The 1st Care and Computing Workshop

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Bio

He is the first Korean man to receive a Ph.D. in Women's Studies. Currently, he is a researcher at Seokyeong University, focusing on care ethics, gender and masculinity, and the history of international adoption. Through his research in care ethics and women's studies, he aims to contribute to women and men acknowledging both their differences and commonalities, and coexisting harmoniously. He hopes that Korean society and men will reflect on their past and present selves through an understanding of care ethics and gender, and together discuss the direction they should head towards.

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Rural children in South Korea exhibit higher foreign language anxiety and lower English competency. For such marginalized contexts where local communities cannot support children's learning, we propose and explore a new pedagogical approach, CRAYON (Community-based RelAY Online educatioN). In CRAYON, a pool of non-professional tutors take turns to meet and teach rural children in short relay sessions through mobile technologies. It uncovers and promotes volunteers' internal willingness to participate in community-based teaching, which could otherwise be fragmented and dormant in their tightly-woven daily lives. It greatly lessens the barriers to participation from multiple dimensions, i.e., time, space, and expertise, and encourages interested volunteers to easily join without taking much burden. As such, the approach can create new learning opportunities and help rural children overcome their motivational and environmental hurdles. Tutors could approach each child and share short but precious time with her; helping her experience repetitive and sufficient exposure to the language, each time with a newly met tutor. We conducted a short relay session-based English learning program for 5 rural children for 4 weeks in South Korea with 15 tutors. From the field deployment, we find that the rural children and the undergraduate tutors engaged in effective interactions and scaffolding, despite the constraints of partitioned short sessions. A particular pattern of interaction, i.e., continuous learner engagement support, emerged as they drew out the interactions over a short period of time. It was highly encouraging to observe that all children, including those who were disengaged in their classroom environments, actively participated in the CRAYON sessions. The findings elicited from the study have important implications in multiple dimensions. They suggest the possibility of extending the scope of learning environments to include first-met tutors and learners beyond re-established relationship. In a larger perspective, the findings imply a new direction to overcome the challenges of low childhood literacy in under-resourced areas. With adequate and sufficient support from educational institutions and CRAYON, this study argues that volunteer tutors with less experience can deliver effective instruction by sharing just a short period of time, and help a child who has been lagging behind the pace of the school catch up and re-engage.

Bio

Seungchul Lee is an invited professor at the School of Computing, KAIST. His research interest covers broad areas of Mobile, Ubiquitous, IoT, and Social Computing. Specific topics include social and interactional computing applications and platforms, earables and wearables for human well-being, pervasive IoT systems and robotics, ML-based computing systems and applications, deep learning and computer vision, and context-aware systems and services. He has published papers at premier academic conferences, including MobiSys, UbiComp, and CSCW. Before joining KAIST as an invited professor, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Computing, KAIST. He received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from KAIST in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Junehwa Song.

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This study analyzes the social and emotional dimensions of eating through the illness narratives of poor, unmarried diabetics in their 50s and 60s living in Seoul. The four life story narrators are diabetics in their 50s and 60s who agreed to participate in life history interviews for a qualitative study of a socially vulnerable diabetic population conducted as part of the Cities Changing Diabetes (CDC) project in Seoul. Studies of eating practices and behaviors from a nutritional and sociobiological perspective tend to take an instrumental view of food and eating, explaining eating habits and food preferences in terms of the anatomical functions of the human body. However, as food and eating are deeply connected to physical survival and social relationships, this study aims to explore the meaning of eating as a ‘socio-material practice’ (Harbers, Mol and Stollmeijer, 2002). In doing so, we will examine the generative power of self-care as well as the care networks of people with diabetes.

Bio

(성공회대 젠더연구소 학술연구교수, 함께 쓴 책으로《골골한 청년들: '건강한 몸able-bodiness'의 세계를 살아내는 다양한 몸들의 이야기》, 《엄마의 탄생: 대한민국에서 엄마는 어떻게 만들어지는가》, 《결국 사람을 위하여》 등이 있다.

She is an academic research professor at Sungkonghoe University Gender Institute. Her co-authored books include 《Ailing Youth: Stories of Diverse Bodies Living in a World of 'Healthy Bod-ability'》,  《The Birth of Mothers: How Mothers are Made in South Korea》, and 《Ultimately, For People.》

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Jung-Hwa Ha is a professor in the Department of Social Welfare at Seoul National University in South Korea. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Work and Sociology from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Seoul National University, she worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.

