Refereed Publications

2024

Data Discretion: Screen-Level Bureaucrats and Municipal Decision-Making
[In Press] Digital Government: Research and Practice. ACM.
Eric Gordon, John Harlow, Samantha Whitman, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Data Management
HCI
Theory
Qualitative Study
An Evaluation of GPT-4V for Transcribing the Urban Renewal Hand-Written Collection
To Appear in Digital Humanities (DH 2024). ADHO. Aug. 6-9. Arlington, VA.
Myeong Lee, Julia H.P. Hsu
Short Paper
Data Management
Image Processing
Quantitative Study
Examining the Shift in Political Inclination of Korean Middle School Language Textbooks between the Independence and the Korean War (1945–1953): A Network Modeling Approach
To Appear in Digital Humanities (DH 2024). ADHO. Aug. 6-9. Arlington, VA.
Eunji Lee, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
Big Data
Data Management
Quantitative Study
Exploring Domestic Workers’ Risk Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To Appear in iConference 2024
Hiba Siraj, Samantha Whitman, Myeong Lee, Kathleen Pine
Extended Abstract
Community Informatics
HCI
Qualitative Study

2023

AI or Authors?: A Comparative Analysis of BERT and ChatGPT’s Keyword Selection in Digital Divide Studies
In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '23)
Woojin Kang, Myeong Lee, Jongwook Lee, Sanghee Oh
Extended Abstract
Big Data
Information Management
Quantitative Study
Aggregate-Level Analysis of Information Behavior: A Study of Public Library Book Circulation
In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '23)
Myeong Lee, Jongwook Lee, Woojin Kang, Sanghee Oh
Extended Abstract
Community Informatics
Information Behavior
Quantitative Study
The NYC311 App & Community Engagement in Coproducing Municipal Services
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS '23). Aug 10-12. Panama City, Panama.
Selected for Top 25% Papers
Myeong Lee, Xinlin Tang, Ping Wang
Full Paper
Big Data
Community Informatics
Information Management
Theory
Quantitative Study
Two-sided Cultural Niches: Topic Overlap, Geospatial Correlation, and Local Group Activities on Event-based Social Networks
International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T '23). May 29-June 2. Lahti, Finland.
Julia H-P. Hsu, Heejoo Shin, Noseong Park, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Big Data
Community Informatics
Geospatial
Social Media
Theory
Quantitative Study
“I thought I was going to die there:” Socio-political contexts and the plight of undocumented Latinx in the COVID-19 pandemic
SSM-Qualitative Research in Health. Vol. 3. 100242. Elsevier.
Carol W. Cleaveland, Myeong Lee, Constance A. Gewa
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Theory
Qualitative Study
How Do YouTubers Collaborate? A Preliminary Analysis of YouTubers’ Collaboration Networks
In iConference 2023 Proceedings. March 27-29. Barcelona, Spain.
Award for Best Poster, Finalists (top-5)
H. Siraj, A. Machavarapu, J. Hwang, K. Radhakrishnan, S. Adams, J. Kim, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
Big Data
Machine Learning
Social Media
Quantitative Study

2022

Towards an Expectation-Oriented Model of Public Service Quality: A Preliminary Study of NYC 311
In International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo '22). Springer. Oct 19-22. Glasgow, U.K.
Julia H.P. Hsu, Jieshu Wang, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
Big Data
Community Informatics
Information Management
Quantitative Study
Exploring Secondary Teachers' Needs and Values in Culturally Responsive Teaching
In Companion of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '22)
Taylor Stevens, Olga Gkountouna, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
HCI
Qualitative Study
Evaluating Visitor Engagement Through Instagram: A Case Study of the One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '22)
Jinyi Kim, Myeong Lee
Poster
Information Behavior
Social Media
Delay of Routine Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Theoretical Model of Individuals’ Risk Assessment and Decision Making
Social Science & Medicine (SSM), 307(2022). 115164.
Prakriti Shukla, Myeong Lee, Samantha Whitman, Kathleen H. Pine
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Theory
Qualitative Study
In Search of Social Justice: The Role of Digital Technology in a Government Information System
In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (AOM '22) 2022(1), Aug 5-9. Seattle, U.S.
Xinlin Tang, Myeong Lee, Forrest Hangen, Daniel T. O'Brien, Ping Wang
Full Paper
Big Data
Community Informatics
Geospatial
Information Management
Quantitative Study
Social Justice & Technical Efficiency: The Role of Digital Technology in Boston's 311 System
In European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022) Research Papers. 117. June 18-24. Timișoara, Romania.
Best Full Research Paper, Runner-Up (Top-3)
Ping Wang, Myeong Lee, Forrest Hangen, Daniel T O'Brien, Xinlin Tang
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Information Management
Quantitative Study
Towards a Socio-technical System of Culturally Responsive Teaching: The Interplay between Individuals, Communities, and Resources
In ACM CHI Workshop on "There is no justice, just us": Making Mosaics of Justice in Social Justice HCI. April 14.
Taylor Stevens, Myeong Lee, Olga Gkountouna
Workshop Paper
HCI

