Mina Huh

I'm a 4th year Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley EECS, advised by Amy Pavel. My work has been recognized and supported by Google Ph.D. Fellowship.

My research focuses on accessible Human-AI collaboration. I build systems that help people inspect AI outputs, act with AI guidance, and intervene during AI execution - especially when visual access or attention is limited.

Mina Huh

I spent first three years of my Ph.D. at UT Austin. I completed my B.Sc in Computer Science at KAIST advised by Juho Kim. I also worked as a research intern at Adobe Research (x2) and Naver AI Lab.

Research

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VidTune: Creating Video Soundtracks with Generative Music and Contextual Thumbnails
VidTune: Creating Video Soundtracks with Generative Music and Contextual Thumbnails
Mina Huh, C. Ailie Fraser, Dingzeyu Li, Mira Dontcheva, Bryan Wang
CHI 2026
Co-Designing Multimodal Systems for Accessible Asynchronous Dance Instruction
Co-Designing Multimodal Systems for Accessible Asynchronous Dance Instruction
Ujjaini Das, Shreya Kappala, Meng Chen, Mina Huh, Amy Pavel
CHI 2026
Vid2Coach: Transforming How-To Videos into Task Assistants
Vid2Coach: Transforming How-To Videos into Task Assistants
Mina Huh, Zihui Xue, Ujjaini Das, Kumar Ashutosh, Kristen Grauman, Amy Pavel
UIST 2025
VideoDiff: Human-AI Video Co-Creation with Alternatives
VideoDiff: Human-AI Video Co-Creation with Alternatives
Mina Huh, Dingzeyu Li, Kim Pimmel, Valentina Shin, Amy Pavel, Mira Dontcheva
CHI 2025
Lotus: Creating Short Videos from Long Videos with Abstractive and Extractive Summarization
Lotus: Creating Short Videos from Long Videos with Abstractive and Extractive Summarization
Aadit Barua, Karim Benharrak, Meng Chen, Mina Huh, Amy Pavel
IUI 2025
DesignChecker: Visual Design Support for BLV Web Developers
DesignChecker: Visual Design Support for BLV Web Developers
Mina Huh, Amy Pavel
UIST 2024
Long-Form Answers to Visual Question from Blind and Low Vision People
Long-Form Answers to Visual Question from Blind and Low Vision People
Mina Huh, Fangyuan Xu, Yi-Hao Peng, Chongyan Chen, Hansika Murugu, Danna Gurari, Eunsol Choi, Amy Pavel
COLM 2024 Oral Spotlight (2%)
ShortScribe: Making Short-Form Videos Accessible with Hierarchical Video Summaries
ShortScribe: Making Short-Form Videos Accessible with Hierarchical Video Summaries
Tess Van Daele, Akhil Iyer, Yuning Zhang, Jayln Derry, Mina Huh, Amy Pavel
CHI 2024
GenAssist: Making Image Generation Accessible
GenAssist: Making Image Generation Accessible
Mina Huh, Yi-Hao Peng, Amy Pavel
UIST 2023 Best Paper Award (1%)
AVscript: Accessible Video Editing with Audio-Visual Scripts
AVscript: Accessible Video Editing with Audio-Visual Scripts
Mina Huh, Saelyne Yang, Yi-Hao Peng, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen, Young-Ho Kim, Amy Pavel
CHI 2023
Cocomix: Utilizing Comments to Improve Non-Visual Webtoon Accessibility
Cocomix: Utilizing Comments to Improve Non-Visual Webtoon Accessibility
Mina Huh, Yunjung Lee, Dasom Choi, Haesoo Kim, Uran Oh, Juho Kim
CHI 2022
Exploring Perceptions, Practices, and Challenges of Using Makeup and Cosmetics for People with Visual Impairments
"It Feels Like Taking a Gamble": Exploring Perceptions, Practices, and Challenges of Using Makeup and Cosmetics for People with Visual Impairments
Mingzhe Li*, Francheska Spektor*, Meng Xia*, Mina Huh*, Peter Cederberg, Yuqi Gong, Kristen Shinohara, Patrick Carrington
CHI 2022 * equal contribution
A Duoethnographic Study of a Mixed-Ability Team In a Collaborative Group Programming Project
A Duoethnographic Study of a Mixed-Ability Team In a Collaborative Group Programming Project
Mina Huh, Jooyoung Seo
CSCL 2022
RubySlippers: Supporting Content-based Voice Navigation for How-to Videos
RubySlippers: Supporting Content-based Voice Navigation for How-to Videos
Minsuk Chang, Mina Huh, Juho Kim
CHI 2021

Posters, Demos, and Workshops

Generative AI and Accessibility Workshop
Generative AI and Accessibility Workshop: Surfacing Opportunities and Risks
Kate Glazko, Mina Huh, Jazette Johnson, Amy Pavel, Jennifer Mankoff
CHI 2025 Organizing
Accessible Cyber-Physical Activities Workshop
Accessible Cyber-Physical Activities
Riku Arakawa, Franklin Mingzhe Li, Nandi Zhang, Mina Huh, Amy Pavel, Ryo Suzuki, Patrick Carrington, Yukang Yan
UIST 2025 Organizing
Generating Video Soundtracks with Contextual Visual Thumbnails
Mina Huh, Ailie C. Fraser, Dingzeyu Li, Mira Dontcheva, Bryan Wang
ISMIR 2025 Late-breaking Demos
Vid2Coach: Transforming How-To Videos into Task Assistants
Mina Huh, Zihui Xue, Ujjaini Das, Kumar Ashutosh, Kristen Grauman, Amy Pavel
CVPR 2025 Workshop: Vision-Based Assistants in the Real-World | EgoVis Workshop
Long-form Answers to Visual Questions Asked by Blind and Low Vision People
Mina Huh, Fangyuan Xu, Chongyan Chen, Yi-Hao Peng, Hansika Murugu, Danna Gurari, Eunsol Choi, Amy Pavel
CVPR 2025 Workshop: Demographic Diversity in Computer Vision
GenAssist: Making Image Generation Accessible
Mina Huh, Yi-Hao Peng, Amy Pavel
UIST 2023 Demonstration
Reimagining Accessibility and Inclusion in K-12 CS Education Through Curriculum and Professional Development
Maya Israel, Supriya Dey, Yota Dimitriadi, Heather Feldner, Amy lsvik, Noel Kuriakos, Jean Salac, Mina Huh, and Gesu India
Microsoft Research Accessible Computer Science Education Fall Workshop, 2020

Awards and Honors

UIST Best Paper Award (1%), 2023
GenAssist: Making Image Generation Accessible
COLM Oral Spotlight (2%), 2024
Long-Form Answers to Visual Questions Asked by Blind and Low Vision People
Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2024-2026
Full tuition and stipend ($70,000)
UT Graduate Dean's Prestigious Fellowship, 2024-2026
Stipend and tuition assistance
Special Recognition for Outstanding Reviews
CHI 2023, CHI 2024, CHI 2024 LBW, UIST 2024, CHI 2025, DIS 2025, UIST 2025 (2), CHI 2026 (4)