“My vision is to develop technologies that ensure every individual, regardless of their abilities, can fully and equally participate in society.”
Bin Han

Bin Han

PhD Student in Computer Science @ University of Southern California

Research interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Virtual Reality, Virtual Agents.

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I’m a second-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Southern California, where I work with Jonathan Gratch in the Affective Computing Group. My research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, Affective Computing, Virtual Reality, and Virtual Agent.

Previously, I earned my BS and MS in Computer Science from Korea University, where I was advised by Professor Gerard Jounghyun Kim. I also worked as a research intern at the Center for Artificial Intelligence of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in the Mixed Reality Lab. In summer 2025, I’m interning at Apple.

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Education

  • University of Southern California (PhD) - Computer Science, 2023.08 - Current
  • Korea University Graduate School (Master of Engineering) - Computer Science and Engineering, 2019.09 - 2021.08
  • Korea University (Bachelor of Science) - Computer Science and Engineering, 2015.03 - 2019.08
  • Korea University (Bachelor of Science) - Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, 2015.03 - 2019.08
  • Hansung Science High School (Early graduation), 2013.03 - 2015.02

Experience

Research

chi-2024
Salience Adjustment for Context-Based Emotion Recognition

Bin Han and Jonathan Gratch

FG 2025: IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition

Paper

chi-2024
Knowledge-based Emotion Recognition using Large Language Models

Bin Han , Cleo Yau, Su Lei,Jonathan Gratch

ACII 2024: International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction

Paper | Supplementary

chi-2024
ASAP for multi-outputs: auto-generating storyboard and pre-visualization with virtual actors based on screenplay

Hanseob Kim, Ghazanfar Ali, Bin Han, Hwang Youn Kim, Jieun Kim, Hyemin Shin, Gerard Jounghyun Kim, Jae-In Hwang

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Paper |

chi-2024
Engaged and Affective Virtual Agents: Their Impact on Social Presence, Trustworthiness, and Decision-Making in the Group Discussion

Hanseob Kim, Bin Han , Jieun Kim, Muhammad Firdaus Syawaludin Lubis, Gerard Jounghyun Kim, Jae-In Hwang

CHI 2024: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Paper | Video

FER-2013
Masked FER-2013: Dataset for Emotional Face Augmentation

Bin Han, Hanseob Kim, Gerard Jounghyun Kim, Jae-In Hwang

IEEE VR 2023

Poster | Video

Digital Agent’s Engagement
Digital Agent’s Engagement and Affective Posture Impact Its Social Presence and Trustworthiness in Group Decision-Making

Bin Han, Hanseob Kim, Jieun Kim, Muhammad Firdaus Syawaludin, Jae-In Hwang

IEEE VR 2023

Poster | Video

Real-Time Facial Animation
Real-Time Facial Animation Generation on Face Mask

Bin Han, Gerard Jounghyun Kim, Jae-In Hwang

ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2022

Poster | Video

ASAP
ASAP: Auto-generating Storyboard and Previz with Digital Humans

Hanseob Kim, Gahazanfar Ali, Bin Han, Hwangyoun Kim, Jieun Kim, Jea-In Hwang

ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2022

Paper | Project

CHI 2022
Mixing in reverse optical flow to mitigate vection and simulation sickness in virtual reality

Su Han Park, Bin Han, Gerard Jounghyun Kim

CHI 2022: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Paper | Video

AudienceMR
AudienceMR: Extending the Local Space for Large-Scale Audience with Mixed Reality for Enhanced Remote Lecturer Experience

Bin Han, Gerard Jounghyun Kim

Applied Sciences 2021

Paper | Video

Remote Healthcare
Improving the Efficiency of Remote Healthcare using Mobile Augmented Reality

Bin Han

Decision Sciences Institute 52nd Annual Conference 2021

Poster

Serendipity in Hypertext
A Quantitative Model to Evaluate Serendipity in Hypertext

Bin Han, Yuri Kim, Jihyun Kim, Jisoo Song, Seoyeon Kang, Seongbin Park

Electronics 2021

Paper

Semantic Web Technologies
Application of Semantic Web technologies in Informatics Education

Bin Han, Kyurhee Han, Jieun Kim, Seongbin Park

ISSEP 2020 - International Conference on Informatics in School: Situation, Evaluation, Problems

Paper

An Approach to Compute Hyperlinks on the Web of Data

Solgil Oh, Bin Han, Jeonghoon Park, Seongbin Park

BCPT 2020 - Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology

Paper

2D/3D Interface
2D/3D Mixed Interface for Furniture Placement in Smartphone-based Mobile Augmented Reality

Bin Han, Gerard Jounghyun Kim

VRST 2019: Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Paper | Video

A P-NP predicate with one variable whose domain is a set of worlds

Bin Han, Seongbin Park

Gödel's Legacy: Does future lie in the past? 2019

Poster