Ha’s research interests encompass various aspects of older adults’ social relationships and support, stress and coping, bereavement, end-of-life care, and dementia care. Her work has delved into the effects of stressful life transitions, such as widowhood and health decline, on the social and psychological well-being of older adults. Additionally, she has explored how various social and psychological factors may moderate the negative consequences of these transitions. Ha’s recent work investigated the effects of childlessness on the well-being of older adults in East and Southeast Asia and has examined cultural differences in end-of-life care planning. She is also actively engaged in intervention research aimed at informing social work practice. Notably, she has recently developed a guide for advance care planning for older adults with mild dementia and their families. 

소속/직급: 서울대학교 사회과학대학 사회복지학과 교수

세부 전공: 노인복지

학위: 서울대학교 사회복지학 학사, 미시간대학교 사회복지학/사회학 석사, 박사

연구 분야: 노년기의 사회관계, 노년기 건강/정신건강에 영향을 미치는 사회적 요소들, 치매/임종기 돌봄, 사별 

강의 교과목: 노인복지론, 장애인복지론 (학부), 노인복지세미나, 죽음과 상실에 관한 이론과 실천 (대학원)

주요 경력

2019.3 – 현재             서울대학교 사회과학대학 사회복지학과 교수

2014. 3 – 2019. 2.       서울대학교 사회과학대학 사회복지학과 부교수

2012. 3. – 2014. 2.      서울대학교 사회과학대학 사회복지학과 조교수

2008. 7. – 2011. 12.    시카고 대학 사회복지대학원 조교수 

2006. 7. – 2008. 1.      위스컨신 대학 와이즈만 센터(Waisman Center) 연구원 

2002. 9 – 2005. 4.       미시간 대학 강사 및 조교

Abstract

Individuals with limited spoken language often face difficulties in fully expressing their intentions or understanding others, leading to repeated experiences of communication breakdown and social exclusion in everyday life. This issue is also evident in care settings for people with disabilities, highlighting the importance of recognizing individuals with disabilities not merely as passive recipients of care, but as active communicative agents. While various augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems have been developed and utilized to support individuals with complex communication needs due to severe disabilities, there remains a lack of sufficient support for interactive communication that enables broader social engagement. In this presentation, a concept for the bi-directional personalized AAC service incorporating generative AI technology is introduced, and its potential to enhance the communication abilities of individuals with limited speech and to expand opportunities for social interaction and participation is explored.

Bio

Sangeun Shin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the Graduate Program in Speech-Language Pathology at Chungnam National University. She also works at the university’s Speech-Language Therapy Center and leads the Communication and Assistive Technology (CAAT) Laboratory. Dr. Shin’s research focuses on individuals with complex communication needs who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), including children and adults with developmental disabilities, aphasia, and neurodegenerative conditions. Her primary interests include examining the relationship between cognitive processing and communication performance in the use of AAC devices, identifying core vocabulary across various conversational contexts, and developing comprehensive AAC assessment protocols and diagnostic classification systems. Her work aims to enhance the quality and accessibility of AAC services throughout the lifespan.

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Blind people face challenges using apps on their own, and often seek out sighted assistance. We propose Chaperone, a system that enables blind people to lead app use with the help of a remote sighted helper. The Chaperone system is designed to address the mismatch in app interactions between blind users and their helpers, and aims to enhance their self-determination and privacy. Key features include an Interaction Translator that provides real-time feedback on sighted helper’s controls and an Interaction Regulator that moderates the speed of app interaction to mitigate imbalances between blind users and sighted helpers. In experiments, Chaperone was shown to significantly improve blind users’ sense of agency, app usability, and privacy compared to existing assistance practices. This research overcomes the limitations of mobile accessibility technologies and presents a new approach that centers blind users’ agency in collaborative app use.

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Youngjae Chang and Hyunjong Lee are Ph.D. students at the School of Computing, KAIST, working in the NCLab. Their research explores how intelligent systems can support everyday life through human-centered design, spanning mobile, IoT, machine intelligence, and service experience. Their work has been published at venues like ACM IMWUT, CSCW and MobiSys, and recognized with a Best Demo Award. They previously interned at Nokia Bell Labs.

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Jongseong Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Welfare at Seoul National University in South Korea. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Work from Columbia University, where his research focused on social policy and the application of quantitative methods such as causal inference, text analysis, and machine learning. He also earned an MPP in Public Policy and a BA in Social Welfare from Seoul National University.

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Lee worked as deputy director in the South Korean government for 12 years, serving in key policy roles across the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety. These experiences shaped his interest in integrating administrative data and data science tools into social policy research.

His scholarly work explores issues at the intersection of aging, social policy, and public administration. Recent studies include topics such as intergenerational transfers, the effects of social service delivery reforms, and data-driven approaches to evaluating welfare policies. His research has appeared in leading journals such as Neurology, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and Journal of Asian Public Policy.

In addition to research and teaching, Dr. Lee serves on several national advisory boards and policy evaluation committees and actively contributes to knowledge translation between academic research and social policymaking.