2021

The Effects of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Public Library Book Circulation: A Community-level Study
Journal of the Korean Library and Information Science, 55(4). pp. 219-243
Jongwook Lee, Woojin Kang, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Geospatial
Information Behavior
Information Management
Quantitative Study
Crowdsourcing Behavior in Reporting Civic Issues: The Case of Boston's 311 Systems
In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (AOM '21) 2021(1), July 29-Aug 4.
Myeong Lee, Jieshu Wang, Shawn Janzen, Susan Winter, John Harlow
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Data Management
Geospatial
Information Management
Theory
Quantitative Study
Geographical Disparities of Incidence and Prevalence of Triple-negative Breast Cancers: Multistate Study Data Analysis
Journal of Clinical Oncology. e12599. 39(15_suppl). In ASCO '21 (June 4-8)
Hyein Jeon, Myeong Lee, Mohammed Jaloudi
Extended Abstract
Community Informatics
Quantitative Study
Making Sense of Risk Information amidst Uncertainty: Individuals' Perceived Risks Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic
In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing System. pp. 1-15.
Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Kathleen H. Pine, Myeong Lee, Samantha A. Whitman, Yunan Chen, Kathryn Henne
Full Paper
Community Informatics
HCI
Qualitative Study
Multi-Generational Stories of Urban Renewal: Preliminary Interviews for Map-based Storytelling
In iConference 2021 Proceedings, LNCS. 319-326. Cham: Springer.
Myeong Lee, Mark Edwin Peterson, Tammy Dam, Bezawit Challa, Priscilla Robinson
Short Paper
Community Informatics
Data Management
Qualitative Study

2020

Toward Understanding Civic Data Bias in 311 Systems: An Information Deserts Perspective
In CSCW Workshop on Civic Technologies: Research, Practice, and Open Challenges. ACM CSCW 2020.
Myeong Lee, John Harlow, Eric Gordon, Jieshu Wang, Erik Johnston, Shawn Janzen, Susan Winter
Workshop Paper
Community Informatics
Data Management
Information Management
A Theoretical Analysis of Independent Business Owners’ Preferences for Informal Information Sources
In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '20)
Joel Chan, Jonathan Brier, Zahra Farhadi, Myeong Lee, Shawn Janzen, Wei-Wei Chi, Andrew Fellows, Susan Winter
Poster
Community Informatics
Information Behavior
Information Management
Theory
Qualitative Study
Cultural Activity Diversity and Community Characteristics: An Exploratory Study
In iConference 2020 Proceedings, LNCS. 32-49. Cham: Springer. Borås, Sweden (March 23-26).
Myeong Lee, Brian S. Butler
Full Paper
Big Data
Community Informatics
Information Management
Theory
Quantitative Study

2019

Local Information Landscapes: Theory, Measures, and Evidence
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maryland Press.
College Nomination for the Doctoral Dissertation Award in iConference
Myeong Lee
Thesis
Big Data
Community Informatics
Data Management
Geospatial
Information Management
Machine Learning
Social Media
Theory
Quantitative Study
How are Information Deserts Created? A Theory of Local Information Landscapes
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 70(2). 101-116.
Dean's Award for an Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper
Myeong Lee, Brian S. Butler
Full Paper
Community Informatics
HCI
Information Behavior
Information Management
Theory

2018

Identifying Urban Neighborhood Names through User-contributed Online Property Listings
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI), 7(10). 388. MPDI.
Grant McKenzie, Zheng Liu, Yingjie Hu, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Geospatial
Machine Learning
Social Media
Digital Curation of a World War II Japanese-American Incarceration Camp Collection: Implications for Sociotechnical Archival Systems
Digital Heritage 2018, International Congress. pp. 1-4. IEEE. Oct 26-30. San Francisco, U.S.
Richard Marciano, Myeong Lee, William Underwood, Sandra Laib, Zeynep Diker, Aakanksha Singh
Short Paper
Data Management
Towards Understanding Communication Behavior Changes during Floods Using Cell Phone Data
International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo '18). Cham: Springer. Sep. 25-28. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lingzi Hong, Myeong Lee, Afra Mashhadi, Vanessa Frias-Martinez
Short Paper
Geospatial
Quantitative Study
Toward Identifying Values and Tensions in Designing a Historically-Sensitive Data Platform: A Case-Study on Urban Renewal
iConference 2018 Proceedings. Springer. March 25-28, Sheffield, U.K.
Myeong Lee, Shiyun Chen, Yuheng Zhang, Edel Spencer, Richard Marciano
Short Paper
Community Informatics
Data Management
Geospatial
HCI
Web Application

