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Keke Wu

Dr. Keke Wu is a researcher and storyteller working to bridge data and lived experience through visualization. She helped establish the subfield of cognitively accessible visualization and continues to reimagine how data can be inclusive, expressive, and actionable for diverse audiences. With a background in computer science, cinematic arts, and media design, she leverages storytelling, aesthetics, and creative technology to foster understanding, emotional connection, and social impact through data.

Dr. Wu received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Emory University. She now leads the Lived Data Collective, a research group dedicated to transforming how data is experienced and understood. Her work has been published in leading venues including ACM CHI, IEEE VIS, and ACM ASSETS, and was honored with a Best Paper Award at CHI 2021 for advancing inclusive and impactful visualization design.

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