Kwan Min Lee

Appointments

Academic Appointments

  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore., 2017 – Present
    • Korea Foundation Professor in CKS and New Media (Tenured), Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information.
    • Director, Human-AI Interaction Lab (HAIL)
    • Director, Contemporary Korea Studies Lab
    • Professor (Courtesy), Nanyang Business School
    • Professor (Courtesy), School of Computer Science and Engineering
    • Fellow, Nanyang Entrepreneurship Academy (NTUPreneur)
    • Fellow, NTU Institute of Science and Technology for Humanity (NISTH)
    • Fellow, Nanyang Technopreneurship Center (NTC) (2019 – 2022)
    • Fellow, Institute on Asian Consumer Insight (ACI), Nanyang Business School
    • Member, NTU Teaching Council
    • Member, Faculty Senate on University Development
  • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan. 2023
    • Distinguished Chair Professor (Visiting), Department of Communciation & Technology.
  • MIT Media Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2013
    • Visiting Scientist
  • Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, S. Korea. 2008 -2017
    • World Class University (WCU) Professor (Tenured), Department of Interaction Science.
    • Director, Interaction Science Research Center.
    • Director & PI (Principal Investigator), WCU (World Class University) Program (Funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, & Technology, S. Korea).
  • University of Southern California. 2002 – 2013
    • Associate Professor (Tenured), Annenberg School for Communication.
    • Affiliated Faculty: Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems; Center for Telecommunication Management
  • Stanford University. 1998 – 2002
    • RA (Research Assistant), SRCT (Social Responses to Communication Technologies) Lab
    • Head Graduate (Ph.D.) TA (Teaching Assistant), Department of Communication
    • The Asia Pacific Scholar Fellow

Industry Appointments

  • Samsung Electronics, Seoul, S. Korea. 2011 – 2015
    • Vice President, User Experience Group, Visual Display Division
    • Director, Creative Lab (C-Lab), Future Strategy Team
    • Executive Advisor to President of Samsung Electronics
  • IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorn, NY. 2001
    • Speech User Interface Designer & Consultant
  • Quack.com (which later merged into AOL Time Warner Inc.), Mountain View, CA, USA. 2000
    • Research Behavior Analyst, usability researcher and designer

Advising/Consultancy

  • CJ Group, Seoul, S. Korea.
    • Corporate Advisor, CJ Future Management Research Center
  • 에피카 (Korea’s Mobility Startup), Seoul, S. Korea.
    • Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA)
  • 두물머리 (Korea’s RoboAdvisor Fintech Startup), Seoul, S. Korea.
    • Advisor
  • Hyundai Motors, Seoul, S. Korea.
    • Advisor and consultant on smart car interface and future cars
  • Samsung Electronics, Seoul, S. Korea.
    • 최고위자문역
  • Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Keehung, S. Korea.
    • HRI (Human Robot Interaction) consultant.