Description :
Inju Lee is a third-year Ph.D. student in Cognitive Psychology at Seoul National University (SNU). Her research combines cognitive psychology and AI by assessing psychological constructs from text using computational methods and designing human-centered Human-AI Interaction (HAI). Her current work centers on measuring and enhancing empathy and social cognition—essential elements in promoting mental health and social engagement—within the context of HAI. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Sogang University (2020) and an M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from SNU (2022).
Current Projects:
- SKERIC Future Laureates Societal Challenges Programme (theme Artificial intelligence), Sweden-Korea Education, Research, and Innovation Collaboration (SKERIC). 2025-
- Development of a Social Competence Enhancement Model for Korean Smart-Aging, National Research Foundation of Korea. 2025-
- Development of Adolescent Psychological Assessment, Seoul National University Press. 2024
- A Way to Measure Empathic Accuracy for Computational Approaches, Research Subsidies for Ph.D. Students/Candidates (by National Research Foundation of Korea). 2023-2025
- Development of Multidisciplinary Well-Aging Indicators and Digital Application for Menopause Symptom Monitoring of Middle-Aged Women, Convergence-Fusion Research Support Program (by Seoul National University). 2022-2024.
- Smart-Aging Avatars: Research on Intelligent Biofeedback and Visualized Human-AI Interaction Technologies, Convergence-Fusion Research Support Program (by Seoul National University). 2021-2022.
- Effect of Mind Perception in Chatbot on User‘s Perception about Chatbot’s Empathic Expression, Social Science Researcher Grant (by Seoul National University), 2021.
- AI based Online Personal Psychological Monitoring & Management System. Seoul Business Agency. 2020-2022.
- COVID-19 Psychological-Aid Dataset: Implications of Psychological Theory of Personality, Empathy and Loneliness, Korean Data Agency. 2020.
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