Soojin Choi

Soojin Choi

Hello, I’m a Ph.D. student in Visual Media Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), advised by Prof. Junyong Noh.

My research focuses on advancing character animation techniques, with a particular emphasis on deep learning-based 3D full-body motion retargeting and automatic rigging and skinning. Through my work, I aim to contribute to more efficient and high-quality animation production for the film and animation industries.

Open to Work I’m currently open to industry research internship opportunities. I would be glad to connect with research teams working in related areas and discuss potential opportunities for collaboration.


News

Jul 2026
Two co-authored papers have been conditionally accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 (Journal Track).
Mar 2026
One first-authored paper is accepted to SIGGRAPH 2026 (Journal Track).

Publications

Geometry-Aware Retargeting for Two-Skinned Characters Interaction

Geometry-Aware Retargeting for Two-Skinned Characters Interaction

SIGGRAPH Asia 2024, ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)

Interactive Locomotion Style Control for a Human Character based on Gait Cycle Features

Interactive Locomotion Style Control for a Human Character based on Gait Cycle Features

Computer Graphics Forum (CGF) 2024

Online Avatar Motion Adaptation to Morphologically‐similar Spaces

Online Avatar Motion Adaptation to Morphologically‐similar Spaces

Eurographics 2023, Computer Graphics Forum (CGF)

Projects

Geometry-aware 3D Character Motion Retargeting

Geometry-aware 3D Character Motion Retargeting

as a Research Lead
May 2024 - Present

Research on skinned motion retargeting and skeleton-mesh rigging/skinning.

Samsung Human-centric AR Experiences

Samsung Human-centric AR Experiences

as a Researcher
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

Research on real-time spatio-temporal motion transfer between morphologically-similar spaces.

Work

ICONIX Co., Ltd.

ICONIX Co., Ltd.

as a Content Development Intern
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

Narrative development and digital content creation for the 3D animated series Titipo Titipo the Little Train.