Miriah Meyer

{{Short description|American computer scientist}}

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| citizenship = American

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| field = Computer science
Data visualization

| work_institution = Harvard University
Broad Institute
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
University of Utah

| alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University
University of Utah

| doctoral_advisor = Ross T. Whitaker

| thesis_title = Dynamic particles for adaptive sampling of implicit surfaces

| thesis_year = 2008

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| awards = {{Plainlist|

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

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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.{{cite web|last1=Rajpurohit|first1=Anmol|title=Interview: Miriah Meyer, Univ. of Utah on the Art and Science of Visualization|url=http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/01/interview-miriah-meyer-utah-visualization.html|website=KDnuggets|access-date=5 June 2017|date=January 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=IEEE-USA Engineering Mass Media Fellows Program|url=https://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/massmedia.asp|website=IEEE USA Communications|publisher=IEEE|access-date=5 June 2017}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Singer|first1=Emily|title=Innovator Under 35: Miriah Meyer, 34|url=http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?trid=1105|website=MIT Technology Review|date=2011}}{{cite web|last1=Cain|first1=Patrick|title=100 Most Creative People: 24. Miriah Meyer|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3018209/24-miriah-meyer|website=Fast Company|access-date=5 June 2017|date=27 April 2012}} She was named a 2013 TED Fellow for her work in interactive visualization.{{cite web|last1=Hines|first1=Kenneth|title=Miriah Meyer Named a 2013 TED Fellow » CCC Blog|url=http://www.cccblog.org/2012/11/12/miriah-meyer-named-a-2013-ted-fellow/|website=Computing Community Consortium Blog|access-date=5 June 2017|date=12 November 2012}}