Abstract

Care, the very essence of nursing, is an act of helping that promotes the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of those receiving care. Humanity, environment, health, and nursing are core concepts that constitute the body of nursing knowledge, often presented as nursing's metaparadigm. To become nurses, nursing students learn the essence of nursing through this metaparadigm and by developing their professional nursing identity. Throughout this process, the importance of respect for human dignity, interpersonal relationships, and communication is emphasized. Furthermore, nursing students acquire nursing knowledge and skills necessary for nursing through two years of practice in various nursing sites, and cultivate problem-solving skills and professional nursing qualities.

As a patient, we all want to feel well cared for and attended to by our healthcare providers, but in clinical settings, there is often a gap between the care that patients expect and the care that nurses actually provide. This can be a source of conflict for both patients and nurses. This gap in care can be attributed to a variety of factors, including the complexity of the healthcare environment, staff shortages, workload overload, and the diversity of individual patient needs and expectations. In particular, there may be a gap between patients' and nurses' perceptions of universal and specialized care. Care gaps can lead to poor patient satisfaction and nurse job stress, which ultimately negatively impacts the quality of care.

To narrow the gap between patient expectations and the care nurses provide, nurses need competence in delivering patient-centered care and a strong sense of ethical responsibility. Nurses need to be able to care about and respond appropriately to patients' subjective experiences, not just their physical problems. It also requires active communication and collaboration between the patient and nurse. Patients need to be able to clearly communicate and control their needs and expectations to nurses, and nurses need to listen to patients' needs and have an understanding and accepting attitude. In addition, healthcare organizations should continue to improve the working environment for nurses and provide policy support for adequate staffing and professional development.

Bio

Education

B.S., Seoul National University College of Nursing 1987

M.S., Seoul National University College of Nursing 1990

Ph.D., Seoul National University College of Nursing 1999

Career, Scholarly Activities, Community Service

Current) Professor, Department of Nursing, Ulsan National University

Current) Auditor, Korean Adult Nursing Association

Current) Auditor, Korean Society for Qualitative Research

Current) Regional Director, Korean Oncology Nursing Association

Current) Editorial Board Member, Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Current) Editorial Board Member, Korean Journal of Nursing Education

Current) Head of Ulsan City Integrated Health Promotion Project Support Group

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Bio

I am an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at KOREATECH (Korea University of Technology and Education). My research interests span a broad range of topics in the area of mobile and ubiquitous computing and IoT. I am interested in designing creative systems and conducting experimental system research for challenging real-world problems. I am particularly interested in devising new mobile applications/services, tackling related technical problems, and designing systems for the applications, and building working prototype. Before joining KOREATECH, I was a research professor in the Department of Computer Science at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).

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Junehwa Song is a Professor and KAIST-endowed Chair Professor in the School of Computing, KAIST, Korea. Prior to joining KAIST, he worked as a research staff member at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland at College Park, and BS in Computer Science from Seoul National University. Prof. Song’s research interest includes systems research issues broadly across Mobile-IoT systems, Care computing and platforms, Wearables, mobile machine learning platforms, applied for social, pervasive and urban spaces. He has been extensively publishing in the related research areas. He has also been granted more than 50 patents. He served the editorial boards of the IEEE TMC (Transactions on Mobile Computing), ACM IMWUT, and associate editor-in-chief IEEE Pervasive Computing. He served ACM MobiSys 2022 (International conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services) as the program co-chair, ACM MobiSys 2019 as the general co-chair, IEEE MDM (International conference on Mobile Data Management) 2017 as the general co-chair, ACM SenSys (International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems) 2015 as the general chair, and ACM UbiComp (International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing) 2014 as the program co-chair. He is serving or served on the steering committee of ACM SenSys, ACM HotMobile, ACM UbiComp. He has been also on the program committees of major conferences in the areas such as ACM MobiSys, ACM SenSys, ACM MobiComp, ACM/IEEE IPSN, ACM UbiComp, ACM HotMobile, IEEE INFOCOM, ACM WebConf, IEEE PerCom, ACM Multimedia, etc. He and his team are the recipient of the best video award of MobiSys 2017, the best of CHI Honorable Mention Award 2014, the best paper award of ACM CSCW 2014, the honorable mention award of ACM MobileHCI 2014, the best demo award of ACM MobiSys 2012, the best demo award of IEEE SECON 2012, the best paper honorable mention of ACM CSCW 2011, the best paper award of IEEE MDM 2007. He is the recipient of the KAIST Award of Academic Excellence, the KAIST Award of Intellect of New Frontier, and the KAIST Technology Innovation Award. He is a member of National Academy of Engineering of Korea as well as Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and a member of ACM and IEEE Computing Society.