins a local collaborator to explore an unfamiliar site, such as during infrastructure assessment or architectural walkthroughs, they must navigate an unseen …

hyunju-kim

• Apr 23, 2026 • 1 min read

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Providing Dual Awareness using Multimodal Cues for Collaborative Manipulation in Virtual Environments

Virtual reality (VR) collaborative manipulation requires a proper understanding of the user’s self, other collaborators, and shared objects in the virtual environment. Users must …

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• Jan 1, 2024 • 1 min read

Publications

Hyunju Kim, Under Review (2026). WalkBeside: Designing Navigational Delegation for a Semi-Autonomous Robot in Embodied Telepresence. Under Review.

Hyunju Kim, Yeonju Jang, Mose Sakashita, Brandon Woodard, Yuki Suwabe, Danielle Ihechisim Imogu, Xiaozhen Liu, Guy Hoffman, François Guimbretière (2026). Designing Embodied Telepresence for Remote Collaboration: A Comparative Study of Robots and Avatars. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), CSCW 2026.

Hyunju Kim, François Guimbretière, Bokyung Lee (2026). DanXeReflect: Interacting with the Spatio-Temporal Past Movements for Embodied, Reflective Choreographic Collaboration. Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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Jieun Kim, Hyunju Kim (2026). Reframing Wizard-of-Oz for Proxy-Mediated Interaction. CHI EA 2026.

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Hyunju Kim, Jung Min Park (2024). Providing Dual Awareness using Multimodal Cues for Collaborative Manipulation in Virtual Environments. IJHCI.

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Cheng Yao Wang, Eyal Ofek, Hyunju Kim, Payod Panda, Andrea Stevenson Won, Mar Gonzalez Franco (2024). AvatarPilot: Decoupling one-to-one motions from their semantics with weighted interpolations. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct).

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Cheng Yao Wang, Hyunju Kim, Payod Panda, Eyal Ofek, Mar Gonzalez Franco, Andrea Stevenson Won (2024). MRTransformer: Transforming Avatar Non-verbal Behavior for Remote MR Collaboration in Incongruent Spaces. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct).

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Mose Sakashita, Hyunju Kim, Brandon J Woodard, Ruidong Zhang, François Guimbretière (2023). VRoxy: Enabling Remote Collaboration in Large Spaces Beyond Local Boundaries via a VR-Driven Robotic Proxy.

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Hyunju Kim, Yan Tao, Chuanrui Liu, Yuzhuo Zhang, Yuxin Li (2023). Comparing the impact of professional and automatic closed captions on video-watching experience. Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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Mose Sakashita, Ruidong Zhang, Xiaoyi Li, Hyunju Kim, Michael Russo, Cheng Zhang, Malte F. Jung, François Guimbretière (2023). ReMotion: Supporting Remote Collaboration in Open Space with Automatic Robotic Embodiment. Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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Yunseo Jung, Hyunju Kim, Kyung-Duk Suh, Jung-Min Park (2022). Human-centered dynamic service scheduling approach in multi-agent environments. Applied Sciences.

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Hyunju Kim, Sanghwa Hong, Junki Kim, Taesoo Jang, Woontack Woo, Seongkook Heo, Byungjoo Lee (2021). RealityBrush: an AR authoring system that captures and utilizes kinetic properties of everyday objects. Multimedia Tools and Applications.

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Hyunju Kim, Eunji Park, Byungjoo Lee (2018). A Study on the Effect of Key Spacing on Typing Performance. Proceedings of HCI Korea 2018.

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Eunji Park, Hyunju Kim, Byungjoo Lee (2018). Button++: Designing Risk-aware Smart Buttons. CHI EA 2018.

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Teaching Experiences

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2023–Present)

INFO 6520: HCI Design Studio
INFO 5321: Rapid Prototyping and Physical Computing
INFO 3450: Human–Computer Interaction Design
INFO 2950: Introduction to Data Science

KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea (2017–2018)

GCT 700: Research Methodology of Human Behavioral Science
CTP 471: Social Networks Theory