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Eunki as a Researcher

Eunki smiling, wearing glasses and a striped sweater over a collared shirt, against a plain cream wall

Hi, I am

Eunki Joung. I am a researcher working across Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).

I was advised by Prof. Uichin Lee at the Interactive Computing Lab, KAIST, where I received an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science. I am now applying for PhD programs (Fall 2027).

Please see my CV and projects.

My research aims to understand existing and build new sociotechnical systems for formal and informal care practices. I am interested in the following broad questions:

  • Whose voices are invisible?
  • How are the existing sociotechnical systems configured with such invisibility?
  • What should those sociotechnical systems look like, and how can we build them?

I critically studied Care Fish, a technology probe of an AI scribe for social work document automation, discussing how it may reinforce an epistemic hierarchy that undervalues street-level discretion. I designed and studied Robotic Counseling Center, a dedicated room with a counseling robot, discussing its potential as an active listener and how it is situated in the campus-wide mental healthcare infrastructure.

My work has been presented at ACM CSCW and in workshops at ACM CHI and ACM CSCW.

I served on the Student & Minority Human Rights Committee of the Undergraduate Student Council and worked as a trained peer counselor at KAIST.

Some readings that have influenced my research journey