Bongshin Lee

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Bongshin Lee
EducationYonsei University
University of Maryland
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsMicrosoft Research
Thesis Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs  (2006)
Doctoral advisorBen Bederson
Other academic advisorsYoon-Chul Choy
Websitebongshiny.com

Bongshin Lee (Korean이봉신) is a Korean-American computer scientist whose research concerns information visualization, human–computer interaction, the quantified self, and the automated conversion of sketches into data visualizations.[1] She is a senior principal researcher for Microsoft Research.[2]

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.[3] Her dissertation, Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs, was supervised by Ben Bederson.[4]

She joined Microsoft Research in 2006, and has been a senior principal researcher there since 2019.[3]

Recognition

Lee was named to the IEEE Visualization Academy in 2020.[5]

References

  1. ^ Schofield, Jack (March 5, 2013), "SketchInsight whiteboard turns data into graphics for presentations", ZDNet, retrieved 2024-01-07
  2. ^ "Bongshin Lee, Sr. Principal Researcher", People, Microsoft Research, retrieved 2024-01-07
  3. ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2024-01-07
  4. ^ Lee, Bongshin (2006), Interactive Visualizations for Trees and Graphs (Doctoral dissertation), University of Maryland, College Park, hdl:1903/3519
  5. ^ "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

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