Projects

[On-going]

Cognitive Confusion in XR (details)

• Conducted at: Yonsei University

• Sponsor: NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea)

「PhD Student Research Fellowship Program」

• Period: 2025. 09. 01 - 2027.08.31

• Role: Principal Investigator (PI) (Contribution: 100%)

• Summary: This research aims to empirically identify cognitive confusion in extended reality environments and develop methods to mitigate it.

UAM Interface for Improving Trust (details)

• Conducted at: Yonsei University

• Sponsor: NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea)

• Period: 2024. 09. 01 - 2026.05.31

• Role: Practical Manager (Contribution: 50%)

• Summary: This research is a study on UAM interfaces aimed at improving passenger trust in the UAM context 

eHMI for Pedestrian Interaction (details)

• Conducted at: Yonsei University

• Sponsor: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

• Period: 2024. 09. 01 - 2026.12.31

• Role: Practical Manager (Contribution: 30%)

• Summary: This research is a study on eHMI factors for effective interaction between mobility (autonomous vehicles, autonomous delivery robots) and pedestrians.

[Completed]

SOTIF (Performance limit, Misuse) (details)

• Conducted at: KATECH (Korea Automotive Technology Institute)

• Sponsor: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

• Period: 2023. 09. 01 - 2024. 05. 23

• Role: Practitioner (Contribution: 50%)

• Summary: This study addresses risk situations caused by performance limitations (SOTIF) rather than failures in the context of Level 4 autonomous driving systems.

Driver Emotion Recognition (details)

• Conducted at: Kookmin University

• Sponsor: Institute of Advanced Technology Development of HMG

• Period: 2022. 10. 01 - 2023. 09. 30

• Role: Practical Manager (Contribution: 80%)

• Summary: This research focuses on inducing anger in drivers using emotion induction techniques within a driving simulator environment and studying the characteristics of physiological signals during the driver anger.

Driver Motion Sickness (details)

• Conducted at: Kookmin University

• Sponsor: HYUNDAI MOBIS

• Period: 2022. 01. 03 - 2022. 10. 31

• Role: Practical Assistant (Contribution: 10%)

• Summary: This research aims to develop and verify the effectiveness of motion sickness reduction elements for passengers using a vehicle simulator and real-world driving environments.

Driver EEG-based Drowsiness (details)

• Conducted at: Kookmin University

• Sponsor: HYUNDAI MOBIS

• Period: 2021. 05. 31 - 2021. 12. 31

• Role: Practitioner (Contribution: 30%)

• Summary: This research focuses on the development and effectiveness verification of an inattention reduction device (earset) that provides auditory warnings based on the driver’s EEG to detect drowsiness and inattention.

Driver Takeover (details)

• Conducted at: Kookmin University

• Sponsor: Namyang R＆D Center of HMG

• Period: 2021. 05. 10 - 2022. 05. 09

• Role: Practitioner (Contribution: 30%)

• Summary: This research aims to develop a take-over framework considering the driver’s mental model to ensure safe take-over during Take-over Requests (TOR) of Level 3 autonomous driving systems.