Byungjoo Lee

Education

• 2014, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University

• 2010, MS in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

• 2008, BS in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Experience 

• CEO, YESLAB Inc., Korea (2024 - Present)

• Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2021 - Present)

• Visiting Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (2024 - 2025)

• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea (2020 - 2021)

• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea (2016 -2020)

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University, Finland (2015-2016)

Professional Services

• Subcommittee Chair (Computational Interaction), CHI2026

• DIGRA 코리아, 일반이사 2023

• 한국 E스포츠 학회, 학술이사 2023

• Associate Editor, ACM Games: Research and Practice

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports

• Associate Chair, CHI 2025

• Associate Chair, CHI 2024

• Associate Chair, CHI 2023

• Associate Chair, CHI 2022

• Associate Chair, CHI 2021

• Associate Chair, CHI 2020

• Associate Chair, CHI 2019

• Associate Chair, CHI Play 2022 WIP

• Associate Chair, CHI Play 2021 WIP

• Associate Chair, CHI Play 2020 WIP

• Associate Chair, CHI Play 2019 WIP

• Workshop Chair, ISEA 2019

• Paper Committee, ISEA 2019

• Associate Chair, MobileHCI 2019

• Paper Committee, UIST 2018

• Associate Chair, DIS 2018 Pictorial

• Associate Chair, CHI 2017 LBW

Awards

• CHI 2024 Best Paper Honorouble Mention Award (x2)

• 2024 Fulbright Visiting Scholar

• 2023 연세 우수연구저역서 선정

• 2022 Okawa Foundation Research Grant

• 2022 Google Research Grant

• 2021 Yonsei Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award

• CHI 2021 Best Paper Honorouble Mention Award (x2)

• CHI 2020 Best Paper Honorouble Mention Award (x2)

• CHI 2018 Best Paper Honorouble Mention Award