Bongshin Lee (Korean: 이봉신) is a computer scientist whose research concerns information visualization, human–computer interaction, the quantified self, and the automated conversion of sketches into data visualizations.[1] She was educated in and has worked in both South Korea and the US; she is a professor at Yonsei University in South Korea.
Bongshin Lee | |
|---|---|
| Education | Yonsei University University of Maryland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Microsoft Research Yonsei University |
| Thesis | Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ben Bederson |
| Other academic advisors | Yoon-Chul Choy |
| Website | bongshiny |
Education and career
editLee studied computer science at Yonsei University in Seoul. She earned a bachelor's degree magna cum laude in 1996, and a master's degree in 1998, advised by Yoon-Chul Choy. After two years as a software engineer in South Korea, she went to the University of Maryland, College Park for continued study in computer science, earning a second master's degree in 2002 and completing her Ph.D. in 2006.[2] Her dissertation, Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs, was supervised by Ben Bederson.[3]
She joined Microsoft Research in 2006, and was a senior principal researcher there from 2019 to 2024, when she returned to Yonsei University as a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.[2]
Recognition
editLee was named to the IEEE Visualization Academy in 2020.[4]
References
edit- ^ Schofield, Jack (March 5, 2013), "SketchInsight whiteboard turns data into graphics for presentations", ZDNet, retrieved 2024-01-07
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2024-01-07
- ^ Lee, Bongshin (2006), Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs (Doctoral dissertation), University of Maryland, College Park, hdl:1903/3519
- ^ "Leila De Floriani, Catherine Plaisant and Bongshin Lee Inducted into IEEE Visualization Academy", Department of Computer Science: News & Events, University of Maryland, College Park, December 3, 2020, retrieved 2024-01-07
External links
edit- Home page
- Bongshin Lee publications indexed by Google Scholar