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Youngjun Cho
UCL at Here East
Brief biography
Youngjun Cho is a lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US) in the department of computer science at UCL. He explores, builds and evaluates novel techniques and technologies for the next generation of physiological computing1 that boosts disability technology innovation.
In his PhD research at UCL, he had investigated mobile thermal imaging-based physiological sensing and automated stress detection for mental health innovation. Before deciding to undertake his PhD study in 2015, he had worked as a senior researcher and specialist at LG Electronics (full-time: 2011-2015, leave of absence:2015-2018) and was a PI/Co-I/Lead researcher of a variety of industrial research projects. Amongst his contributions, novel 3D input and gesture recognition technologies (as advanced touch screen solutions in vehicles) were successfully commercialised in collaboration with automobile manufacturers including Porsche and BMW.
His academic research and studies were mainly funded by the EU H2020, UCL-ORS, National Research Foundation of Korea, LG and Samsung. He has authored more than 50 articles (including patents) in areas related to physiological computing, machine learning, human-computer interaction and multimodal sensing and feedback. Some of the achievements have been featured in forums for the general public such as BBC News, Phys.Org, Imaging and Machine Vision Europe, Science Daily, and SBS News.
1His definition of physiological computing is technology that listens to your physiological and psychological needs and adapts its functionality. Its three technical components are physiological sensing, affect recognition and bio-feedback.
Publication and Patent
Research Publications
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| Youngjun Cho, S Julier, Nadia Berthouze | Instant Automated Inference of Perceived Mental Stress through Smartphone PPG and Thermal Imaging | 2019 | Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Mental Health - Special Issue on Computing and Mental Health (2018), Journal article |
| Youngjun Cho, YOUN Jinho, M Joung, S Kim | Vehicle display device and vehicle | 2018 | Patent |
| Youngjun Cho, Nadia Berthouze, S Julier | Automated Inference of Cognitive Stress in-the-Wild | 2018 | 3rd Symposium on Computing and Mental Health, Conference abstract/presentation slides, Montreal, QC, Canada |
| Youngjun Cho, Nadia Berthouze, Nicolai Marquardt, S Julier | Deep Thermal Imaging: Proximate Material Type Recognition in the Wild through Deep Learning of Spatial Surface Temperature Patterns | 2018 | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018), Conference paper (text), Montreal, QC, Canada |
| Youngjun Cho | Automated Mental Stress Recognition through Mobile Thermal Imaging | 2018 | International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), Conference paper (text), San Antonio, the US |
| Youngjun Cho | Sensorless Resonance Tracking of Resonant Electromagnetic Actuator through Back-EMF Estimation for Mobile Devices | 2018 | Internet publication |
| Youngjun Cho, N Bianchi-Berthouze, S Julier | DeepBreath: Deep Learning of Breathing Patterns for Automatic Stress Recognition using Low-Cost Thermal Imaging in Unconstrained Settings | 2017 | International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), Conference paper (text), San Antonio, the US |
| Youngjun Cho, N Bianchi-Berthouze, S Julier, Nicolai Marquardt | ThermSense: Smartphone-based Breathing Sensing Platform using Noncontact Low-Cost Thermal Camera | 2017 | International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), Conference paper (text), San Antonio, US |
| Youngjun Cho, SJ Julier, Nicolai Marquardt, N Bianchi-Berthouze | Robust tracking of respiratory rate in high-dynamic range scenes using mobile thermal imaging | 2017 | Biomedical Optics Express, 2017, Journal article |
| Youngjun Cho, A Bianchi, Nicolai Marquardt, NL Bianchi-Berthouze | RealPen: Providing Realism in Handwriting Tasks on Touch Surface using Auditory-Tactile Feedback | 2016 | User Interface Software and Technology Symposium (UIST'16), Conference paper (text), Tokyo, Japan |
| Youngjun Cho, M Joung, S Kim | Electronic device having proximity touch function and control method thereof | 2015 | Patent |
| Youngjun Cho, S Kim, M Joung, J Lee | Haptic Cushion: Automatic Generation of Vibro- tactile Feedback Based on Audio Signal for Immersive Interaction with Multimedia | 2014 | ACTUATOR 2014, 14th International Conference on New Actuators, Conference paper (text), Bremen, Germany |
| D Pyo, T-H Yang, Youngjun Cho, D-S Kwon | Vibration generating module, actuator using the same, handheld device, method for generating vibration and recording medium thereof | 2012 | Patent |
| T-H Yang, D Pyo, S-Y Kim, Youngjun Cho, YD Bae, YM Lee, JS Lee, EH Lee, D-S Kwon | A new subminiature impact actuator for mobile devices | 2011 | World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2011 IEEE, Conference paper (text), IEEE |
| Youngjun Cho, T-H Yang, D-S Kwon | A new miniature smart actuator based on piezoelectric material and solenoid for mobile devices | 2010 | The Abstracts of the international conference on advanced mechatronics: toward evolutionary fusion of IT and mechatronics: ICAM 2010.5, Conference paper (text), The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| D-S Kwon, T-H Yang, Youngjun Cho | Mechatronics technology in mobile devices | 2010 | IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Journal article |
| Youngjun Cho | Mobile Thermography-based Physiological Computing for Automatic Recognition of a Person’s Mental Stress | N/A | Thesis / Dissertation |
| Youngjun Cho, SJ Julier, Nicolai Marquardt, N Bianchi-Berthouze | Robust respiration tracking in high-dynamic range scenes using mobile thermal imaging | N/A | Journal article |