2017

Heuristics for Assessing Computational Archival Science (CAS) Research: The Case of the Human Face of Big Data Project
IEEE Big Data 2017, Workshop on Computational Archival Science, Dec. 11-14, Boston, U.S.
Myeong Lee, Yuheng Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Edel Spencer, Jhon Dela Cruz, Hyeonggi Hong, Richard Marciano
Workshop Paper
Community Informatics
Software Development
Web Application
Exploratory Cluster Analysis of Urban Mobility Patterns to Identify Neighborhood Boundaries
International Symposium on Location-Based Social Media Data and Tracking Data (LSMTD '17). July 1-2. Washington D.C., U.S.
Myeong Lee, Grant McKenzie, Rajat Aghi
Extended Abstract
Community Informatics
Geospatial
Quantitative Study
A Tool for Estimating and Visualizing Poverty Maps
NetMob 2017, April 5-7, Milan, Italy.
Myeong Lee, Rachael Dottle, Carlos Espino, Imam Subkhan, Ariel Rokem, Afra Mashhadi
Extended Abstract
Big Data
Community Informatics
Data Management
Geospatial
HCI
Machine Learning
Web Application
Quantitative Study

2016

Toward an Ecology Theory of Creativity in IT Products: A Study of Mobile Device Industry
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS '16). Dec. 11-14, Dublin, Ireland.
Best Paper Award (1st place)
Ping Wang, Myeong Lee, Xu Meng, Brian Butler
Full Paper
Data Management
Machine Learning
Theory
Quantitative Study
This Is Not Just a Café: Toward Capturing the Dynamics of Urban Places
International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM '16), The CityLab Workshop. May 17-20, Cologne, Germany.
Myeong Lee, Rosta Farzan, Brian Butler
Workshop Paper
Community Informatics
Geospatial
Machine Learning
Social Media
Qualitative Study
Quantitative Study
Unlocking the Archives of Displacement and Trauma: Revealing Hidden Patterns of Exploring New Modes of Public Access through Innovative Partnerships and Infrastructure
Archiving Conference 2016 Proceedings. April 19-22. Washington D.C., U.S.
Diane Travis, Myeong Lee, Magdalena Rojas, Allison Gunn, Anuj Nimkar, Gregory Jansen, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Richard Marciano
Full Paper
Geospatial

2015

"What Makes a Place More Familiar?": Implications of Geospatial Information Format and Content
"What Makes a Place More Familiar?": Implications of Geospatial Information Format and Content
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15). April 18-23. Seoul, Korea.
Myeong Lee, Luis Santos, Wei Zhao, Preeti Lakhole, Brian Butler
Extended Abstract
Community Informatics
Geospatial
HCI
Quantitative Study
Motherhood and Social Networking Sites: How do sociocultural contexts and technological factors affect Korean mothers’ KakaoStory use?
iConference 2015 Proceedings. March 24-27. Newport Beach, U.S.
Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper, Runner-Up (top 5)
Jinyoung Kim, Myeong Lee, Chiyoung Oh
Full Paper
Social Media
Qualitative Study

2014

Information Behavior of International Students Settling in an Unfamiliar Geo-spatial Environment
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '14). Oct 31-Nov 5. Seattle, U.S.
Chiyoung Oh, Brian Butler, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Community Informatics
Geospatial
Information Behavior
Qualitative Study
Quantitative Study
"I know where that is": Cultural Differences in Perception of New Places
MIM Thesis, UMD iSchool & Poster at the iConference 2014 Proceedings, Berlin, Germany
Myeong Lee, Brian Butler
Thesis
Community Informatics
Geospatial
HCI
Software Development
Web Application
Quantitative Study

2011

MapReduce Framework for Swarm Robot Systems
MapReduce Framework for Swarm Robot Systems
Master of Science in Software Engineering Thesis, The Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University
Myeong Lee
Thesis
Big Data
Image Processing
Software Development
Quantitative Study
Signal Processing

2009

Image Retrieval Systems based on Color Similarity and Edge Detection
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Thesis, Seoul National University
Myeong Lee
Thesis
Data Management
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Software Development