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Hi! I'm Jin, a PhD student in Architecture with a Designated Emphasis in New Media at UC Berkeley. As a research fellow in the Bakar Fellows Program and the BIOMS group, I am fortunate to pursue my research under the guidance of Professor Maria Paz Gutierrez. My research is on computational design, exploring design and human interfaces, and AI-powered human factor analysis. I found myself asking, how much biodiversity can we truly hold; this is also a question of how sustainably architecture can address the diversity of coexistence and symbiosis.
Love to chat over coffee, where ideas flow as naturally as a well-designed space <3 If you have any inquiries, please contact me here
Selected works
Development of learning environment simulation: reinforcement learning powered play behavior model
#behavior generation #behavior response #RL
Study of learning environment simulation: comparative lab experiments with professional architects
#design exploration #performance analysis #RL
Publications | Awards
JOURNAL PAPERS
Lee, J., & Hong, S. W. (2024). Professional architects’ design trade-offs in reinforcement learning-powered agent-based simulation. Architectural Science Review, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2024.2381723
Hong, S. W., Lee, J., & Lee, J.K. (2024). Human behaviour simulation for promoting usefulness and user-centric values in parametric design. Automation in Construction, 162, 105368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105386
Lee, J., Hong, S. W., & Cho, C. Y. (2024). Reinforcement-learning agents for architects' trade-offs in designing children's play environment: A qualitative comparative analysis. Design Studies, 91, 101248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2024.101248
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Mendoza, M. G., Waldburger, L., Lee, J., & Sastry, S. (2026). Hierarchical Generative Agents for Simulating Sequential Human Behavior. ICLR 2026 Workshop on MALGAI. https://openreview.net/forum?id=MzeMSprSO5
Lee, J., & Hong, S.W. (2023). Developing the Reinforcement-Learning Children Agents for Measuring Play and Learning Performance in Kindergarten Design. eCAADe 2023 Digital Design Reconsidered (pp. 69-78). https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.069
Song, Y., Lee, J., Yang, H., Byeon, Y., & Hong, S.W. (2023), Effects of a Visual Perception-Equipped Fire Evacuee Simulation on the Design Trade-Offs in Students’ Architectural Projects. eCAADe 2023 Digital Design Reconsidered (pp.259-268). https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.259
Hong, S.W., Yang, H., Lee, J., Song, Y., & Byeon, Y. (2022). A System Development for a Simulation Automation Based on a Human Object Database. 2022 Summer Conference of Society for Computational Design and Engineering (p.110).
Hong, S.W., Kim, H., Lee, J., Song, Y., & Yang, H. (2022). Development on an Intelligent Behavioural Simulation Model Based on Human Object Database. Korean Institute of Building Information Modeling Annual Conference 2022: BIM Culture-BIM Practices Towards a New Normal (pp.85-86).
Hong, S.W., Lee, J., Kim, H., Yang, H., & Song, Y. (2022). A Framework on Design Analysis System Using Human Object and Building Information. 2022 Winter Conference of Society for Computational Design and Engineering (p.36).
Hong, S.W., Lee, J., & Kim, H. (2021). A Framework on Human Object Data for Intelligent Simulation in Architectural Design. 2021 Summer Conference of Society for Computational Design and Engineering (p.10).
PATENTS
Lee, J., & Hong, S.W. (2025). Reinforcement Learning-Powered Simulator for Analysis and Evaluation of Children’s Learning Environment Design (Korean Patent No. 10-2885578). Korean Intellectual Property Office.
Hong, S.W., Lee, J., Yang, H., Song, Y., Kim, H., & Lee. J.K. (2023). Automated Simulator System Based on Human Objects and BIM Database for Analysis and Evaluation of Housing Designs (Korean Patent Application No. 10-2023-0177013). Korean Intellectual Property Office (applied).
AWARDS
Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), Korea National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Korean Government, 2024
MLIT Minister's Prize, Agents Exploring Aesthetic of Architecture Using Computer Vision, The 18th Design Application Technology Competition, Architectural Institute of Korea, 2021
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