Jiwan Kim

Hello, I'm Jiwan Kim.
Currently, shipping on Future Wearables Interfaces.

I'm a founding lead engineer of BehaviorAI, building future wearable interfaces and AI models to understand human behaviors. I completed my PhD at the school of Electrical Engineering in KAIST, advised by Professor Ian Oakley in WIT Lab. I completed my Bachelor's (Top of the school, HFE and CSE) and Master's degree (Design, Interaction Lab) at UNIST. Previously, I researched at SciFi Lab at Cornell University (with Cheng Zhang (2025)), the HCI group at Melbourne University (with Professor Vassilis Kostakos (2023)), and Hyper-Reality Metaverse Research Lab at ETRI (2024).

My research interest lies in 'Mobile sensing' and 'Digital Healthcare', specifically, 'Novel Input Techniques via Around Device Sensing on Wearables' and 'Understanding Humans via Digital Phenotyping'. I envision future wearable interfaces that can seamlessly integrate with our daily lives and provide meaningful insights into human behavior.

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Recent News

- 01 Jun, 2026: 🎉 I joined BehaviorAI as a founding lead engineer!
- 14 May, 2026: 🎓 I successfully defended my PhD thesis!
- 13 Apr, 2026: 🇪🇸 We presented WatchHand at CHI 2026! Thanks to collaborators at KAIST and Cornell..!
- 03 Jan, 2026: 🤖 Had an amazing time at ScalableHCI in Shenzhen 🇨🇳. Opening-eye experiences 👁️..!
- 24 Dec, 2025: 🎄 I got an A+ in my first quantum computing class — I presented on Quantum HCI, lol.
- 05 Nov, 2025: 🗣️ I had a guest lecture at EE599 Mobile Computing, Sensing, Learning, and Interactions (hosted by Prof. Sung-Ju Lee).
- 10 Oct, 2025: 🇫🇮 Present DC, Organize workshop, and 1 ISWC and 1 workshop paper will be presented at UbiComp-ISWC 2026.
- 03 Oct, 2025: 🇰🇷 Served registration co-chair and session chair at UIST 2025, lovely and chill conference ever!
- 08 Jul, 2025: 🧑🏻‍💻 Second visit to SciFi Lab @Cornell University (08-31 July)
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