2026 Bongshin Lee: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	68	2110	2045	1063	1023	256	16106

Overview

Bongshin Lee is a researcher affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Their work primarily spans computer science, with a notable focus on data visualization and related technology fields.

The main areas of study for Bongshin Lee include:

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Demography
Sociology and Political Science

Their research topics cover several domains, including:

Data Visualization and Analytics
Video Analysis and Summarization
Technology Use by Older Adults
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Multimedia Communication and Technology
Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Image and Video Quality Assessment

Bongshin Lee has published extensively, with recurrent contributions to a range of publication venues. The most frequent venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Recent papers demonstrate a focus on visual and interactive technologies for data understanding and analysis. Some of these publications are:

"Reaching Broader Audiences With Data Visualization" (2020), published in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
"Data Visceralization: Enabling Deeper Understanding of Data Using Virtual Reality" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"MobileVisFixer: Tailoring Web Visualizations for Mobile Phones Leveraging an Explainable Reinforcement Learning Framework" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"Interweaving Multimodal Interaction With Flexible Unit Visualizations for Data Exploration" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
"MyMove: Facilitating Older Adults to Collect In-Situ Activity Labels on a Smartwatch with Speech" (2022), published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Collaborations form a key part of Bongshin Lee's research, with frequent co-authors including:

Eun Kyoung Choe
Petra Isenberg
Anastasia Bezerianos
Steven M. Drucker
Yunhai Wang

Best Publications

Understanding quantified-selfers' practices in collecting and exploring personal data

Eun Kyoung Choe;Nicole B. Lee;Bongshin Lee;Wanda Pratt

983
Citations
Home automation in the wild: challenges and opportunities

A.J. Bernheim Brush;Bongshin Lee;Ratul Mahajan;Sharad Agarwal

668
Citations
Task taxonomy for graph visualization

Bongshin Lee;Catherine Plaisant;Cynthia Sims Parr;Jean-Daniel Fekete

559
Citations
Effectiveness of Animation in Trend Visualization

G. Robertson;R. Fernandez;D. Fisher;B. Lee

516
Citations
Research directions in data wrangling: visuatizations and transformations for usable and credible data

Sean Kandel;Jeffrey Heer;Catherine Plaisant;Jessie Kennedy

397
Citations
More Than Telling a Story: Transforming Data into Visually Shared Stories

Bongshin Lee;Nathalie Henry Riche;Petra Isenberg;Sheelagh Carpendale

339
Citations
ModelTracker: Redesigning Performance Analysis Tools for Machine Learning

Saleema Amershi;Max Chickering;Steven M. Drucker;Bongshin Lee

322
Citations
An operating system for the home

Colin Dixon;Ratul Mahajan;Sharad Agarwal;A. J. Brush

321
Citations
EnsembleMatrix: interactive visualization to support machine learning with multiple classifiers

Justin Talbot;Bongshin Lee;Ashish Kapoor;Desney S. Tan

302
Citations
Beyond Mouse and Keyboard: Expanding Design Considerations for Information Visualization Interactions

Bongshin Lee;P. Isenberg;N. H. Riche;S. Carpendale

292
Citations
A Deeper Understanding of Sequence in Narrative Visualization

Jessica Hullman;Steven Drucker;Nathalie Henry Riche;Bongshin Lee

271
Citations
SparkClouds: Visualizing Trends in Tag Clouds

Bongshin Lee;Nathalie Henry Riche;Amy K Karlson;Sheelash Carpendale

270
Citations
Squares: Supporting Interactive Performance Analysis for Multiclass Classifiers

Donghao Ren;Saleema Amershi;Bongshin Lee;Jina Suh

233
Citations
Timelines Revisited: A Design Space and Considerations for Expressive Storytelling

Matthew Brehmer;Bongshin Lee;Benjamin Bach;Nathalie Henry Riche

231
Citations
SketchStory: Telling More Engaging Stories with Data through Freeform Sketching

Bongshin Lee;Rubaiat Habib Kazi;Greg Smith

224
Citations
Reducing legacy bias in gesture elicitation studies

Meredith Ringel Morris;Andreea Danielescu;Steven Drucker;Danyel Fisher

220
Citations
Understanding self-reflection: how people reflect on personal data through visual data exploration

Eun Kyoung Choe;Bongshin Lee;Haining Zhu;Nathalie Henry Riche

210
Citations
Multi-modal query refinement

Timothy Seung Yoon Paek;Bo Thiesson;Yun-Cheng Ju;Bongshin Lee

201
Citations
SleepTight: low-burden, self-monitoring technology for capturing and reflecting on sleep behaviors

Eun Kyoung Choe;Bongshin Lee;Matthew Kay;Wanda Pratt

198
Citations
Revealing uncertainty for information visualization

Meredith Skeels;Bongshin Lee;Greg Smith;George G. Robertson

198
Citations
Electronic voting system usability issues

Benjamin B. Bederson;Bongshin Lee;Robert M. Sherman;Paul S. Herrnson

187
Citations
Immersive Analytics

Bongshin Lee;Benjamin Bach;Tim Dwyer;Kim Marriott

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie Henry Riche Microsoft (United States)

George G. Robertson Microsoft (United States)

Petra Isenberg French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Benjamin B. Bederson University of Maryland, College Park

Steven M. Drucker Microsoft (United States)

Sheelagh Carpendale Simon Fraser University

Desney S. Tan Microsoft (United States)

Ashish Kapoor Microsoft (United States)

Danyel Fisher Microsoft (United States)

Catherine Plaisant University of Maryland, College Park

External Links

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