Seok-Hee Hong

Seok-Hee Hong is a Korean-Australian computer scientist and professor at the University of Sydney known for her research in graph drawing and graphical visualization. Her work examines how features of a graph drawing, including edge crossings, affect how easily humans can read and interpret it, and extends to the study of 1-planar graphs and the layout of transit maps. She earned her degrees at Ewha Womans University in Korea before moving to Australia around 1999, rising from lecturer in 2001 to full professor by 2013, and was appointed to the Australian Research Council College of Experts in 2016. She published the book Beyond Planar Graphs in 2020 and is a member of the Charles Perkins Center at the University of Sydney.