Hi, I am Soohwan 👋
Seeking a research internship for Summer 2027 in human-centered AI and human–AI interaction, particularly on AI-mediated group dynamics, social influence, and multi-agent systems.
soohwanlee@unist.ac.kr  · CV  · Google Scholar
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Expressive Computing Lab at the Department of Design, UNIST, working in Human–Computer Interaction and Human-centered AI. (Ph.D. expected 2027)
Most AI research studies one person talking to one system. I study what happens when AI joins a group: how it moves the decision people reach together, whose voice carries, and where power settles. Increasingly it is not one agent but several, so I also ask how a collective of AI agents exerts social influence of its own, and when their agreement persuades people rather than simply pressures them.
Working from social psychological theory, I build AI systems that take part in group processes, test them in controlled studies, and turn the results into design. My through-line is Group-Centered AI. In a group, user experience is collective and emergent, not a sum of individual interactions, so the aim is not only a better outcome but a group that can see how that outcome came about.
Research
| Theme | What I study |
|---|---|
| AI Social Influence | How AI agents exert normative and informative influence, and when people comply, convert, or resist |
| Group-Centered AI & GX | Frameworks that extend Human-centered AI beyond the individual to Group Experience |
| Minority Support | LLM-powered counterargument and mediation that protect dissenting views in power-imbalanced groups |
| Reflective Interfaces | Visualizations that surface value conflicts, participation gaps, and influence trajectories |
Projects  · Publications
Beyond Research
Outside the lab I run, watch films (Tarantino, Nolan, Villeneuve; Sicario, The Matrix, Everything Everywhere All at Once), and read on cross-cultural psychology.
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