Miriah Meyer

American computer scientist

AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship (2006)
MIT Technology Review TR35 (2011)
Fast Company 100 Most Creative People (2012)
TED Fellow (2013)

Scientific careerFieldsComputer science
Data visualizationInstitutionsHarvard University
Broad Institute
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
University of UtahThesis Dynamic particles for adaptive sampling of implicit surfaces (2008)Doctoral advisorRoss T. Whitaker

Miriah Meyer is an American computer scientist and USTAR professor at the University of Utah. She is noted for her pioneering work in data visualization for research applications.^[1] She received an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship in 2006 and served as a reporter for The Chicago Tribune.^[2] She was named in MIT Technology Review's TR35 list in 2011 and Fast Company's list of the 100 most creative people in 2012.^[3]^[4] She was named a 2013 TED Fellow for her work in interactive visualization.^[5]

References

^ Rajpurohit, Anmol (January 2015). "Interview: Miriah Meyer, Univ. of Utah on the Art and Science of Visualization". KDnuggets. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "IEEE-USA Engineering Mass Media Fellows Program". IEEE USA Communications. IEEE. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ Singer, Emily (2011). "Innovator Under 35: Miriah Meyer, 34". MIT Technology Review.
^ Cain, Patrick (27 April 2012). "100 Most Creative People: 24. Miriah Meyer". Fast Company. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ Hines, Kenneth (12 November 2012). "Miriah Meyer Named a 2013 TED Fellow » CCC Blog". Computing Community Consortium Blog. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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