Yucheon Park

About

Hello! I am an Integrated M.S./Ph.D. student at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), working in the Cognition & Intelligence Lab under the supervision of Prof. Kyung-Joong Kim. Previously, I received my Bachelor's degree in Game Design and Business Administration from Kongju National University.

My research focuses on Game Artificial Intelligence and Affective Computing. I am interested in applying AI widely across the gaming domain.

News

2026

• Jul
  I will be joining the Software and Societal Systems Department at Carnegie Mellon University as a visiting student from August 2026 to February 2027, funded by IITP.
• Jun
  Our paper 'Judging the Imitation Game' has been accepted as an auxiliary paper at IEEE CoG 2026.
• May
  I started a 2-month research visit at Prof. Daniela Rus's lab at MIT CSAIL for collaborative research discussions.
• Mar
  Our team won 1st Place in the Orak Game Agent Challenge 2025 (SLM Track) hosted by Krafton.
• Jan
  Our paper 'PREFAB' has been accepted to ACM CHI 2026 (Honourable Mention).

2025

• Sep
  Our paper 'A Humanoid Visual-Tactile-Action Dataset for Contact-Rich Manipulation' has been accepted to the IROS 2025 Workshop on Robotic Fine Manipulation.

Publications

2026

Judging the Imitation Game: Exploring Creator Bias in VLM-Based PCG Level Evaluation

Yucheon Park, Geum-Hwan Hwang, Kyung-Joong Kim

IEEE Conference on Games (CoG) 2026 · Auxiliary Paper · Sep, 2026 (Accepted)

PREFAB: PREFerence-based Affective Modeling for Low-Budget Self-Annotation

Jaeyoung Moon, Youjin Choi, Yucheon Park, David Melhart, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Kyung-Joong Kim

ACM CHI 2026 (🏆 Honourable Mention Awarded) · Apr 13, 2026

Paper

2025

A Humanoid Visual-Tactile-Action Dataset for Contact-Rich Manipulation

Eunju Kwon, Seungwon Oh, In-Chang Baek, Yucheon Park, Gyungbo Kim, Jaeyoung Moon, Yunho Choi, Kyung-Joong Kim

IROS 2025 Workshop on Robotic Fine Manipulation: Integrating Tactile, Visual, and Intelligent Control · Oct 20, 2025

Paper

2024

A Study on the Development Method of Mobility AR Content Interacting with Environmental Objects in Autonomous Driving Situations

Yucheon Park, Byungpyo Kyung

Korean Institute of Smart Media (2024 Fall Academic Conference) · Oct 12, 2024

Paper Poster

2023

A Proposal for a Novel Input-Output Approach in Interactive Media Games: A Study on Shadow Detection Technology

Yucheon Park, Yejin Kang, Geunyeong Park, Yoonwoo Jang, Dasom Jung, Byungpyo Kyung

Korea Game Society (2023 Spring Academic Conference) · Jun 3, 2023

Paper Presentation

Press & Media

GIST Professor Kim Kyung-joong's Team Develops 'Emotion-Reading AI'

Apr 2026 · Aju Business Daily

GIST Graduate Student Team Wins International AI Game Competition

Mar 2026 · The Dong-A Ilbo

GIST Hosts "Metamorph," an Interactive Digital Exhibition

Dec 2025 · Dong-A Easy Edu

[Photo] VR games at the National Gongju University booth at G-STAR 2024

Nov 2024 · Bridge Economy

"Come discover a variety of games!" Kongju National University’s Department of Game Design Graduation Exhibition to be held at G-STAR

Nov 2024 · Game Donga

ICT Mentoring Program Has Produced 70,000 Mentees Over 20 Years, Receiving High Praise from Participants… Hopes It Will Continue to Grow and Contribute to the Development of Digital Talent

May 2024 · Electronic Times

I'm Revealing the Secrets Behind Winning a Minister's Award as a College Student... The Ultimate Guide to Extracurricular Activities | ⭐ A Must-Watch for College Students

Mar 2023 · IT's okay YouTube Channel

'2022 ICT Mentoring' Concludes Successfully... ENTER, Spingle, and 100 Take Home Top Prizes

Dec 2022 · ZDNET Korea

"I Am a [Student]" Episode 6: I Feel the Warmth of the World

Nov 2020 · Bilibili Variety Youtube Channel

Kongju National University Wins Gold Award at the '2019 International College Student Game Development Competition'

Jul 2019 · Baekje News