Media Computing Lab

Welcome to the Media Computing Lab (MCL) at Kookmin University! Our lab explores the intersection of human-computer interaction, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to advance how people create, experience, and interact with media. Our primary research areas include (1) Computational Content Editing & Generation, (2) Human-AI Interaction, and (3) Media Experience Across Emerging Environments, driving innovations that reimagine media production and consumption in the age of AI.

Computational Content Editing & Generation

We develop computational approaches to media creation, spanning two ends of a spectrum: from automating and augmenting traditional human editing workflows to make them dramatically more efficient, to enabling entirely new paradigms of creative expression that emerge only through computation — outputs and processes that would be impossible, or inconceivable, in manual production.

Human-AI Interaction

We study how people use and experience AI systems in practice — how response behavior, timing, transparency, and reliability shape trust, usability, and satisfaction. More broadly, we're interested in what it means to design AI systems that people can collaborate with effectively, as AI becomes an increasingly active participant in everyday tasks and decisions rather than a passive tool.

Media Experience Across Emerging Environments

We explore how people perceive, consume, and interact with media across a range of environments beyond the traditional screen — from immersive and mixed-reality settings to other emerging platforms for content consumption. As the boundary between physical and digital experience continues to blur, we're interested in the new interfaces, representations, and interaction models that these environments demand.