KIM Sunkyoung

Affiliation
Institute of Library, Information and Media Science
Official title
Assistant Professor
ORCID
0000-0003-1868-3797
URL
Research fields
Intelligent robotics
Learning support system
Human interface and interaction
Cognitive science
Research keywords
Inclusive Design
Cognitive Engagement
Behavioral Analysis
Affective Interaction
Research projects
Understanding and supporting human decision-making based on web-based information2024-06 -- 2025-03SunKyoung KIMJapan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/AIP challenge program1,000,000Yen
Identifying the effects of time delays on human decision-making of trustworthiness in web-based information2023-06 -- 2024-03SunKyoung KIMJapan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/AIP challenge program1,000,000Yen
Understanding and controlling autistic learners' engagement fluctuations through a technology-mediated learning environment2023-04 -- 2026-03SunKyoung KIMJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists4,680,000Yen
Robot-assisted Training for Facilitating Prosocial Behaviors of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders2020-04 -- 2022-03SunKyoung KIMJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows1,700,000Yen
Career history
2021-04 -- 2021-11Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (PD)
2020-04 -- 2021-03Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow (DC2)
Degree
2021-03Doctor of Human InformaticsUniversity of Tsukuba
2014-02Master of Arts in PsychologyEwha Womans University
2012-02Bachelor of Arts in PsychologyEwha Womans University
Academic societies
2022 -- (current)ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
2022 -- (current)ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
Honors & Awards
2018-12“HOLOTHERAPY: Empowering telemedicine with AR and Holographic Telepresence” Leading Program Forum 2018. Awards for Excellence
Articles
  • Effects of Time Passage and Web Searches on Naive Internet Users’ Perceived Reliability of Web Information
    KIM Sunkyoung; Morishima Atsuyuki
    iConference 2025 Proceedings/pp.1-12, 2025-03
  • Active Listening and Mirroring: Communication Strategies for Building Trust and Intimacy in Human-Robot Interaction
    Yoon Heeyoon; Kim Min-Gyu; KIM Sunkyoung
    Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction/pp.1746-1749, 2025-03
  • Analysis of Visitor Behaviors toward Museum Guide Robot in the Real World
    Yoon Heeyoon; Kim Min-Gyu; Lee Ye Jun; KIM Sunkyoung
    Journal of Korea Robotics Society/pp.375-380, 2024-12
  • The Role of Memory, Likeability and Attachment in Continuous Social Robot Interaction
    Yoon Heeyoon; Kim Min-Gyu; KIM Sunkyoung
    Journal of Korea Robotics Society/19(4)/pp.369-374, 2024-12
  • Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability Teach a Robot
    KIM Sunkyoung; Iwai Yuichi
    Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2024)/pp.1022-1028, 2024-08
  • Augmenting the Sense of Social Presence in Online Video Games Through the Sharing of Biosignals
    HASSAN Modar; Kennard Maxwell; Yoshitake Seiji; Ishac ...
    IEEE Access/12/pp.98977-98989, 2024-07
    Tsukuba Repository
  • MirrorCampus: A Synchronous Hybrid Learning Environment That Supports Spatial Localization of Learners for Facilitating Discussion-Oriented Behaviors
    Sawada Shota; Kim Sunkyoung; Hirokawa Masakazu; Suzuki...
    Multimodal Technologies and Interaction/8(4)/pp.1-22, 2024-04
  • What Is It Like for Visually Impaired Individuals To Touch a Table-Top Humanoid Robot?
    Kobayashi Hayato; Kim Sunkyoung
    Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction/pp.623-627, 2024-03
  • Analysis of unconscious behavior appeared when a person explains to a robot listener
    小林 隼; 金 宣経
    ヒューマンインターフェースシンポジウム2023/pp.534-539, 2023-09
  • Tangible-E-M-otion: Interactive cloth that calms people down
    Lee Jaeryoung; Kim SunKyoung; Jeon Eunjeong
    Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023), 2023-08
  • Parental Influence in Disengagement during Robot-Assisted Activities: A Case Study of a Parent and Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
    Kim SunKyoung; Hirokawa Masakazu; Funahashi Atsushi; Kenj...
    MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERACTION/6(5)/pp.1-16, 2022/05
  • What Can We Do with a Robot for Family Playtime?
    Kim SunKyoung; Hirokawa Masakazu; Funahashi Atsushi; Suzu...
    Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction/pp.847-849, 2022-03
  • Effect of Using Embodied Avatars on Turn-taking during Conversational Activities in a Social VR Space
    Sawada Shota; Kim SunKyoung; Hirokawa Masakazu; Suzuki K...
    IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Education/pp.934-937, 2021-12
  • Smiles as a Signal of Prosocial Behaviors Toward the Robot in the Therapeutic Setting for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
    Kim SunKyoung; Hirokawa Masakazu; Matsuda Soichiro; Funah...
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI/8(599755)/pp.1-16, 2021-05
  • Smiles of Children with ASD May Facilitate Helping Behaviors to the Robot
    Kim SunKyoung; Hirokawa Masakazu; Matsuda Soichiro; Funah...
