Inha Cha
Human-Computer Interaction, Maching Learning, Design Research
Research Interests
Education
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, United States
Ph.D. , Digital Media
Advisor: Richmond Wong
2023 - Present
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
M.S., Industrial Design
Thesis: Developing a Framework for a Value-sensitive Design of Artificial Intelligence Agents.
Advisor: Youn-kyung Lim
2019 -2021
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden.
Exchange Student, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2020
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
B.A., Aesthetics, College of Humanities
B.A., Information Science and Culture Study, College of Social Science
Graduated Cum Laude
2015-2019
Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow, Russia
Exchange Student, SNU in World Program, Dept. of Russian Language and Culture
2017
Publications
Unlocking the Tacit Knowledge of Data Work in Machine Learning
Inha Cha*, Juhyun Oh*, Cheul Young Park*, Jiyoon Han, and Hwalsuk Lee
CHI 2023 LBW (Late-Breaking Work).
Poster
Human-centered Proposition for Structuring Data Construction
Inha Cha*, Juhyun Oh*, Cheul Young Park*
HCAI Workshop @NeurIPS 2022, Included as a Panel.
Workshop Paper
Unveiling human influences in dataset construction for Document Text OCR systems
Juhyun Oh, Inha Cha, Jiyoon Han, Sungrae, Park, and Hwalsuk Lee
CHI 2022 Workshop. (Investigating Data Work Across Domains: New Perspectives on the Work of Creating Data)
Workshop Paper
Exploring the Use of a Voice-based Conversational Agent to Empower Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Inha Cha, Sung-In Kim, Hwajung Hong, Heejeong Yoo, Youn-kyung Lim
CHI 2021.
Full Paper
Challenges in Devising Resources for Ethics: What Should We Consider When Designing Toolkits to Tackle AI Ethical Issues for Practitioners?
Inha Cha and Youn-kyung Lim
CHI 2021 Workshop. (Co-designing Ethics Resources for HCI Education)
Workshop Paper
Poster
A Study to Explore the Use of a Voice-Based Conversational Agent As a Conversational Partner for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Inha Cha, Sung-In Kim, Hwajung Hong, Heejeong Yoo, Youn-kyung Lim
INSAR 2020.
Toward Becoming a Better Self: Understanding Self-Tracking Experiences of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Custom Trackers
Sung-In Kim, Eunkyung Jo, Myeonghan Ryu, Inha Cha, Young-Ho Kim, Heejung Yoo, Hwajung Hong
Pervasive Health 2019.
Full Paper
A Study for Specializing a Chatbot-based Self-Management Program for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sung-In Kim, Myeonghan Ryu, Eunkyung Jo, Inha Cha, Young-Ho Kim, Heejung Yoo, Hwajung Hong
HCI KOREA 2019.
Full Paper
Professional Experience
AI Product UX Designer, Upstage
Designed data annotation tools for OCR & Parsing engines.
Designed OCR MLops platforms focusing on functions for managing datasets.
Conducted HCI research on structuring human engagements in dataset construction for ML systems.
2021 — 2023
HRI Design Intern, NaverLabs
Designed a mobile robot working in middle-sized marts.
2020
Awards & Honor
Graduate Student Scholarship, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation
Merit-based scholarship for graduate studies funded by Kwanjeong Educational Foundation.
Awarded 10,000 US dollars per year.
2019 — 2021
National Winner, James Dyson Design & Engineering Award
Designed a working prototype that makes post-it with scrap paper.
Awards committees: Dennis Hong (UCLA), Huisung Lee (UNIST), Changsup Oh (KU)
2019
Best Undergraduate Thesis Award, Seoul National University
Won third place in Best Undergraduate Thesis Award.
Juried by the faculty of the Humanities department.
2019
Reviewer: DIS(2023), CHI (2022)
Volunteer: FAccT (2022), DIS (2021)
Academic Services
Korean (Native)
English (Fluent)