• Yuchun’s presentation at Korean color conference

    Yuchun Yan, a master student of Color lab made an oral presentation about “Color Mosaic” at 2018 Spring Conference of Korean Society of Color Studies in Seoul. The Color Mosaic is a short term based education contents in that students can compare the difference between automated pixelation and subjective color extration. The contents are particularly suitable…

  • A patent for the invention on image color correction using human sclera and pupil

    A patent for the invention with Estee Lauder Corporation has been registered at the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The patent is titled “System and method for correcting color of digital image based on the human sclera and pupil,” and is invented by Hayan Choi, Kyungah Choi, Hyeon-Jeong Suk, and Songyup Kim(Estee Lauder Corporation, New York). The…

  • A talk about KAIST Edu 4.0

    Organized by the KBS and KAIST, Prof. Suk delivered a talk about the Education 4.0 as an alternative teaching paradigm of university education. The Education 4.0 basically follows the frame of flipped learning, one of the well-known interactive teaching methods, but emphasizes a synergy between online lecture and offline interactions. As the 6th show of…

  • Dr. Kyungah Choi appointed research professor

    Kyungah Choi has been appointed a research assistant professor of the Industrial Design Department at KAIST. She has moved to a new office on the 2nd floor. As a research professor, she will serve the department and university in ways that demonstrate a clear commitment to students. Thanks for everyone’s support through the years and with the…

  • Color and success, Prof.Suk’s invited talk at MDC2018

    Invited by the MDC2018, 30th Mint Directors Conference, Prof.Suk gave a talk entitled as “Color and success”. Differently from her previous talks about color perception and visual ergonomics, she introduced some historic background about precious colors. For example, the pink versus blue dichotomy these days is strongly influenced by the commercial items such as Barbie dolls. In the…

  • Kyeong Ah’s “c.light” at CHI’ 18

    Kyeong Ah Jeong, a Ph.D. student of color lab presented her work at the ACM CHI’ 18, and the full paper is published in the proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. In the paper, the findings and qualitative analyses are provided based on the workshop with designers exploring automobile…

  • An article about the AI speakers that apologize

    Prof.Suk published an article entitled as. “Applying Social Strategies for Breakdown Situations of Conversational Agents: A Case Study Using Forewarning and Apology [대화형 에이전트의 오류 상황에서 사회적 전략 적용: 사전 양해와 사과를 이용한 사례 연구]” in the Korean Journal for Science of Emotion and Sensibility. The study documents Prof. Yoomi Lee and Miss Sunjeong Park’s term…

  • Color Lab on air (YTN science)

    The YTN Science reported about “color (색(色), 그 풍요의 시대)”, covering both theory and practical application of color. The broadcasting station team contacted the Color lab, and the members participated in several interviews. We explained the process of perception and interpreting color, and in particular, we have introduced interesting examples of how lighting can express…

  • Congratulations on your graduation!

    Dr. Kyungah Choi and Dr. Eunjin Kim were awarded degrees at the 2018 commencement ceremony on February 23 at KAIST. Congratulations!  

  • A collaborative study on finding the healthier smartphone use at night

    Dr.Na, a graduate of Color Lab. has published an article entitled as, “Smartphone use at night affects melatonin secretion, body temperature, and heart rate” in the Korean Journal of Society for Emotion and Sensibility[감성과학]. In the article, a change of display quality of a smartphone, such as a decrease of both luminance and blue ratio…

  • Impact of light on melatonin secretion by Dr. Choi

    Dr. Kyungah Choi presented a work entitled, “Lighting design considerations: The impact of light on melatonin secretion” at the Asia-Design Engineering Workshop (ADEWS 2017). This study aims to investigate the impact of indoor lighting conditions on physiological and self-reported responses and determine whether these effects depend on the time of day. The study is expected…

  • True white for televisions by Dr. Choi

    Dr. Kyungah Choi presented a work entitled, “White perception of display devices in dark and lit environments” at the Asia-Design Engineering Workshop (ADEWS 2017). This study aims to investigate the white perception of display devices presented in a real rather than a simulated environment, lit by illuminants with various chromaticities. The results of this study…