Joonho Kim
Fall 2026 I will be joining the Georgia Institute of Technology as Lecturer in the School of Computing Instruction.

I am completing my PhD in computer science at the University of Toronto, advised by Professor Karan Singh in the Dynamic Graphics Project lab. My research focuses on in-situ interaction and direct manipulation for creation, design exploration, and interactive graphics applications.

I have served as a course instructor at the University of Toronto and Georgia Tech, where I enjoy teaching and working with students. I care about story-driven lectures and dynamic visualizations that make complex ideas easier to see. I have also worked as a teaching assistant for over 20 semesters.

I completed my B.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Computer Science (Computer Graphics) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where I worked with Professor Greg Turk on 3D fabrication and Professor Jarek Rossignac on truss-lattice tetrahedral structures.

Outside of research and teaching, I enjoy serving my church, buying specialty coffee, and Olympic Weightlifting (snatch: 90kg, clean & jerk: 111kg).

Joonho Kim standing in a warm interior beside a gold wall panel and olive tree
Soli Deo gloria / John 8:32

Publications

2025

Squidgets: Sketch-based Widget Design for Scene Manipulation

Joonho Kim, Fanny Chevalier, Karan Singh / ACM UIST 2025

Honorable Mention Award, top 5%

Sketch-based widgets for authoring scene manipulation behavior directly in context.

Project page

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2021

Optimizing UI Layouts for Deformable Face-Rig Manipulation

Joonho Kim, Karan Singh / ACM SIGGRAPH 2021

Interface layout optimization for faster, clearer control of deformable facial animation rigs.

Project page

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Projects

2022

Exploring Cartoon Priors for Neural Radiance Fields

CSC 2529: Computational Imaging

A computational imaging project exploring how cartoon priors can influence neural radiance field reconstruction.

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Teaching

Fall 2025

CSC317: Computer Graphics

Prof. Karan Singh, Joonho Kim / University of Toronto

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Fall 2024

CSC108: Introduction to Computer Programming

Prof. Michelle Craig, Joonho Kim, Co-Instructors / University of Toronto

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Summer 2024

CSC108: Introduction to Computer Programming

Joonho Kim / University of Toronto

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Winter 2024

CSC148: Introduction to Computer Science

Prof. Jonathan Calver, Joonho Kim, Co-Instructors / University of Toronto

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Fall 2023

CSC108: Introduction to Computer Programming

Prof. Jacqueline Smith, Joonho Kim, Co-Instructors / University of Toronto

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Summer 2018

CS 1332: Data Structures & Algorithms

Dr. Mary Hudacheck-Buswell, Joonho Kim / Georgia Institute of Technology

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Formation

2012 - 2016

B.S. Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology.

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