Yoon (Kyung) Shon

Research Projects

TES for Stress Modulation

This project explores how transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) can be designed as a wearable calming interface beyond traditional clinical use. It evaluates both physiological and experiential effects during stressful tasks.

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EMSeption: Shaping Attitudes with EMS

This study examines how electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) can influence food-related behaviors and attitudes, expanding the role of embodied feedback in persuasive HCI design.

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Nailing Nail-Biting: Multimodal Feedback Interventions

This work investigates multimodal feedback—vibration, pneumatic, and EMS—as behavioral interventions to reduce compulsive nail-biting, offering insights into personalized self-regulation tools.

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De-Stress Me: A Personal Digital Assistant

This system integrates physiological sensing and AI-driven feedback to deliver real-time stress monitoring and personalized interventions for daily well-being.

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Wearable Stress Tracker for Blind and Low-Vision People

This glove-based wearable tracks stress through GSR sensing and haptic feedback on the inner wrist, enabling hands-free, non-visual monitoring for blind and low-vision users.

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Federated Learning for Adaptive Client Weighting

This project proposes a federated learning approach that improves client selection and reweighting by tuning α and β parameters based on data distribution. Using CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 datasets, the method enhances both global and personalized models, outperforming FedAvg and FedProx through random search and Bayesian optimization.

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