Dr. SHIM, Hyeseung  沈 惠昇

Assistant Professor


Contact

Office: Room LC907, Library Complex, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, 12 Wai Tsui Crescent, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 3859-2643
Email: hsshim@hksyu.edu


Academic and Professional Qualification

Hyeseung SHIM is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She earned her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Culture Technology at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Her research focuses on human-computer interaction in virtual heritage, experience design in virtual museums and the metaverse, and data analytics in cultural learning and communication. She also holds an MSc in Culture Technology, an MA in Cultural Heritage Studies, and BAs in Sociology and Ethical Culture. Prior to returning academia, with over a decade of professional experience at UNESCO World Heritage Centre and other specialised international cultural agencies, she specialised in the management of conservation and rehabilitation projects for World Heritage properties in Asia, including Afghanistan, North Korea, and Pakistan, and served as desk officer for Central Asia for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. Dr. Shim currently serves in various advisory and consultancy roles for preservation of cultural (World) heritage with various Korean entities, such as Korea Heritage Service, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and ICOMOS Korea. Additionally, she is expert members of ICOMOS International Scientific Committees for CIPA, ICTC, and ICLAFI. She is also a Co-Symposium Director for ICOMOS CIPA International Conference, CIPA 2025 Seoul (25-29 August, 2025, Republic of Korea).


Specialism and Research Interests

  • Digital Heritage
  • Virtual Museum
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • World Heritage
  • Cultural Tourism


Courses

GEB112     Visual Culture and Digital Media
ACT201     Arts Administration and Management


Selected Publications

[J] H Shim, KT Oh, CK Shi. Exploring Social Heritage Metaverse for Virtual Heritage Communication from Multi End-user Centered Experiences. (Under review)

[J] H Shim, ES Kim, KT Oh, CK Shi, J Ahn. (2024). Diving into a Heritage Metaverse: Learning from End user-driven Experiences and Perspectives to enhance Virtual Heritage Interpretation.  Proceedings of the ACM Human-Computer Interaction (PACM-HCI), CSCW 2024. Interact.8(CSCW 1), Article 45. DOI:10.1145/3637322

[J] H Shim, KT Oh, C O’Malley, JY Jun, CK Shi. (2024).  Heritage Values, Digital Storytelling, and Heritage Communication: The Exploration of Cultural Heritage Sites in Virtual Environments. Digital Creativity, Vol.35(2). pp.171-197. DOI:10.1080/14626268.2024.2313585

[C] H Shim, J Kim, CK Shi (2023). Poster: Classification of Typologies of Cultural Tourists at Historic Royal Palaces using Social Media Data. (Track: Large Language Model [LLM]), The 9th International Conference on Computational Social Science IC2S2, 17~20 July, 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark

[C] H Shim, KT Oh, JY Jun, Y Choi, ES Kim, J Ahn, CK Shi. (2023). Designing an Extended Reality Mobile Guide Application to Communicate and Interpret Serial World Heritage Sites: Case Study of Korea‘s Seowon UNESCO World Heritage Site. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-M-2-2023, 1457–1464, The 29th CIPA International Symposium, 25-30 June, 2023. Florence, Italy

[C] H Shim, JY Jun, J Ahn. (2019). Personalization envisaged in Museum Application Guides and their Implications: Understanding the Contextualization of the Virtual Museum within the Museum of Korea. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-2-W15, 1089–1096, The 27th CIPA International Symposium, 1-5 September, 2019. Avila, Spain

[C] J Kim, JY Jun, M Hong, H Shim, J Ahn. (2019).  Classification of Oil Painting using Machine Learning with Visualized Depth Information. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-2-W15, 1089–1096, The 27th CIPA International Symposium, 1-5 September, 2019. Avila, Spain

[C] H Shim, J Ahn. (2018). A Further Step Toward Elaborating Guidelines for Three-Dimensional(3D) Scanning of Cultural Heritage in Korea: Ongoing Efforts and Challenges. 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018), San Francisco, CA, USA

[J] = Journal | [C] = Peer-reviewed International Conference


Research Projects

2024: Researcher, “Research Project on the Development of Inclusive Heritage Presentation Guidelines," International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO

2023: Researcher, “Methodological Approaches for the Inclusive Presentation of World Heritage,” International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO

2022: Researcher, “Pilot Research Project on Presentation Methods of World Heritage Sties,” International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO

2021 to 2024: Researcher, “Official Development Assistance (ODA) Project for Cultural Tourism Smart City in Hue City, Vietnam (Museum component: Establishment of a Digital Museum in Hue),” KOICA and KAIST

2021 to 2023: Principle Investigator (PI), “User-centered Prediction Model to Establish the Smart Utilization System for World Heritage based on Big Data,” Outstanding Ph.D. Research Scholarship from National Research Foundation of Korea

2021: Researcher, “Basic Planning for the Exhibition and Operation of the Digital Cultural Heritage Museum (Sejong City),” Korea Heritage Service (Former: Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea) and KAIST

2018 to 2019: Researcher, “Simulation Solutions for the Conservation of Fragmented Pottery and Ceramics,” Korea Creative Content Agency and KAIST