Donghoon Shin
I am an HCI researcher and a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, advised by Gary Hsieh and Lucy Lu Wang
My research lies at the intersection of HCI and AI, where I build systems that streamline the dissemination, access, and consumption of complex documents (e.g., scholarly papers) to support real-world practices (e.g., design, healthcare). To achieve this, I draw on techniques from document understanding, UI understanding, and conversational agents
I received my B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering and B.A. in Information Science at Seoul National University, where I was supported by the Presidential Science Scholarship. Previously, I was a research intern at Microsoft Research, Google Research, Adobe Research, and Naver AI, and a software engineer at Elecle
Korean Government Scholar for Overseas Study
Selected projects
ReFinE
Turns research findings into actionable UI design support
PaperTok
Transforms scholarly papers into engaging short-form videos
PosterMate
Multi-agent system to support simulated design collaboration
What About My Design Context?
Adapts design artifacts to fit designers' specific context
Paper2Card
Converts HCI papers into compact, useful cards for designers.
Theorizing design with AI
Supports casual theorizing directly within the design workflow.
IntroBot
Chatbot to support familiarization among ad hoc teammates
DiaryMate
LLM-infused system to support reflective writing
News
Mar 18, 2026
One paper conditionally accepted to DIS 2026
One paper on leveraging academic insights to support UI design iteration has been conditionally accepted to DIS 2026 and featured on the UW HCDE website
Jan 14, 2026
One paper accepted to CHI 2026
One paper on AI-assisted science communication has been accepted to CHI 2026
Jan 4, 2026
Papers accepted to EACL 2026 and EMNLP 2025
One paper and one workshop paper on LLM personlization have been accepted to EACL 2026 main track and EMNLP 2025 PALS Workshop
Travel & Talk
Mar 2026 Sejong University Seoul, Korea 🇰🇷
Nov 2025 Microsoft Research Remote 🇺🇸
Sep 2025 UIST 2025 Busan, Korea 🇰🇷
Jul 2025 CUI 2025 Waterloo, ON 🇨🇦
Jul 2025 DIS 2025 Madeira, Portugal 🇵🇹
Jun 2025 Microsoft Research New York, NY 🇺🇸
Jun 2025 KAIST Daejeon, Korea 🇰🇷
Jun 2025 Chung-Ang University Seoul, Korea 🇰🇷
Jun 2025 Yonsei University Seoul, Korea 🇰🇷
Jun 2025 SNU Seoul, Korea 🇰🇷