Scholar
Dasom Choi
Google Scholar ID: DGr0O60AAAAJ
KAIST
Citations & Impact
Citations
243
H-index
7
i10-index
6
Publications
17
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Best Paper Award at CHI 2025 for AACessTalk
- AACessTalk featured on major Korean TV news channels (MBC, KBS, EBS) in May 2025
- Two papers conditionally accepted to CHI 2025 (January 2025)
- Awarded NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) doctoral research grant in September 2024
- Published multiple papers at top-tier venues including CHI, DIS, and FAccT on inclusive AI, neurodiversity, and algorithmic fairness
- CHI 2020 paper received Honorable Mention
Research Experience
- Developed AACessTalk: a tablet-based, AI-mediated communication system facilitating meaningful exchanges between minimally verbal autistic children and their parents
- Studied opportunities and challenges of integrating ChatGPT into autistic adults’ daily lives through participatory workshops and week-long usage studies
- Explored whether online dating services meet the diverse needs of autistic users via simulated dating workshops
- Investigated inclusiveness of YouTube’s algorithmic experiences for creators with disabilities
- Conducted a 20-day in-home study on speech rate adaptation of conversational agents for people with vision impairments
- Designed ALLSUB, a crowdsourcing platform for generating descriptive subtitles for people with hearing impairments
Background
- Fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST
- Working with Prof. Hwajung Hong at DxD Lab
- Research at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Accessibility, with a strong focus on human-centered design
- Designs and develops inclusive AI systems that empower minority groups to actively participate in society while preserving their uniqueness and identities
- Recently exploring characteristics and challenges of AI-mediated social interactions among neurodiverse communities, and investigating how AI can support their self-exploration and self-advocacy