Organizing Committee
Dr. Min-Gyu Kim
Chair KIRO, South KoreaHead of the Human-Robot Interaction Research Center at KIRO. Research focuses on user-centered engineering, system and user modeling in HRI, and human factors in social robotics.
Dr. Minsu Jang
Co-Chair ETRI, South KoreaPrincipal Researcher at ETRI and Professor at UST. Specializes in adaptive and open-world intelligence for social and service robots.
Prof. Ho Seok Ahn
Co-Chair University of Auckland, New ZealandSenior Lecturer at University of Auckland. Research interests include social robots, cultural robots, HRI, affective computing, and healthcare robots. Chair of IEEE NZ Robotics and Automation Chapter.
Prof. SunKyoung Kim
Co-Chair University of Tsukuba, JapanAssistant Professor at University of Tsukuba. Research focuses on cognitive and affective factors of HRI through human-centered design and behavioral analysis.
Prof. Boyoung Kim
Co-Chair George Mason University KoreaResearch Professor at Center for Security Policy Studies–Korea. Studies how social robots can promote moral behavior and inform trustworthy AI policies.
Dr. Yoon Kyung Lee
Co-Chair Seoul National University, South KoreaResearcher at Visual Arts Institute, SNU. Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology. Research focuses on empathic AI, human-agent interaction, and alignment with human values using LLMs.
