about me

hi! my name is derya

pronounced in english: dairy-ya
pronouns in english: she/her/hers
currently looking for assistant professor roles (& postdocs) in Europe

thinking about…

• applying critical & feminist theory + visualization
• communicating science research
• understanding how data became important
• learning Swedish
• hanging out with my cat Fig

present

✏ Doktorand, Science & Technology @ Linköping University

✉ derya.akbaba at liu dot se

𓅮 @gotdairyya

Ⓜ b/c elon musk ruins everything

📖 i like books

💾 a list of lists about data vis

past

☼ Masters, Computing @ University of Utah, 2022

☃ BSc, Industrial & Labor Relations @ Cornell, 2013

recent work

Entanglements for Visualization: Changing Research Outcomes through Feminist Theory
Derya Akbaba, Lauren Klein, Miriah Meyer
to be published, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2024
paper supplemental material

Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba, Marian Dörk, Benjamin Bach
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2024
paper

A speculative feminist knowledge elicitation system
Derya Akbaba*, Eirini Kaklopoulou *
Workshop at AI for Humanity and Society, 2023
workshop *both authors contributed equally

I Was Here: Digital Traces as Design Material
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba
Information+ Conference, 2023
conference abstract

news

Oct 2024 :: USA

Entanglements for Visualization received the best paper award! 😱

Oct 2024 :: USA

Two of my papers have been accepted for VIS24! Checkout the preprints Entanglements and Viscussion

Aug 2024 :: Sweden

Excited to join the NORDES summer school where we will focus on socio-ecologically just design theories and practice.