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
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2025 - 2026 Web Designer and Web Publisher
Korean Modern Literature Scholars Conference
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2025 - 2026 CI and Web Designer
DH2026, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO)
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2024 - 2026 Researcher
Center for Digital Humanities at The Academy of Korean Studies
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2023 - present Columnist
Cosmian News
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2025 - 2025 Exhibition Planning and Design
Art Seoul 2025, Hangaram Art Museum
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2025 - 2025 Exhibition Planning and Design
WORLD ART EXPO 2025, COEX
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2024 - 2024 Web and CI Designer
AKS Center for Digital Humanities
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2023 - 2023 Exhibition Brand Designer
CROSSING ONE, H.ART1
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2013 - 2019 Band Vocalist
Independent Music Activity
Education
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2025 - 2026 Seongnam, Republic of Korea
M.A. Candidate
The Academy of Korean Studies
Cultural Informatics
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2014 - 2019 Seoul, Republic of Korea
B.B.A.
Hongik University
Advertising and Public Relations
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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
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2026 Co-Reading with AI: Color Visualization of Emotion Data in Korean Modern Poetry
The Academy of Korean Studies
Iro Lim. M.A. thesis in Cultural Informatics.
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2026 KPoEM: A Human-Annotated Dataset for Emotion Classification and RAG-Based Poetry Generation in Korean Modern Poetry
The Review of Korean Studies, 29(1), 161–206
Iro Lim, Haein Ji, and Byungjun Kim. First-author journal article.
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2024 오늘도 꽃은 피어라 (Flowers Bloom, Still)
선한능력
Iro Lim (임이로). Poetry collection. Writing, design, artwork, and editing by Iro Lim. ISBN: 9791197382765.
Datasets and Models
- Co-Reading Module: Emotion-to-Color Transformation Algorithm
- Sole author and developer of the emotion-to-color transformation module for human–AI Co-Reading. Code
- KPoEM (Korean Poetry Emotion Mapping) Dataset — Producer
- 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
- Sole producer of a Korean color–emotion mapping dataset. DOI · Dataset record
- KPoEM Emotion Classification Model — Producer
- 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
- Annotator for a TEI-encoded Korean novel dataset. DOI
Selected Presentations
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- 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
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- 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
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2025 DH Awards 2025 Nominee — KPoEM Dataset
DH Awards
The KPoEM Dataset was nominated for the DH Awards 2025.
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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.
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2026 Research Scholarship
The Academy of Korean Studies
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2025 Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship
The Academy of Korean Studies
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2023 Silver Prize, Humanities Column Category
5th Cosmian Awards
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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