Kyung Jae Lee is a doctoral student in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University. His PhD research investigates the social affective engagement of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) based on an adaptive facial animation system. He has a background in computer graphics technology, cognitive science and consumer behavior and was involved in number of research projects including comparative usability testing in 3D animation software (Softimage Inc), cross-cultural color preference (KASIT & L’Oreal Arts & Science Foundation in Japan) and VR virtual mall simulation (Target Corporation & Simon Property Group Inc). He was previously a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Computer Graphic Technology at Purdue University.

Contact: kla8@sfu.ca

Position: PhD Researcher