CV / Bio

Jonggi Hong is an assistant professor in Department of Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute with Dr. James Coughlan. His research interest lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction, machine learning, and accessibility. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2021 from University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). He obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Computer Science from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

Find out more about me in my C.V. (academic resume).

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow
Coughlan Lab
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
Nov, 2021 – Current
Mentor: James Coughlan

Research Assistant
Intelligent Assistive Machines Lab
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Sep, 2017 – Sept, 2021
Advisor: Hernisa Kacorri

Research Intern
Future of work community, Ability team
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA
June, 2020 – Sep, 2020
Mentors: Daniela Massiceti, Edward Cutrell, Cecily Morrison, Saqib Shaikh

Data Science Research Intern
Systems Technology Lab
Adobe Research, CA, USA
May, 2018 – Aug, 2018
Mentors: Tak Yeon Lee, Eunyee Koh

Research Assistant
Inclusive Design Lab
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Sep, 2015 – Sep, 2017
Advisor: Leah Findlater

Research Intern
Music and Audio Research Group
Seoul National University, Suwon, South Korea
Jan, 2012 – Feb, 2012
Mentor: Kyogu Lee

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Seminar in Research Methods and Data Analysis (INST808)
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Instructor: Hernisa Kacorri
Spring 2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Inclusive Design in HCI (INST704)
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Instructor: Hernisa Kacorri
Fall 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Object-oriented Programming I, II (CMSC131, CMSC132)
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Instructor: Tom Reinhardt, Larry Herman, Fawzi Emad
Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Data Structure (CS206)
Dept. of Computer Science, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
Instructor: Geehyuk Lee
Fall 2012

Awards

HCIL Maryland Way Award for Research Excellence
University of Maryland, College Park, May 2021

Goldhabor Travel Grant
University of Maryland, College Park, May 2018

International Conference Student Support Award
University of Maryland, College Park, May 2018

Summer Dean’s Fellowship
University of Maryland, College Park, May 2015

Best Paper Award for the 2nd International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions
HCI International 2014, 22-27 June 2014, Crete, Greece