Research
Publications and Projects
Publications (Conferences & Journals)
Sonic Portal: Designing Interactive Soundscapes for Shared Memory and Community Connection
Alaa Algargoosh, Hayoun Noh, Yuqing Lucy Li, Xiao Xiao, and Hiroshi Ishii
DIS'26
From Protocol to Practice: Teaching the Relational Practice of Interviewing in HCI Education
Hayoun Noh, Yvon Ruitenburg, Max Van Kleek, Younah Kang
EduCHI'26
Regaining Personhood: A Longitudinal Ethnography of North Korean Defectors’ First-Year Digital Transition in South Korea
Hayoun Noh, Hyuna Jo, Max Van Kleek, and Younah Kang
CHI'26 / 🏆 Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Stories Left Unsaid: Navigating Stigmatized Identity Disclosure and Storytelling Among North Korean Defector Mothers
Hayoun Noh, Hyuna Jo, Max Van Kleek, and Younah Kang
CHI'26
Digital Companionship: Overlapping Uses of AI Companions and AI Assistants
Aikaterina Manoli, Janet V.T. Pauketat, Ali Ladak, Hayoun Noh, Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, and Jacy Reese Anthis
CHI'26
ReTouche: Embodied Representations for Self-Directed Piano Learning
Paul-Peter Arslan, Hayoun Noh, Mariana Aki Tamashiro, Louis Badr, Brianna Lebrun, Pavel Lindberg, Hiroshi Ishii, and Xiao Xiao
CHI'26
Attitudes, Imagined Roles, and Governance Boundaries for AI in Decentralized Social Media
Zhilin Zhang, Jun Zhao, Ge Wang, Sruthi Viswanathan, Tala Jo Ross, Samantha-Kaye Johnston, Diyi Liu, Hayoun Noh, Max Van Kleek, and Nigel Shadbolt
CHI'26
What We Chose to (Not) Share: Unpacking How HCI Researchers Self-Disclose in Interactions with Vulnerable Participants
Yvon Ruitenburg, Hayoun Noh*, Jing Li, Sima Amirkhani, Hyuna Jo, Max Van Kleek, Younah Kang, Sarah Foley, and Minha Lee. (*co-first author)
IJHCS
Bridging Borders, Breaking Biases: Envisioning Technologies to Support North Korean Defectors in South Korea
Hayoun Noh, Hyuna Jo, Ge Wang, Max Van Kleek, and Younah Kang
CHI’25
CounselAR: Exploring How AR Filters Facilitate Online Psychotherapy In the Wild With South Korean Young Adults
Hayoun Noh, Salman Muin Kayser Chishti, Hyuna Jo, Nikki Newhouse, Songi Kim, Max Van Kleek, and Younah Kang
CHI’25
ReMirrorFugue: Examining the emotional experience of presence and (illusory) communications across time
Xiao Xiao, Hayoun Noh, Adrien Lefevre, Lucy Li, Holly McKee, Alaa Algargoosh, and Hiroshi Ishii
CHI’25 / 🏆 Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Looking for Art in a Sea of Content: A Human-Centered Approach to Supporting Creativity on Social Media
Thomas Serban von Davier, Hayoun Noh, Max Van Kleek, and Nigel Shadbolt
CSCW’25
Starting a New Life after Crossing the Tumen River: How North Korean Defectors Use Digital Technology in Transition
Hayoun Noh, Soohyun Yoon, Hyuna Jo, Max Van Kleek, and Younah Kang
CHI’24 / 🏆 Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Investigating the Possibility of Using an AR mask to Support Remote Psychological Counseling
Hayoun Noh, Juhee Go, Sophia Song, Songi Kim, and Younah Kang
CSCW’24
TeleAbsence: A Vision of Past & Afterlife Telepresence
Hiroshi Ishii, Daniel Pillis, Pat Pataranutaporn, Xiao Xiao, Hayoun Noh, Lucy Li, Alaa Algargoosh, Jean-Baptiste Labrune
PRESENCE Journal
Posters & Workshops (Extended Abstracts)
Rebuilding Life after Spousal Loss: Exploring Challenges and Speculating Future Technologies with Older Women
Hyuna Jo, Hayoun Noh, and Younah Kang
CHI'26 Extended Abstract
What Comes After Research? Exploring Alternative Research Outcomes in HCI
MinYoung Yoo, Sophia Ppali, Catherine Wieczorek, Hayoun Noh, Seung Hyeon Han, Anna R. L. Carter, Alexandra Teixeira Riggs, Nava Haghighi, Yvon Ruitenburg, and William Odom
CHI'26 Meet-up