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…
- ethical visualizations
- 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
⋆。˚ member of VID lab
🦋 b/c elon musk ruins everything
📖 i like books
💾 a list of lists about data vis
past
☼ Masters, Computing @ U. of Utah, VDL lab, 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
Nov 2024 :: the Netherlands
First time visiting the Nertherlands! Will be presenting at CEST-LA-VIS and connecting with VIS folks at Utrecht U and TU Eindhoven.
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