Projects

[On-going]  Mitigating Cognitive Confusion in XR (details)

• Conducted at: Yonsei University

• Sponsor: NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea)

  • PhD Student Research Fellowship Program

(2025' 박사과정생 연구장려금 지원사업)

• 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.

[On-going]  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 

[On-going]  eHMI for Pedestrian Interaction (details)

• Conducted at: Yonsei University

• Sponsor: KATECH (Korea Automotive Technology Institute)

• 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.

[Completed]  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.

[Completed]  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.

[Completed]  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.

[Completed]  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.