Kiwon Lee received the Ph.D. degree from Seoul National University in 1995. He was a Senior Research Scientist in Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institutes (ETRI), Korea from 1995 to 2001. Since 2001, he is a professor in the Department of Information Systems Engineering at Hansung University, Seoul, Korea. 

    His research interests are in the areas of remote sensing processing system, geo-based information applications, mobile computing, and 3D computer graphics.

    He served as an Editor-in-chief of the Korean Journal of Remote Sensing from 2006 to 2008 and also as a Vice-president of the Korean Society of Remote Sensing from 2010 to 2012.

    He was recipient of 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 Best Researcher Award of Hansung University, 2010, 2011 Best Presentation Paper Award of Annual Conference of Korea Spatial Information Society, 2010 Award from Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Korea, 2010 Annual Best Paper Award of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, and 2011 Best Paper Award of Korean Journal of Remote Sensing.