Jin Ryong Kim

Ph.D. - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University - 2014

M.S. - Computer Science
Purdue University - 2010

M.S. - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hanyang University - 2004

B.S. - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hanyang University - 2001

Ayush Bhardwaj, Ashish Pratap, Edilberto F. Carrizales, Dongbeom Ko, Sungjoo Kang, and Jin Ryong Kim, “MetaTwin: A Collaborative XR Platform for Seamless Physical-Virtual Synchronization,” Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT). 2025 - publication

Ayush Bhardwaj, Ashish Pratap, Abbas Khawaja, Yatharth Singhal, Hyunjae Gil, and Jin Ryong Kim, “Understanding Latency Sensitivity in Thermal and Tactile Feedback for Multimodal Haptics in VR,” In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2025), November 12-14, 2025 (acceptance rate 27%) 2025 - publication

Yatharth Singhal, Daniel Honrales, and Jin Ryong Kim, “HeatFlow: A Thermal-Tactile Display for Dynamic 2D Thermal Movements,” In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2025), September 28 – October 1, 2025, Busan, Korea (accepted for publication; acceptance rate: 22%). Winner of the Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 🏆. 2025 - publication

Richard Huynh Noeske, Ayush Bhardwaj, Abbas Khawaja, and Jin Ryong Kim, “UltraEdit: In-Situ Design Environment for Ultrasound Haptization,” In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2025), September 28 – October 1, 2025, Busan, Korea (accepted for publication; acceptance rate: 22%). 2025 - publication

Hyunjae Gil, Ashish Pratap, Iniyan Joseph, and Jin Ryong Kim, “PropType: Everyday Props as Typing Surfaces in Augmented Reality,” In Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2025), April 26-May 1, 2025 (accepted, acceptance rate: 25.1%). Winner of the Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 🏆. 2025 - publication

Haokun Wang, Yatharth Singhal, and Jin Ryong Kim, “Let It Snow: Designing Snowfall Experience in VR,” Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2024 and Presented at UbiComp 2024. 2024 - publication

Yatharth Singhal, Daniel Honrales, Hsin-Ni Ho, and Jin Ryong Kim, “Wetness Illusion in Mid-Air,” In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024), October 21-25, 2024, Seattle, WA, USA (acceptance rate: 31%). 2024 - publication

Haokun Wang, Yatharth Singhal, Hyunjae Gil, and Jin Ryong Kim, “Fiery Hands: Designing Thermal Glove through Thermal and Tactile Integration for Virtual Object Manipulation,” In Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2024), October 13-16, 2024, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (acceptance rate: 24%). 2024 - publication

NSF CAREER Award - National Science Foundation (NSF) [2025]

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award - ACM CHI 2025 [2025]

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award - ACM UIST 2025 [2025]

Best Demo Award - IEEE World Haptics Conference 2025 [2025]

Best Demo Award - IEEE ISMAR 2024 [2024]

Best Demo Honorable Mention Award - ACM UIST 2024 [2024]

Best Demo Honorable Mention Award - IEEE Haptics Symposium 2024 [2024]

Best Demo Award - ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 [2023]

Best Paper Nominee - IEEE VR 2023 [2023]

Distinguished Service Award - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society [2022]

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2020–Present]

Staff Researcher
Alibaba Group [2018–2020]

Senior Researcher
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) [2004–2018]