CHANWOO LEE
Architect for Computer
Human and Technology
Chanwoo Lee is an HCI researcher, design engineer and media artist based in London and Seoul.
He designs and develops computer interaction, interface and system for creativity & productivity. Defining relationship between human and data, he designs information environment.
His research interest lies in human-computer interaction, fluid interface, context-aware, intelligent and spatial computing, semantic file system, graph and machine learning.
He is currently pursuing MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London and Royal College of Art.
News
9 - 13 May 2024
Teaching Assistant, "Present Futures: Virtual and Augmented Reality and AI in Art", Royal College of Art with Acute Art
3 May 2024
Seminar "Cutting-edge overviews in Reality Technology", Sogang University, S. Korea
22 Apr 2024
Seminar "Cutting-edge overviews in Reality Technology", Keimyung University, S. Korea
18 - 19 April 2024
AcrossRCA Exhibition, RCA Battersea Hanger Space
18 - 21 March 2024
IEEE VR 2024 poster presentation in Orlando, FL, USA
11 - 13 March 2024
Regenerative Materials, Structures & Aesthetics Exhibition, RCA Battersea Hanger Space
21 - 22 March 2024
Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) Open House, Imperial College London
19 - 22 Feb 2024
Teaching Assistant, "A Systemic Design Approach to Low Carbon Homes", Royal College of Art with KIDP
Jan 2024
2nd Place @ Huawei & Imperial Human-Machine Interaction Hackathon
Jan 2024
LG AI gram Link app and gram Pro 2024 released!
Sketch Rotom
Faster and freeing sketch experience with multi-modal genAI
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- 2024 (Ongoing)
- Self-initiated Project
Snap AR Experience Research Project
shared playful experience of non-verbal communication with human body on Spectacles or WebAR
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- 2024 (Ongoing)
- Client & Cooperation Snap AR, RCA School of Communication
LG gram AI & connectivity R&D
Designing AI interaction, interface and system to provide right information at the right moment.
Multi-device connectivity UX Research(+1Y), research and proposal for LG SuperApp UX & Strategy(+2~3Y) and LG AI UX & System roadmap(+2~3Y).
As a AI-HCI researcher, I structured design principles & objectives for Human-AI interaction, designing hybrid AI interface. With interaction-centric AI approach, streamlined data learning system and AI architecture blueprint for future LG AI roadmap.
Our proposal for integrating AI organizing feature into connectivity app has been accepted and released in 2024 as one of 3 main features of LG gram Pro.
- 2023
- Supervisor Jinhwa Hong (LG Electronics), Professor Jeung-uk Ha
- Team Soyeon Kang (UX design, Narrative), Jiyoung Kim (UX, GUI design), Nakyeong Yu (Illustration)
- Featured CES 2024, the Verge, engadget
Sunny Day
Pushing the boundaries of creative expression with cutting-edge XR technology.
Solarpunk media art about a future where pixels approach the realm of atom, and the climate crisis has been overcome.
Interactive MR system for immersive storytelling capable of high degree of freedom in creative expressions, integrating UWB sensors, Azure Kinect and htc Vive.
As a research team lead, I led research, design & engineering of the MR system and developed wearable input device.
As a co-artist, we worked on research for future scenario and current humanity's climate technologies.
- 2022 - 2023
- Supervisor Prof Yongsoon Choi
- Team Kyubeom Shim (Unity Developer), Sanggyo Seo (UWB Developer), Gwonu Ryu (Stage Technology Director)
- Funding National Research Foundation of Korea, Brian Impact Foundation
- Honours IEEE VR 2024, Excellence Award in Sogang Integrated Technology & Engineering Contest
- Chanwoo Lee, Kyubeom Shim, Sanggeo Seo, Gwonu Ryu, Yongsoon Choi. 2023. Never Tell the Trick: Covert Interactive Mixed Reality System for Immersive Theatre, IEEE VR 2024
Human-AI collaborating Data Label Studio
Enhancing human productivity by working with prediction AI models
As a reseach intern, I designed the studio user experience, managed 14,000+ works done by 100+ workers.
- 2022
- Supervisor Prof Dasaem Jung
- Role UG Research Intern
- Client & Cooperation National Information Society Agency (NIA), KAIST MAC Lab, Neutune
CUBE: Multi-modal Controller for Future Mobility
Creating personal and ambient interaction and interface for self-driving cars scenarios
CUBE is a personal verison of center-facia in mobility. With multi-modalilty and fluidity, it provides intuitive interaction and manipulation of human activity around mobility.
- 2021
- Supervisor Prof Yongsoon Choi
- Role UG Research Intern
- Client & Cooperation Human Augmentation Lab @ Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- Project Code EnSeption: Enhancing Human Perception with multimodal interaction
Illogical Love I, II
Imagining a sustainable coastal and personal datacentre for symbiosis among data, human and non-human
- 2022 - 2023
- Team Sooah Kwak (Co-artist, Humanities Research)
- Exhibition "Gathering Moss", Art Center Nabi, Watershed, 2022 - 2023
- Commission Art Center Nabi (KR), Watershed (UK)
- Funding British Council, Korea Foundation, Art Council Korea
- Cultural Programme of UN COP26 Glasgow
Dept. of Web & Land Property
Series of media arts on the data & web as a matter.
- 2019
- Co-artists Dongmin Kim, Jae Kong, Sooah Kwak
- Exhibition "Dept. of Web & Land Property", Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, 2019
- Support Ministry of Science and ICT, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Art & Technology @ Sogang University
- Selected work for 'Platform-L Live Arts Program 2019'
human.intheloop
Imagining a future of human labour and society in the era of AI
- 2020
- Team Hyunchul Kim, Soomin Park, Michael Park
- Exhibition "Play on AI", Art Center Nabi, 2020
- Commission & Funding Art Center Nabi (Nabi AI Open Lab)
Art & Technology 10th Anniversary Film
10th anniversary film for the first trans-disciplinary undergraduate program in S. Korea.
- 2021 - 2022
- Support Smilegate, Ministry of Education (ATC 2021)
- Team Gwonu Ryu (Director), Seoyeon Park (Assistant Director), Jooyun Park (Designer)
Tonicscape VR
Audiovisual music composing experience in spatial interface
- 2020 - 2021
- Honours 2nd place, KT SuperVR Game Contest
- Team Chaeryoung Oh (Music & software developer), Sanggyu Lee (Unity Developer), Siyoung Song (3D Art)
- Commission KT Corp. (R&D Division)
NFT Image Copyright Protection System using Image Layer based Creator Authentication
System research integrating blockchain technology to graphic layers to authenticate creator.
- 2021
- Honours Korea Computer Congress 2022
- Jina Kim, Chanwoo Lee, Jungwon Seo, Sooyong Park. 2022. NFT Image Copyright Protection System using Image Layer based Creator Authentication. Korea Computer Congress, 2141-2143