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| About Si-Jung (Jun) Kim |
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Multi-disciplinary
academic background and professional experience
Si-Jung has multi-disciplinary background in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic
Engineering, and Mechatronics Engineering from his education and industrial experience.
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Strong
computer programming and user-centered design skills
Si-Jung has strong computer programming skills and professional knowledge in user-centered design. He has projected in various research projects in the field of wearable media, multi-modal user interface, interactive contents including game, haptic and robotics, and computer vision as a principal investigator (PI), co-PI, collaborator and graduate research assistant using C/C++,
JAVA (Tuple Space), Java Script, Open GL/Inventor, VRML, Tuple Space, Cold Fusion,
Micro professors RTOS and CAVE system. |
Industrial
product design and team management skills
One of his additional assets is industrial
product design skill from his
business venture, Avatar Soft Inc. Since he was awarded a
medal in the start-up venture contest hosted by Korean Government in 1998 and after visiting Silicon Valley in 1999, he established Avatar Soft Inc in 1999. Through his business
venture, he has learned software and hardware products design processes and usability test. Mr. Kim's company was received the
certificate of Technology Development Model Company by Korea
Technology Credit Guarantee Fund and his sucess story was introduced in a book. |
| Professional Membership |
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ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
KSEA (Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association)
HFES (Human Factors and Ergonomics Society) Virginia Tech Chapter
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| Media Coverage |
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| TV |
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| Ubiquitous Fashion Contest 2007, KBS2 TV, Dec 2007 |
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| "The
20 th Educational Awarding Ceremony", SBS TV, May 2004 (0.6M) |
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| "Company
Closing Up", Arirang TV, 2001 (8.0M) |
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| "Millennium
Economy", YTN TV, 2000 (3.8M) |
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| "eCommerce",
MBN TV, 2000 (2.8M) |
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| "Opening
new venture era", MBN TV,1999 (2.6M) |
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| Newspaper |
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| Wearable Computer, Joongang Ilbo, Nov. 29, 2007 |
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| India
Soft 2002, Feb.22, 2002 |
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| Making
3D images, easy and fast, Korea Venture Press, Feb.12, 2001 |
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| 3D
VR market will be bright, DONGA, Feb.1, 2001 |
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| 3D
VR markets, Digital Times, Jul.11, 2000 |
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| US
venture capital interested in Korean Venture Exhibition, HANKOOK(USA),
Jun.8, 2000 |
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| How
to use digital cameras, Korea Photo Press, Mar.1, 2000 |
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| Enjoy
the Internet shopping using 3D, DONGA, Aug.24, 1999 |
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| Cyber
humans are coming, Sunday Sports, Jul.18, 1999 |
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| Cyber
human building S/W, HANKYUNG, Jul.15, 1999 |
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| AvtarWorld
Co., Avatar building Tool, HANKYUNG, Jul.8, 1999 |
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| Development
3D Avatars using Robot Mechanism , MAEKYUNG, Jun.22, 1999 |
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| Magazine |
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| Overseas Report (Industrial and Systems Eng. at Virginia Tech), CIMERR Newsletter, Nov. 2008 |
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| Kyonggi
Univ. Journal, 2005 (No. 27) |
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| Can we make a Virtual Human, Enter the Art School,
Sep. 1999 |
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| Opening a 21C Avatar World-AvatarWorld Co., Consumer
News, 1999 |
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| 24 hour living with Avatars, Kiup Nara, Apr. 1999 |
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