Biography:Bongshin Lee
Bongshin Lee | |
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| Education | Yonsei University University of Maryland |
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| 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 |
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| Website | bongshiny |
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.
Education and career
Lee 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
Lee was named to the IEEE Visualization Academy in 2020[4] and became an ACM Distinguished Member in 2025.[5]
References
- ↑ Schofield, Jack (March 5, 2013), "SketchInsight whiteboard turns data into graphics for presentations", ZDNet, https://www.zdnet.com/article/sketchinsight-whiteboard-turns-data-into-graphics-for-presentations/, retrieved 2024-01-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Curriculum vitae, https://bongshiny.com/BLee_CV.pdf, retrieved 2024-01-07
- ↑ Lee, Bongshin (2006), Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs, University of Maryland, College Park
- ↑ "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, https://www.cs.umd.edu/article/2020/12/leila-de-floriani-catherine-plaisant-and-bongshin-lee-inducted-ieee-visualization, retrieved 2024-01-07
- ↑ "Renowned Computing Society Announces New Class of Distinguished Members: 56 Professionals Celebrated for Innovation and Service". https://www.acm.org/media-center/2025/december/distinguished-members-2025.
External links
- Home page
- Bongshin Lee publications indexed by Google Scholar
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