- Designing a hybrid intelligence framework that combines human insights with AI

- Bring a multidisciplinary perspective, combining expertise in educational engineering, computer science, interaction design, and more

Prof. Yoon Lee, an industrial design major in the Department of Design at the University of Seoul, has achieved academic success by publishing a paper as lead author in the British Journal of Educational Technology, a leading academic journal in educational technology. This journal is a prestigious international publication with an Impact Factor of 6.7 and a Journal Citation Indicator Percentile of 99.13% in 2023.

To analyze the interaction between learners and digital interfaces in the era of digital device-based reading, this study applies the Hybrid Intelligence (HI) framework, which is a current topic in the field of AI. The research team focuses on behavior-based metrics and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to analyze behavioral characteristics that reflect learners' cognitive state.

▶ Prof. Yoon Lee

The study was an international, multidisciplinary collaboration with Assistant Professor Gosia Migut (second author) and Professor Marcus Specht (third author) from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The team examined how learners' behavioral characteristics reflect their cognitive state, how AI models can assist in real-time interaction design, and how hybrid intelligence (HI) can facilitate a deeper understanding of learning behavior.

After earning a master's degree in industrial design engineering and a doctorate in computer science from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Prof. Yoon Lee led the "iTROL+ machine tool controller" project at Hyundai Motor Group R&D Center, where she earned design patents and awards. She later worked as a technical consultant at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oulu in Finland, where she contributed to hybrid intelligence projects that combined human cognitive engineering and machine intelligence. She currently conducts research on AI-based interaction at University of Seoul and continues to make academic contributions through international collaborations.