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Hello👋 I'm Sueyoon,

Sueyoon is a user experience designer & researcher based in Amsterdam. She creates immersive yet comfortable experiences with design and technology through a user-centric approach. She currently works at Distributed & Interactive Systems group at CWI, designing a social VR lobby for shared opera experiences using Unity3D.

She pursues a healthy and sustainable life and also new challenging experiences. She wakes up with yoga practice and a morning diary and consumes fruits every day. But she is also a breakdancer and drummer. These core values naturally blend into her creative works. Her experience of studying and working in three countries - Korea, China, and the Netherlands - has shaped how she sees the world. Every off-hour, she is now working on building a productivity mobile application using Flutter as a project manager and developer, and a design mentor, with her little designer sister living in Korea.

My Hobbies;

🥁 🧘🏻 🎞️ 📚 ✍🏻 🧭 🍳 🕹️ 

Professional;

Designer, UX Researcher
CWI (Dutch National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science) /

February 2021 - Present • Amsterdam, Netherlands

Game Designer

X!Delft 

November 2019 - February 2020 • Delft, Netherlands

Research Intern
McKinsey & Company 

August 2019 - Apr 2019 • Seoul, Korea

UX • UI Designer
Creatrip 

August 2017 - December 2017 • Seoul, Korea

Research Intern
Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard-MIT-MGH Internship)

June 2017 - August 2017 • Boston, United States

Research Intern
MAKinteract Lab (KAIST) 

January 2017 - June 2017 • Daejeon, Korea

XR Lecturer • Course Developer

National Science Museum 

September 2016 - July 2017 • Daejeon, Korea

Education;

MS. Design for Interaction, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) 2019 - 2021 • Delft, Netherlands

  • Full-ride scholarship (60000 euro)

BS. Industrial Design, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 2014 - 2019 • Daejeon, Korea

  • Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List, Full-ride scholarship, Korea Government Scholarship

YCIS Beijing 2011 - 2014 • Beijing, China

  • Valedictorian

Publication;

Lee, S., El Ali, A., Wijntjes, M., & Cesar, P. (2022). Understanding and Designing Avatar Biosignal Visualizations for Social Virtual Reality Entertainment. In Proc. CHI ’22

Sueyoon Lee, Alina Striner, and Pablo Cesar. 2022. Designing a VR Lobby for Remote Opera Social Experiences. (IMX ’22)

El Ali, A., Lee, S., & Cesar, P. (2022). Social Virtual Reality Avatar Biosignal Animations as Availability Status Indicators. Position paper. To be presented at CHI 2022 Workshop "Social Presence in Virtual Event Spaces".

Designing and Evaluating Avatar Biosignal Visualization Techniques in Social Virtual Reality Master’s Thesis • TU Delft

Talk;

“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 Beijing

Volunteers &
Community;

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

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