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Miriah Meyer

Professor

My research focuses on the design of visualization tools for helping people make sense of data, and on the development of methods for helping visualization designers make sense of the world.

Presentation

Miriah Meyer’s research centers on creating visualization tools that support exploratory and reflective data analysis, as well as bring new ideas for how we can use data in our lives. These tools allow people to learn about their data, reframe their perspectives, and disrupt their thinking.

Miriah takes a collaborative and theory-driven approach to research, relying on methodologies and epistemologies from computer science, design, social science, and humanities. The practice of designing visualizations allows her to learn about how visualizations work in the world, how people relate to data, and how we can design technologies for the futures we want.

Miriah obtained her bachelors degree in astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University, earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Utah, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. Prior to joining the faculty at LiU she was an associate professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah and a member of the Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute.

For more information please visit her personal website.

Publications

2026

J. Rogers, D. Akbaba, J. S. Brown, A. Lex, Miriah Meyer (2026) Reflections on Traceability for Visualization Research Computer graphics forum (Print) (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70445
D. Akbaba, C. Svensson, C. Torelli, M. Callmeryd, Miriah Meyer (2026) Thinking Inside the Box: Considerations for Putting Data Physicalization Workshops in a Box Computer graphics forum (Print) (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.70453
Haihan Lin, Maxim Lisnic, Derya Akbaba, Miriah Meyer, Alexander Lex (2026) Heres what you need to know about my data: Exploring Expert Knowledges Role in Data Analysis IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 32, p. 1186-1196 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3634821

2025

Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer (2025) Critical Data Visualization-Part II IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 45, p. 11-13 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2025.3585321
Georgia Panagiotidou, Andrew McNutt, Derya Akbaba, Nicole Hengesbach, Miriah Meyer (2025) Critical Data Visualization-Part I IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 45, p. 14-16 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2025.3579638

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