Joseph Seering
Joseph Seering is an assistant professor in the School of Computing at KAIST, where he leads the Collaborative Social Technologies Lab. His work focuses on understanding the social and organizational dynamics of conflict and coordination on online social platforms in order to drive the development of new forms of social tools. He has received awards for his papers at the ACM CHI, CSCW, and CHI PLAY conferences, and was named one of the CCC/CRA Computing Innovation Fellows of 2021. He is also an affiliated fellow at the Yale University Social Media Governance Initiative and a member of the Trust and Safety Professionals Association.
Joseph received his Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and was a postdoctoral researcher in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University and a fellow at the Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute. He has received awards for his papers at the ACM CHI, CSCW, and CHI PLAY conferences, and was named one of the CCC/CRA Computing Innovation Fellows of 2021.
Announcements
Call for Applications โ Undergraduate Research Assistants, Summer 2025
The Collaborative Social Technologies Lab is recruiting undergraduate interns for Summer 2025. Projects seeking interns are listed in this document. Research assistant positions are full-time positions, and the positions are paid accordingly. Interns are expected to work in-person at KAIST for the full internship. Remote internships are not currently possible.
These internships are primarily targeted toward current KAIST undergraduates, but exceptional candidates from other universities in Korea or abroad may be considered. Please note that the lab cannot currently provide travel support for students coming to Korea for an internship.
The deadline for applications is 11:59PM KST on Thursday, May 1st, 2025. In order to apply, please fill out this form.
Application review will begin immediately once the deadline has passed, and candidates who will be interviewed will be contacted within the following week.
International MS Applications, Fall 2025 (Regular)
The Collaborative Social Technologies Lab is not currently accepting additional MS students for the Fall 2025 (Regular) International MS Application track. Positions may be opened in the future, in which case they will be announced here.