Miriah Meyer is an American computer scientist and

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professor at the

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. She is noted for her pioneering work in data visualization for research applications. She received an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship in 2006 and served as a reporter for ''

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''. She was named in ''

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list in 2011 and

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's list of the 100 most creative people in 2012. She was named a 2013

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for her work in

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Living people Pennsylvania State University alumni University of Utah alumni American computer scientists American women computer scientists University of Utah faculty Computer graphics researchers Information visualization experts Year of birth missing (living people) American women academics 21st-century American women TED Fellows {{compu-scientist-stub