CV

Curriculum vitae of I Ro Lim, computational media researcher, poet, and developer.

Contact Information

Name I Ro Lim
Professional Title Computational Media Researcher, Poet, and Developer

Professional Summary

Computational media researcher working across digital humanities, artificial intelligence, Korean literature, media aesthetics, and art.

Experience

  • 2025 - 2026

    Web Designer and Web Publisher
    Korean Modern Literature Scholars Conference
  • 2025 - 2026

    CI and Web Designer
    DH2026, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO)
  • 2024 - 2026

    Researcher
    Center for Digital Humanities at The Academy of Korean Studies
  • 2023 - present

    Columnist
    Cosmian News
  • 2025 - 2025

    Exhibition Planning and Design
    Art Seoul 2025, Hangaram Art Museum
  • 2025 - 2025

    Exhibition Planning and Design
    WORLD ART EXPO 2025, COEX
  • 2024 - 2024

    Web and CI Designer
    AKS Center for Digital Humanities
  • 2023 - 2023

    Exhibition Brand Designer
    CROSSING ONE, H.ART1
  • 2013 - 2019

    Band Vocalist
    Independent Music Activity

Education

  • 2025 - 2026

    Seongnam, Republic of Korea

    M.A. Candidate
    The Academy of Korean Studies
    Cultural Informatics
  • 2014 - 2019

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    B.B.A.
    Hongik University
    Advertising and Public Relations
  • 2013 - 2019

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    B.F.A.
    Hongik University
    Digital Media Design

Research Projects

  • Multilingual and Multi-layered Cultural Heritage Description Platform for AI Smart Docents 2025-09 – 2026-02. Research assistant on a platform for generating cultural heritage descriptions focused on Joseon-period Buddhist paintings.
  • Advanced NLP and LLM-Based Digital Korean Studies Research and Education Methodology 2025-03 – 2025-08. Research assistant on computational methods for digital Korean studies and education.
  • Networked Educational Model in Digital Humanities 2025-03 – 2025-06. External participating researcher and annotator on a National Research Foundation of Korea project. Dataset
  • Ontology and LOD System for Inmulgo (人物考) 2024-09 – 2025-02. Research assistant on ontology design and linked open data system construction.
  • Historical Document Data Design and Educational Content 2024-03 – 2024-08. Research assistant on prior model analysis and educational content for historical document data design.

Publications

Datasets and Models

  • Co-Reading Module: Emotion-to-Color Transformation Algorithm
    1. Sole author and developer of the emotion-to-color transformation module for human–AI Co-Reading. Code
  • KPoEM (Korean Poetry Emotion Mapping) Dataset — Producer
    1. First author and producer of a human-annotated emotion dataset for Korean modern poetry, developed with Haein Ji, Seul Koo, J. Yun, S.-yi Jung, and Byungjun Kim at AKS-DHLAB. Hugging Face DOI · Zenodo
  • KCoEM (Korean Color Emotion Mapping) Dataset — Producer
    1. Sole producer of a Korean color–emotion mapping dataset. DOI · Dataset record
  • KPoEM Emotion Classification Model — Producer
    1. First author and producer of an emotion classification model for Korean modern poetry, developed with Haein Ji and Byungjun Kim at AKS-DHLAB. Hugging Face DOI
  • KNoTE (Korean Novel TEI Encoded) Dataset v4 — Annotator
    1. Annotator for a TEI-encoded Korean novel dataset. DOI

Selected Presentations

    • Developing an AI Cultural Heritage Docent Web Prototype: Internalizing Institutional Guidelines for Responsible Curation 2026-07-30. Co-first-author presentation with Songyi Jeong and Baro Kim at DH2026, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), Daejeon, Republic of Korea. DOI · Program
    • KPoEM: Visualizing Emotion Data in Modern Korean Poetry through a Web-Based Interpretive Interface 2026-07-29. First-author presentation with Byungjun Kim at DH2026, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), Daejeon, Republic of Korea. DOI · Program
    • Co-Reading: A Human–AI Co-Reader Media System for Poetry–Emotion–Color 2026-01-23. First-author presentation with Byungjun Kim at the HKADH 2026 Conference, Hong Kong Association for Digital Humanities, Hong Kong. Program · DOI
    • 데이터셋의 환경적 전환: 인공지능과 함께 읽기(Co-Reading)를 통한 한국 근현대 시–감정–색채 멀티모달 미디어 2025-12. Sole-author presentation at the “Unfamiliar Boundaries of Film and Media, Mediating Research” Graduate Student Conference, Chung-Ang University Center for Cinema and Media Studies, Seoul. Program · DOI
    • 한국 근현대시의 감정 분석과 인공지능 시 창작 응용: KPoEM 데이터셋 구축과 활용 2025-10-18. First-author presentation with Haein Ji and Byungjun Kim at the 180th Conference of the Bangyo Language and Literature Society, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul. Program · DOI
    • Decoding the Poetic Language of Emotion in Korean Modern Poetry: Insights from a Human-Labeled Dataset and AI Modeling 2025-04-25. First-author presentation with Haein Ji and Byungjun Kim at the Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Korea Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Program · DOI
    • Constructing an Emotion-Labeled Dataset of Modern Korean Poetry: A Foundational Study for Computational Emotion Classification and Generative AI Applications in Literary Texts 2025-02-13. First-author poster presentation with Haein Ji and Byungjun Kim at the 2nd Korean Modern Literature Scholars Conference, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul. Program · DOI

Awards

  • 2025
    DH Awards 2025 Nominee — KPoEM Dataset
    DH Awards

    The KPoEM Dataset was nominated for the DH Awards 2025.

  • 2025
    Humanities and Social Sciences Master's Student Research Grant
    National Research Foundation of Korea

    Selected for the 2025 master’s student research support program.

  • 2026
    Research Scholarship
    The Academy of Korean Studies
  • 2025
    Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship
    The Academy of Korean Studies
  • 2023
    Silver Prize, Humanities Column Category
    5th Cosmian Awards
  • Scholarship Recipient
    Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation

Skills

Programming (Advanced): Python, R, JavaScript, C++
AI and Data Analysis (Advanced): PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas, NumPy, RAG, LangChain, Prompt Engineering
Humanities Data (Advanced): XML/TEI, RDF, Protégé, Linked Open Data, MSSQL, MySQL, Labeled Data
Design and Media (Advanced): Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Cinema 4D, Data Visualization, Exhibition Design

Interests

: Human–Computer Interaction, Media Aesthetics, Artificial Intelligence, Art, Digital Humanities