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
Oct 2024 :: USA
Presented my work on entanglements at Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network.