I am Taewook [teug] Kim, a fourth 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.

This summer, I am working with Matt Hong in the Human-Centered AI division at the Toyota Research Institute as a research intern.

Selected Publications

🖋 Scaffolding Recursive Divergence and Convergence in Story Ideation
Taewook Kim, Matthew Kay, Yuqian Sun, Melissa Roemmele, Max Kreminski, John Chung
arXiv. | arXiv | BibTeX | ▶︎ Demo video

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

👨🏻‍🎨 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
🏅 ​ 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 | ▶︎ 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 | ▶︎ Project website

Miscellaneous

I enjoy pulling, pushing, and, lifting at the gym 🏋🏻.