Suzi Kim; Curriculum Vitae

Contacts

profile

Work Experiences

Dec. 2023 - Present
Remote
Researcher (Contractor) at Wētā FX
Research Lab
Jan. 2024 - Present
Daejeon, South Korea
CEO at Studio AABB
Feb. 2022 - Dec. 2023
Remote
Researcher at Wētā Digital (Unity)
Research Lab
Oct. 2021 - Dec. 2021
Remote
Research Intern at Adobe
Supervisor: Alec Jacobson
Apr. 2013 - Aug. 2014
Budapest, Hungary
Full-time Developer at Prezi
iOS Team
Development of the mobile Prezi application
Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2013
Geoje, South Korea
IT Project Group, Information Technology Team, R&D Institute
Development of Android-based CAD applications
Jul. 2011
Geoje, South Korea
CAD System Research Group, Information Technology Team, R&D Institute
Parsing of the loading tree structure for DEP simulation
Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2010
Daejeon, South Korea
Undergraduate Research Intern at KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Junyong Noh
Practical interface development based on fluid simulation
Jul. 2010 - Aug. 2010
Daejeon, South Korea
Vehicle & Defense IT Convergence Research Department
Investigation of E-Navigation apparatus, Implementation of sensor simulator for YAN platform
Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Daejeon, South Korea
Undergraduate Research Intern at KAIST
Korean Language Engineering Lab., Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Bu-yong Shin
Development of Windows-based HUPS (Hangul-based Universal Phonetic System)

Education

Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2022
Daejeon, South Korea
Ph.D. in KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Sunghee Choi
Dissertation: Developing a sortable color palette through geometric approaches
[dissertation]
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Yokohama, Japan
Exchange Researcher in Tokyo Tech
Supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Nagahashi
Sep. 2014 - Feb. 2016
Daejeon, South Korea
M.S. in KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Sunghee Choi
Thesis: Generation of three-dimensional typography for multiple texts
[thesis]
Feb. 2008 - Feb. 2012
Daejeon, South Korea
B.S. in KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Yung Hwan Oh, Prof. Yoon Joon Lee

Honors and Awards

Dec. 2021
NAVER PhD Fellowship Award
NAVER
Aug. 2020
Best Paper Presentation Award
2020 Korea Computer Congress
Dec. 2019
Best Paper Award
2019 Korea Software Congress
Aug. 2019
Best Presenter Team
Sustainability and Tourism, AOTULE Summer Program 2019
[slides]
Aug. 2019
Best Paper Presentation Award
2019 Korea Computer Congress
Jun. 2019
Distinguished Paper Award
19th International Conference on Web Engineering
Aug. 2018
Best Teaching Assistant Awards
Teaching Assistant of CS408 Computer Science Project, School of Computing, KAIST
Jun. 2018
Best Paper Award
2018 Korea Computer Congress
Aug. 2017
Best Teaching Assistant Awards
Teaching Assistant of CS504 Computational Geometry, School of Computing, KAIST
Aug. 2016
Top 5 Best Presenter
2016 MISW (The Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop)
Oct. 2015
Best Paper Presentation Award
2015 WISET STEM Research Team Project, KIISE
Sep. 2010 - Dec. 2011
Scholarship Student of DSME
Feb. 2009
Award for Outstanding Application of Formal Design Theories
KAIST
Nov. 2009
Honorable Mention
The ACM Asia Programming Contest Seoul Site 2009
Mar. 2008
Winner of Quiz Show <1 vs 100>
KBS2 Channel

Professional Activities

Aug. 2019
São Paulo, Brazil
The São Paulo School Of Advanced Science In Science Diplomacy And Innovation Diplomacy
Aug. 2019
Bandung, Indonesia
AOTULE(The Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering) Summer Program
Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Tokyo, Japan
AOTULE(The Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering) Graduate Student Research Exchange
Jun. 2015
Copenhagen, Denmark
GRØN DYST (Green Challenge)

