About Me

I am dedicated to enhancing human understanding of complex data through advanced analytics, enabling individuals to make more informed decisions in their daily lives. My research centers on Human-Data Interaction, specifically leveraging causal inference and what-if analysis on mobile sensing data to facilitate meaningful behavior change. Through this work, I aim to build rigorous and effective personal health informatics systems that bridge the gap between data and action.

Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computational Social Science Research Group at Aalto University, led by Prof. Juhi Kulshrestha. My academic foundation was built at the School of Computing, KAIST, where I earned my Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Uichin Lee, followed by research experience as a postdoctoral researcher at ETRI.

[Research Interests]

  • Domains: Human-Computer Interaction, Consumer Health Informatics, Digital Health
  • Topics: Personal Mobile Data, Behavior Change, Intervention Design, User Engagement, Data Sensemaking, Narratives and Storytelling
  • Methodologies: Causal Inference, Counterfactual Explanations, Observational Study, Quantitative and Qualitative User Studies

What’s New

Apr 2026 Attend CHI 2026 to present two posters and one workshop paper while serving as a session chair.
Mar 2026 Started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University.
Apr 2025 Attend CHI 2025 to present CounterStress, my latest research on personal informatics for stress coping using counterfactual explanations.
Mar 2025 Started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).
Feb 2025 Officially earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from KAIST! 🎓
Nov 2024 Successfully defended my doctoral dissertation titled "Causal Inference and Counterfactual Explanations for Personal Informatics."