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Wake-Up Word recognizes your mood, investigated by Taesu
AI speaker is now everywhere. For example, if you are in a KIA car, “Hi, Kia!’ should boot the car’s system. When most of the technical studies have focused on accuracy, we were curious about the emotional state contained in the voice. Led by Taesu, a Ph.D. candidate constructed a voice database recorded in various…
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Amore Pacific’s “Base Picker” to launch
Amore Pacific’s base picker based on Color Lab’s patented technology is finally launched in the Seongsu branch, Seoul. Our algorithm installed in the base picker is deliberately tailored in analyzing Korean women’s skin while providing precise and accurate skin color reading. If you dream of going out sometimes for a pleasant outing, how about going…
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Byeongjin(병진) is back as a master student
Byeongjin joined the Color lab in Spring 2021. He recently received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Electric Engineering and Computer Science of GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology). Additionally, he minored in psychology and participated in a psycholinguistics lab for a year. During the undergraduate study, he conveyed a language comprehension test using an…
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Dr.Kyungah Choi is appointed as an assistant professor at Sungshin Women’s University
Congratulations! Dr. Kyungah Choi is appointed as an assistant professor by the Department of Service and Design Engineering(서비스 디자인 공학과) at Shungshin Women’s University. Based on her teaching, research, and practical experience at KAIST and Samsung Electronics, she will be a great leader in the education of convergent design, such as data-driven service design. As…
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Gyunpyo(건표) joined Color Lab!
Gyunpyo joined the Color lab in Spring 2021. Before joining the Master’s program at KAIST, he worked as an automotive exterior designer for four years in Changan European Designing Center in Torino, Italy. During his four years in Changan, he participated in multiple production and concept vehicle design projects. He has a Bachelor of Fine…
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Yuchun’s Deep learning study on face color published in JIST
Yuchun Yan, a Ph.D. candidate of Color Lab has published an article entitled, “Exploring the Facial Color Representative Regions Using the Humanae Images” in the December issue of Journal of Imaging Science and Technology(JIST). The article was submitted to the journal-first track of the Electronic Imaging 2021(EI 2021) conference and accepted for publication. In the…
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Color lab’s research in KAIST archives
The award-winning research from Color Lab leaves a mark in KAIST archives and released on Youtube. The highlighted research is mainly related to the awakening effect of blue-enriched light led by the doctoral work of Dr. Kyungah Choi. In the Youtube video, Prof. Suk puts an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration to discover novel ideas and…
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Hyeonju reported about the excessive light from home appliances
As an invited talk to the 17th China International Forum on Solid-State Lighting (SSL China 2020) held in Shenzhen, China, Hyeonju delivered a video presentation entitled “Thoughts and Approaches toward the Guideline of Light Interface of Home Appliances”. The study introduced three approaches: a review of domestic legal guidance concerning outdoor light pollution, a consumer…
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Is “Hi… Kia…” sufficient to express sad mood? Yes. Deep learning driven investigation by Youngwoo and Taesu
Youngwoo Kim, an undergraduate intern has presented a paper entitled, “Hi, Kia, HI… Kia…, HI, KIA!” at the 2020 Fall Conference of Korea Society for Emotion and Sensibility. This study investigated the affective quality from the Wake-Up Words(WUW) in a passenger car. Having collaborated with Kia Design Center, Color lab has carried out a series…
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Skin color perception in portrait and emoji by Yuchun Yan at CIC28
Yuchun Yan, a Ph.D. student of Color lab made an interactive and poster presentation entitled “Skin Color Perception in Portrait Image and AR-based Humanoid Emoji.” A user study was conducted with 20 graduate students majoring in design, and 24 portrait images in four skin tone categories were employed. Through the user study, we observed skin colors…
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Lighting design for the Premium bus by Taesu
Taesu Kim, a Ph.D. student of Color lab, delivered an online presentation entitled as, “Bus Interior Lighting Design Using Detachable Ceiling Light Module” at the 2020 Fall International Conference of Korea Society of Design Studies(KSDS). This study introduced the use of scale mockups to prototype the lighting design quickly but much more realistic than drawings…
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Boram’s Material Network presented at KSDS Fall conference
Boram Kim, a master student of Color lab, made an oral presentation entitled as, “Color and Material Visualization of MoMA Chairs Using Social Network Analysis” at the 2020 Fall International Conference of Korea Society of Design Science(KSDS) in Seoul. Presented ‘Color and Material Network’ is about visualizing relations between different materials to nurture potentials for…