Sueyoon 수윤 (Susie)
Sueyoon is a designer, problem solver, and explorer who pursues a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, as well as new and challenging experiences. Her day begins with yoga 🧘🏻♀️ and writing, while at night she engages in drumming 🥁 and dancing. These core values naturally blend into her creative works. Having studied and worked in three countries - 🇰🇷 🇨🇳 🇳🇱 - has shaped how she sees the world.
She is also an avid reader with a genuine interest in aesthetics, health, philosophy, psychology, gastronomy, culture, language, and music.
Experience;
Creative Facilitator | Co-Founder
April 2023 - Present • Netherlands & KoreaDesign Researcher | XR Design Engineer
February 2021 - Present • Amsterdam, NetherlandsGame Designer
X!Delft x Aegon
November 2019 - February 2020 • Delft, NetherlandsResearch Intern
August 2019 - Apr 2019 • Seoul, KoreaUX • UI Designer
August 2017 - December 2017 • Seoul, KoreaResearch Intern
June 2017 - August 2017 • Boston, United StatesXR Lecturer
September 2016 - July 2017 • Daejeon, KoreaEducation;
MS. Design for Interaction, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
* Full-ride scholarship (60000 euros) - top 2 out of 300Delft, NetherlandsBS. Industrial Design, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
* Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List, Full-ride scholarship, Korea Government ScholarshipDaejeon, KoreaYew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing)
* ValedictorianBeijing, ChinaProjects;
* Role: Design Researcher & XR Design Engineer / Budget: €9M (total) - European UnionOctober 2022 - Ongoing* Role: Design Researcher / Budget: €4.78M (total) - European UnionOctober 2022 - Ongoing* Role: Design Researcher & VR Design Engineer / Budget: European Union2020 - 2022Publications;
2024
Lee, S., Viola, I., Rossi, S., Guo, Z., Reimat, I., Lawicka, K., Striner, A., & Cesar, P. (2024). "Designing and Evaluating a VR Lobby for a Socially Enriching Remote Opera Watching Experience," in IEEE TVCG Journal’ 24
Lee, S., Viola, I., Singla, A., & Cesar, P. (2024). “Communication Challenges between Clients and Producers of Immersive Media Applications: can Social XR help?”, To be published in ACM IMX ’24
2022
Lee, S., El Ali, A., Wijntjes, M., & Cesar, P. (2022). Understanding and Designing Avatar Biosignal Visualizations for Social Virtual Reality Entertainment. in CHI ’22
Lee, S., Striner, A., & Cesar, P. (2022). Designing a VR Lobby for Remote Opera Social Experiences. poster in ACM IMX ’22
El Ali, A., Lee, S., & Cesar, P. (2022). Social Virtual Reality Avatar Biosignal Animations as Availability Status Indicators. Position paper. Presented at CHI 2022 Workshop "Social Presence in Virtual Event Spaces".
2021
Designing and Evaluating Avatar Biosignal Visualization Techniques in Social Virtual Reality Master’s Thesis • TU Delft
Talks;
2023
“A Practical Guide to Human-Centered Design Workshop: How to utilize co-creation for Extended Reality” Oct 19, 2023 • Stereopsia Europe 2023, Brussels
“A Practical Guide to Human-Centered Design Workshop: How to get the most value out in 2 hours from strangers” August 11, 2023 • Cognizant, Rotterdam
2021
“Social VR and Opera” December 7, 2021 • Artistic Musical Society of Pousos
“Social VR and Opera: immersive shared performing arts experiences” November 17, 2021 • VRDays2021
Honors & awards;
Justus en Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarship (60000 euro) 2019-2021 • TU Delft
Magna Cum Laude (Excellence in Leadership & Volunteer Activities) 2019 • KAIST
Guwon Scholarship (Industrial Design) 2016 Spring / 2016 Fall / 2017 Spring / 2017 Fall • Guwon Scholarship Foundation
Academic Excellence Scholarship (Industrial Design) 2016 Spring / 2016 Fall / 2017 Spring • KAIST
Excellent Paper Presentation Award 2016 • Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
Dean's List (Engineering Department) 2016 • KAIST
National Scholarship for Outstanding Engineers 2016-2017 • National Student Aid Foundation
KAIST Leadership Award 2016 • KAIST + Research Institute for Social Technology and Innovation
Idea Contest (3rd Place) 2016 • KAIST
Excellent Performance in Volunteering (Ethiopia) 2015 • KAIST
Certificate of Excellence 2015 • Startup KAIST
Highest Academic Achievement Award (Valedictorian) 2014 • YCIS Beijin
Volunteers & community;
CSCW 2023 (ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing) / Reviewer 2023
NAVER Connect Foundation / Tech Translator 2018 - 2019
KAIST Global Volunteers / IT • Science Educator 2015 - 2016 • Ethiopia, Cambodia
KAIST / CS101 Tutor 2017 - 2018 • Daejeon, Korea
KAIST Freshman Department / Proctor 2016 - 2017 • Daejeon, Korea
Korea Design Membership 2016 - 2018 • Daejeon, Korea
KAIST Tennis Club, STROKE / President 2015 • Daejeon, Korea