Publications

International

Animatomy: an Animator-centric, Anatomically Inspired System for 3D Facial Modeling, Animation and Transfer
Byungkuk Choi, Haekwang Eom, Benjamin Mouscadet, Stephen Cullingford, Kurt Ma, Stefanie Gassel, Suzi Kim, Andrew Moffat, Millicent Maier, Marco Revelant, Joe Letteri, Karan Singh
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Dec. 2022.
[paper]
Dynamic Closest Color Warping to Sort and Compare Palettes
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
ACM SIGGRAPH, Aug. 2021.
[paper] [slides] [codes] [dataset]
Automatic Color Scheme Extraction from Movies
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR), Jun. 2020.
[paper] [slides] [codes]
DotCHA: An Interactive 3D Text-based CAPTCHA
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Journal of Web Engineering, Vol. 18, Issue 8, pp.837-864, Jan. 2020.
[paper] [demo] [codes]
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Eyewear Application
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
EyeWear: Third Workshop on Eye Wear Computing collocated with UbiComp/ISWC, Sep. 2019.
[paper] [slides]
DotCHA: A 3D Text-based Scatter-type CAPTCHA (Distinguished Paper Award)
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
19th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), Jun. 2019.
[paper] [demo] [slides] [codes]
CityCraft: 3D Virtual City Creation from a Single Image
Suzi Kim, Dodam Kim, Sunghee Choi
The Visual Computer, Vol. 36, Issue 5, pp.911-924, May. 2019. (Published; Issued on May. 2020.)
[paper]
Automatic Tooth Segmentation of Dental Mesh Using a Transverse Plane
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
40th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). Jul. 2018.
[paper] [poster]
An Easy Generation of Thriller Movie Poster from 3D Models
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi, Hiroshi Nagahashi
MISW(The Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop) 2016. Aug. 2016.
[paper]
Automatic Generation of 3D Typography
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 (Poster). Jul. 2016.
[paper] [poster] [video]
Eco Image Printing
Heonjun Park, Suzi Kim
GRØN DYST 2015. Jun. 2015.
[paper]

Domestic

Color Palettes Comparison Using Cluster-based Hausdorff Distance
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices, Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 492-496, Oct. 2021.
[paper]
Color Scheme Extraction Based on Image Segmentation and Saliency Map
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Journal of KIISE, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 302-307, Mar. 2021.
[paper]
Cluster-based Color Palettes Comparison (Best Paper Presentation Award)
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Korea Computer Congress(KCC), Jul. 2020.
[paper] [slides]
CNN-based Real-time Grasping Point Detection Using RGB-D Images
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 116-121, Feb. 2020.
[paper]
Color Scheme Extraction Using Segmentation and Saliency Maps (Best Paper Award)
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Korea Software Congress(KSC). Dec. 2019.
[paper] [slides]
CNN-based Grasping Box Detection (Best Paper Presentation Award)
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Korea Computer Congress(KCC), Jun. 2019.
[paper] [slides]
Saliency-based SVG Image Placeholder Generation
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Journal of KIISE, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 39-44, Jan. 2019.
[paper]
Saliency-based Pixel Art Image Generation
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Korea Software Congress(KSC). Dec. 2018.
[paper] [slides]
Saliency-based SVG Image Placeholder Generation (Best Paper Award)
Suzi Kim, Sunghee Choi
Korea Computer Congress(KCC). Jun. 2018.
[paper] [slides]
Development of Scene-based Movie Recommendation Algorithm
Suzi Kim, Doheon Hwang, SooKyung Ahn, Gayoung Lee, Su-A Yang, Yucheong Cho,, Sunghee Choi
2016 Vol. 2 WISET Junior Science & Technology Research Reports. Nov. 2016.
Development of Korean Font Detection System from Image
Suzi Kim, Jiyi Lee, Minsun Hong, Yerim Kang, Jinyoung Kim, Soyeon Park, Jiwon Lee,, Sunghee Choi
2015 Vol. 1 WISET Junior Science & Technology Research Reports. Nov. 2015.
Interface Development for Improving Efficiency of Fluid Special Effects Production
Soomin Yang, Suzi Kim, Taekwon Jang, Junyong Noh
In Proc. of Korea Computer Graphics Society (KCGS) 2010 (Poster). Jun. 2010.