    International Conference on Social Robotics/pp.55-64, 2018-11
  • Users’ Perception Based on Engagement Strategies of a Social Robot in a Conversation
    Kim SunKyoung; Kim Go Woon; Kang Dahyun
    Design Convergence Study/17(5)/pp.1-15, 2018-10
  • The Effects of the Physical Contact in the Functional Intimate Distance on User's Acceptance toward Robots
    Kang Dahyun; Kim SunKyoung; Kwak Sonya S.
    Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction/pp.143-144, 2018-03
  • The Effect of Hangul Print Size on Reading Speed of Young and Older Adults in a Computer Environment
    Kim SunKyoung; Kim Sun-Kyoung; Lee Hye-Won
    The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology/27(3)/pp.367-384, 2015-06
  • The Effect of Hangul Font on Reading Speed in the Computer Environment
    Kim SunKyoung; Lee Ko Eun; Lee Hye-Won
    Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea/32(5)/pp.449-457, 2013-10
Conference, etc.
  • Active Listening and Mirroring: Communication Strategies for Building Trust and Intimacy in Human-Robot Interaction
    Yoon Heeyoon; Kim Min-Gyu; KIM Sunkyoung
    The 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction/2025-03-04--2025-03-06
  • ボール型ロボットを用いた遊びによる 発達障害を持つ学生への社会性発達支援: パイロットスタディ
    西川 碧; イ ジェリョン; 金 宣経; 岩井 祐一
    HAI シンポジウム 2025/2025-02-28--2025-03-01
  • Effects of Time Passage and Web Searches on Naive Internet Users’ Perceived Reliability of Web Information
    KIM Sunkyoung
    iConference 2025/2025-03-11--2025-03-22
  • Development of a Ball-Shaped Robot for Facilitating Social Interaction in Students with Special Needs
    Nishikawa Aoi; Lee Jaeryoung; KIM Sunkyoung; Iwai Yuichi
    The IEEJ International Workshop on Sensing, Actuation, Motion Control, and Optimization/2025-03-21--2025-03-23
  • MirrorCampus: A Synchronous Hybrid Learning Environment That Supports Spatial Localization of Learners for Facilitating Discussion-Oriented Behaviors
    澤田 翔太; 金 宣経; 廣川 暢一; 鈴木 健嗣
    The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers/2024-12-11--2024-12-13
  • Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability Teach a Robot
    KIM Sunkyoung
    2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)/2024-08-26--2028-08-30
  • What Is It Like for Visually Impaired Individuals To Touch a Table-Top Humanoid Robot?
    Kobayashi Hayato; Kim Sunkyoung
    Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction/2024-03
  • 自閉症スペクトラム症児が動物介在活動中に示す笑顔と共感的 行動との同期および尿中オキシトシンの関連の定量的検討
    Funahashi Atsushi; Yoshida Tomoaki; Hirokawa Masakazu; Ao...
    日本自閉症スペクトラム学会第19回研究大会/2021-08-29--2021-08-30
  • A relationship between synchronization of the smiles and empathetic behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorder and the Oxytocin
    Funahashi Atsushi; Yoshida Tomoaki; Hirokawa Masakazu; Ao...
    The Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society/2020-07-29--2020-08-01
  • User Perception on IoT-based Social Robot Applications in Hospital Settings
    Kim Min-Gyu; Lee Nahyun; Kim SunKyoung; Yun Sang-Seok
    The Workshop on the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction/2019-03-11--2019-03-14
  • Social Human Robot Interaction Design Toolkit
    Kang Dahyun; Kim SunKyoung; Kwak Sonya S.
    The Workshop on the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction/2018-03-05--2018-03-08
  • Verbal and Nonverbal Greetings as a Unit of Social Interaction between Human and Robot
    Kim Sunkyoung; Kang Dahyun; Kim Go Woon; Kwak Sonya S.
    The Workshop on the International Conference on Social Robotics/2017-11-22--2017-11-24
Teaching
2025-04 -- (current)International InternshipsUniversity of Tsukuba
2024-07 -- 2024-08Practical Seminar AUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-12 -- 2025-02Practical Seminar BUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Knowledge Information Systems Lab BUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-12 -- 2025-02Research Foundation in InformaticsUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07English for Specialized Subjects B-2University of Tsukuba.
2024-12 -- 2025-02Literature SurveyUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-07Knowledge Information Systems Lab AUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-07 -- 2024-08Survey and Data AnalysisUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-12 -- 2025-02Human-computer InteractionUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2023-08 -- 2023-08High School Student Science WorkshopIbaraki Prefectural Board of Education
Professional activities
2024 -- 2024IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)RO-MAN Organizing Comittee Inclusion Chair
University Management
2025 -- (current)International Internship Group
2023 -- (current)International Exchange GroupMember
2024 -- (current)Degree Review GroupMember
2023 -- 2023Student Life GroupMember
2022 -- 2024Student Support Groupmember

(Last updated: 2025-05-08)