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peer-reviewed conference publications

Designing Vibes in a Science Museum: from @Science to @🤗
Derya Akbaba, Daniela Paz Moyano Dávila, Måns Gezelius, Yin He, Miriah Meyer
Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '26) 2026
preprint
Thinking Inside the Box: Considerations for Putting Data Physicalization Workshops in a Box
Derya Akbaba, Camilla Svensson, Claudia Torelli, Martin Callmeryd, Miriah Meyer
Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis) 2026
preprint, paper
Reflections on Traceability for Visualization Research
Jen Rogers, Derya Akbaba, James Scott-Brown, Alexander Lex, Miriah Meyer
Computer Graphics Forum (EuroVis) 2026
paper, preprint
Here’s what you need to know about my data: Exploring Expert Knowledge’s Role in Data Analysis
Haihan Lin, Maxim Lisnic, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer, Alexander Lex
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2025
🥛 2025 VIS Honorable Mention
paper
Entanglements for Visualization: Changing Research Outcomes through Feminist Theory
Derya Akbaba, Lauren Klein, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2024
🥛 2024 VIS Best Paper Award (Top 1% of papers)
paper supplemental material
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Discursive Patinas: Anchoring Discussions in Data Visualizations
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba, Marian Dörk, Benjamin Bach
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2024
paper
'Two Heads are Better than One': Pair-Interviews for Visualization
Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2023
paper supplemental material
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Troubling Collaboration: Matters of Care for Visualization Design Study
Derya Akbaba, Devin Lange, Michael Correll, Alexander Lex, Miriah Meyer
In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23) 2023
paper blog post supplemental material
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Data Hunches: Incorporating Personal Knowledge into Visualizations
Haihan Lin, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer, Alexander Lex
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2023
paper interactive prototype supplemental material
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peer-reviewed abstracts + workshop papers

Craft, Reflection + Complexity
Derya Akbaba
CHI Workshop. Craft-Based Data Physicalization: Opportunities and Challenges 2026
preprint, workshop
The Value of Visualization Literacy
Derya Akbaba
CHI Workshop. Data Literacy for the 21st Century: Perspectives from Visualization, Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Education 2026
workshop
Bring Your Own Biodata (BYOB): Feminist, Corporeal and Collective Approaches to Datafied Bodies
Beatrice Vincenzi, Nadia Campo Woytuk, Alejandra Gómez Ortega, Kim Sauvé, Laura Forlano, Derya Akbaba, Edda Forero, Samuel Thulin, Pedro Sanches, Kit Kuksenok
Companion Publication of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2025
workshop
Interaction Design as a Form of Decolonial Care
Tania Villalobos Lujan, Pratim Sengupta, Derya Akbaba, Sofia Alessio-Robles, Amelia Lee Dogan, Monica Meltis, Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, Lora Oehlberg
Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2025
workshop
words matter || mattering words
Derya Akbaba
CSCW Workshop. A Toolbox of Feminist Wonder: Theories and methods that can make a difference 2023
workshop, proceedings
I Was Here: Digital Traces as Design Material
Tobias Kauer, Derya Akbaba
Information+ Conference 2023
conference talk
Reflections on applying feminist theory to visualization research
Derya Akbaba, Lauren Klein, Miriah Meyer
Information+ Conference 2021
conference ⚡ talk
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Manifesto for Putting 'Chartjunk' in the Trash 2021!
Derya Akbaba, Jack Wilburn, Main T. Nance, Miriah Meyer
alt.VIS, a workshop co-located with IEEE VIS 2021
paper performance art as website
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reports, editor letters, science communication

Critical Data Visualization—Part II
Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 45(4):11-13 2025
guest editors' introduction
Critical Data Visualization—Part I
Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 45(3):14-16 2025
guest editors' introduction
Visualizing Uncertainty: What can graphics convey about the character of data?
Derya Akbaba
Natural History Magazine 2020
personal copy of article
Visualization and the Humanities: Towards a Shared Research Agenda (Dagstuhl Seminar 23381)
Johanna Drucker, Mennatallah El-Assady, Uta Hinrichs, Florian Windhager, Derya Akbaba
2024
report