Kim is a Professor in Computer Science. After obtaining his PhD in 1989 he worked at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center until joining Monash in 1993.

He is the Director of Monash Assistive Technology and Society (MATS) Centre and Discipline Group Lead for Creative Technologies. He has over 200 research publications and is best known for his research into assistive technologies for people who are blind or have low vision and data visualisation.