Carolina Nobre

Carolina Nobre is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Toronto. She holds a PhD from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in software engineering from Harvard Extension School, with prior experience as an oceanographer studying the Arctic Ocean. Her research focuses on user adaptive interactive data visualizations, multivariate network visualizations, and enhancing visual literacy through provenance analysis and experiential learning. She was awarded a Harvard Data Science Initiative Fellowship and the 2020 Wojcicki Troper Fellowship.

• Education:
• PhD in Scientific Computing and Imaging, University of Utah
• Master’s in Software Engineering, Harvard Extension School
• Bachelor’s in Oceanography

Her work explores mechanisms to promote trust in science via visualization and investigates how visual literacy can be captured and enhanced. Recent projects include research grants on visualization’s role in scientific trust and experiential learning approaches for visualization design.

• Awards:
• 2020 Wojcicki Troper HDSI Postdoctoral Fellow
• VGTC Outstanding Dissertation Honorable Mention (PhD Dissertation)
• Harvard Data Science Initiative Fellowship

Grants & Research: Recipient of an HDSI grant to study visualization’s impact on trust in science. Her research group focuses on multivariate graph visualization, provenance visualization, and interaction design for novice and expert users.