Summary
Myeong Lee is an Assistant Professor and director of the Community Informatics Lab at George Mason University, blending 11 years of experience in information science, civic tech, and socio-technical systems research. He studies local information dynamics and inequality through empirical analysis of civic datasets and infrastructures, contributing to policy-relevant work and theory around civic data creation and access. His background spans hands-on software and embedded systems development—from robot ecosystems and signal processing to web platforms—and teaching full-stack web application courses. A PhD from University of Maryland and stints at NYU and multiple data-for-good fellowships reflect his mix of rigorous research and applied civic engagement. Less obvious: he has both startup founder experience and technical roots in hardware/embedded research, which informs his systems-level perspective on community technologies.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering at Seoul National University
The University of Maryland, College Park
English, Korean