I am Taewook [teug] Kim, a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Communication at Northwestern University. I work with Matt Kay.

My research interests span the intersection between human-computer interaction (HCI) and AI. I enjoy building and evaluating AI-powered interactive systems. Recently, I have been interested in designing human-AI interaction paradigms that can preserve and enhance human agency.

Selected Publications

πŸ–‹ Scaffolding Recursive Divergence and Convergence in Story Ideation
Taewook Kim, Matthew Kay, Yuqian Sun, Melissa Roemmele, Max Kreminski, John Chung
arXiv. | arXiv | BibTeX | β–ΆοΈŽ Demo video

πŸ“– Steering AI-Driven Personalization of Scientific Text for General Audiences
Taewook Kim, Dhruv Agarwal, Jordan Ackerman, Manaswi Saha
CSCW 2025. | arXiv | ACM DL | BibTeX | β–ΆοΈŽ Demo video

πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸŽ¨ Authors’ Values and Attitudes Towards AI-bridged Scalable Personalization of Creative Language Arts
Taewook Kim, Hyomin Han, Eytan Adar, Matthew Kay, John Chung
CHI 2024. | arXiv | ACM DL | BibTeX
πŸ… ​ Best paper honorable mention (top 5%) ​

🀬 Opportunities in Mental Health Support for Informal Dementia Caregivers Suffering from Verbal Agitation
Taewook Kim, Hyeok Kim, Angela Roberts, Maia Jacobs, Matthew Kay
CSCW 2024. | arXiv | ACM DL | BibTeX | β–ΆοΈŽ Project website

😘 Love in Lyrics: An Exploration of Supporting Textual Manifestation of Affection in Social Messaging
Taewook Kim, Jungsoo Lee, Zhenhui Peng, and Xiaojuan Ma
CSCW 2019. | ACM DL | BibTeX | β–ΆοΈŽ Project website

Miscellaneous

I enjoy pulling, pushing, and, lifting at the gym πŸ‹πŸ».