Patents

Feb. 2020, Jan. 2021, Apr. 2021
Method and Apparatus for Extracting Color Scheme from Video
Sunghee Choi, Suzi Kim
Application Number: KR-10-2020-0016109, US-17143577, China-202110022034.0
Registration Number: KR-10-2245349 [link]
Apr. 2017
DotCHA: A 3D Text-based Scatter-type CAPTCHA
Sunghee Choi, Suzi Kim
Application Number: KR10-2017-0049182
Sep. 2015, Aug. 2017
Method and Apparatus for Pre-treating Image for Printing
Heonjun Park, Suzi Kim
Application Number: KR-10-2015-0124385 [link]
Registration Number: KR-10-1769945 [link]
Aug. 2010, Sep. 2011
Method and Apparatus for Simulating Collision Splash
Soomin Yang, Suzi Kim, Taekwon Jang, Junyong Noh
Application Number: KR-10-2010-0077394
Registration Number: KR-10-1068673 [link]
Oct. 2012
Mobile Application for Displaying CAD Drawing
Program Registration: C-2012-021509
DSME. Korea Copyright Commission
Oct. 2012
Desktop-based Program for Viewing CAD Drawing
Program Registration: C-2012-021507
DSME. Korea Copyright Commission
Oct. 2012
Webservice Program for Viewing CAD Drawing
Program Registration: C-2012-021508
DSME. Korea Copyright Commission

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2019
CD401: Multidisciplinary Capstone Design
K-School, KAIST
Fall 2018
Counseling Assistant
School of Computing, KAIST
Fall 2017, Spring 2018
CS408: Computer Science Project
School of Computing, KAIST
Spring 2017
CS504: Computational Geometry
School of Computing, KAIST
Spring 2016, Fall 2016
CS300: Introduction to Algorithms
School of Computing, KAIST
Spring 2015
CS204: Discrete Mathematics
School of Computing, KAIST
Fall 2014
CS101: Introduction to Programming
Department of Computer Science, KAIST
Spring 2011, Fall 2011
HSS277: The World of Musicals
School of Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST
Spring 2011
HSS186: Understanding Music and Music History
School of Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST

Reviewer

2024
Transaction in GIS
2023
Transaction in GIS
2023
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia
2022
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia
2022
Pacific Graphics
2022
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
2019
2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society

Extracurricular Activities

Feb. 2021 - Feb. 2022
The 49th KAIST Graduate Student Association "edge"
Vice President
Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2021
The 48th KAIST Graduate Student Association "NOW"
Planning Team Director
Feb. 2019 - Mar. 2020
The 47th KAIST Graduate Student Association "Wave"
Second Cultural Team Director
Feb. 2018 - Feb. 2019
The 46th KAIST Graduate Student Association "Only-one"
IT Team Director
Feb. 2017 - Feb. 2018
The 45th KAIST Graduate Student Association "Focus-on"
IT Team Director
Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2017
The 44th KAIST Graduate Student Association "RE:BOOT"
Cultural Team Director
Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2016
The 43rd KAIST Graduate Student Association
Researcher @Life Style Laboratory
Feb. 2015 - Feb. 2016
School of Computing, KAIST
Vice Master Student Representative

Certificate

Dec. 2023 - Present
PADI Open Water Diver Scuba Diving Certification
This qualification meets ISO 24801-2: Diver Level 2 -- Autonomous Diver Standard This diver has satisfactorily met the standards for this certification level as set forth by PADI