Books
Loukissas, Yanni A. All Data Are Local: Thinking Critically in a Data-Driven Society. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2019.
Loukissas, Yanni A. Co-Designers: Cultures of Computer Simulation in Architecture. London: Routledge, 2012.
Refereed Book Chapters
Loukissas, Yanni A. “The Life and Death of Data.” In The DigitalSTS Handbook, edited by Vertesi, Janet, David Ribes, Carl DiSalvo, Laura Forlano, Steve Jackson, Yanni A. Loukissas, Daniela Rosner, Hanna Rose Shell. Princeton: Princeton Press, 2019.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Visualizing the Social.” In The DigitalSTS Handbook, edited by Vertesi, Janet, David Ribes, Carl DiSalvo, Laura Forlano, Steve Jackson, Yanni A. Loukissas, Daniela Rosner, Hanna Rose Shell. Princeton: Princeton Press, 2019.
Vertesi, Janet, David Ribes, Laura Forlano, Yanni A. Loukissas, and Marisa Cohn. “Engaging, Critiquing, and Making Digital Systems: Crossings between STS and Design,” In The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, edited by Clark Miller, Laurel Smith-Doerr, Ulrike Felt, and Rayvon Fouche. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2016.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Keepers of the Geometry,” in Simulation and its Discontents, edited by Sherry Turkle. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2009.
Edited Volumes
Vertesi, Janet, David Ribes, Carl DiSalvo, Laura Forlano, Steve Jackson, Yanni A. Loukissas, Daniela Rosner, Hanna Rose Shell, eds. The DigitalSTS Handbook. Princeton: Princeton Press, 2019.
Published Journal Articles
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Anne Pollack. “After Big Data Failed: The Enduring Allure of Numbers in the Wake of the 2016 US Election.” Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 3 (2016): 16-20. https://doi.org/10.17351/ests2017.150.
Loukissas, Yanni A.“Taking Big Data Apart: Local Readings of Composite Media Collections.” Information, Communication and Society 20, no. 5 (2016): 651-664. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1211722.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “A Place for Big Data: Close and Distant Readings of the Arnold Arboretum.” Big Data & Society 3, no. 2 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716661365.
Loukissas, Yanni A., and David Mindell, “Visual Apollo: A Graphical Exploration of Human-Machine Relationships.” Design Issues 30, no. 2 (April 2014): 4-16.
Conference Presentation with Proceedings (Refereed)
Corbett, Eric and Yanni A. Loukissas. “Engaging Gentrification as a Social Justice Issue in HCI.” ACM SIGCHI Conference Proceedings. Glasgow, UK. 2019.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “All the Homes: Zillow and the Operational Context of data.” iConference Proceedings. Sheffield, UK. 2018.
Battles, Matthew and Yanni A. Loukissas. “Data Artifacts: Visualizing Orders of Knowledge in Mega-Meta Collections.” Proceedings of the UDC Seminar in Classification and Visualization. The Hague, Netherlands. 2013.
Loukissas, Yanni A., and David Mindell, 2012. “A Visual Display of Socio-Technical Data.” Extended Abstract, ACM SIGCHI Conference Proceedings. Austin. 2012.
Loukissas, Yanni A., Jason Maron, Marco Zenati, and David Mindell. “Redesigning Postoperative Review.” IEEE Healthcare Technology Conference Proceedings. Houston. 2012.
Loukissas, Yanni A.”Keepers of the Geometry.” Digital Critical Conference Proceedings. Cambridge. 2008.
Loukissas, Yanni A., and Larry Sass. “A Generative Approach to Modeling Architectural Designs Using a 3-D Printer.” ACADIA and AIA Fabrication Conference Proceedings. Toronto, Canada. 2004.
Conference Presentations with Refereed Abstracts
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Re-Valuing Homes: Countering the Culture of Real Estate on Zillow,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science. New Orleans, September, 2019.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “All the Homes: Zillow and the Operational Context of data.” Data Power. Ottawa, Canada. June, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “All the Homes: Zillow and the Hegemony of Context in Information Design,” Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston. April, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A., and Lorina Navarro. “All News is Local,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Atlanta. November, 2016.
Resch, Gabby, Yanni A. Loukissas, and Matt Ratto. “Critical Information Practice,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Barcelona, Spain. August, 2016.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Local Data,” Information+, Vancouver, Canada. June, 2016.
Loukissas, Yanni A., 2015. “Life and Death of Data,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Denver. November, 2016.
Loukissas, Yanni A., and Laura Forlano. “Codesigning Technoscience: Reflections on a digitalSTS Workshop,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, San Diego, November, 2013.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Data meets Design,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2012.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “The Visual Display of Sociotechnical Data,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Cleveland. November, 2011.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Surface Cities,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Tokyo, Japan, August, 2010.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Spaces of Simulation,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Washington, D.C., October, 2009.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Building Simulation through a Socio-technical Lens,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Pasadena, October, 2005.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Representations of the User in Geometric Modeling,” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Paris, France, August, 2004.
Workshop Presentations and Organization with Refereed Proposals and Abstracts
Cardoso, Daniel, and Yanni A. Loukissas. “Visualizing Design Ecologies,” Design Research Society. Brighton, UK, 2016.
Battles, Matthew, and Yanni A. Loukissas. “Data Artifacts Workshop,” Digital Humanities: The Next Generation, Simmons College. Boston, 2013.
Battles, Matthew, and Yanni A. Loukissas. “Exquisite Corpora,” Digital Book Summit, Olin College, Needham, 2012.
Non-refereed Writing
Loukissas, Yanni A. “The Map Room: A Place for Thinking Critically about Data” In Humanistic Perspectives in a Technological World (Second Edition), edited by Richard Utz. Atlanta: Georgia Tech, Forthcoming.
Loukissas, Yanni A., Christopher Polack, Muniba Khan, and Annabel Rothschild. “The Atlanta Map Room: Documenting the Connections and Disjunctions Between Civic Data and Lived Experiences in the City,” 2018. Atlanta Studies Blog Post.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Data Walks Workshop.” Density Design Blog Post, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “The Life and Death of Data.” In The Word for the World is Still Forrest, edited by Anna-Sophie Springer & Etienne Turpin. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Firaz Peer. “Big Data, Local Data, Counter Data: A Contested Outlook for Housing.” Center for Urban Innovation Blog, 2016. https://gtcui.wordpress.com
Loukissas, Yanni A. Review of Software Takes Command, by Lev Manovich. Journal of Design History, 2014.
Ervin, Stephen, Yanni Loukissas, Jessica Yurkofsky, and Mikhail Grinwald. The Gund 522 Experiment: A Space for Design Learning and Teaching. Technical Report for the Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2014.
Loukissas, Yanni A., 2012. “Knowledge Under Fire.” Candide Journal for Architectural Knowledge 5 (2014).
Turkle, Sherry Joseph Dumit, Hugh Gusterson, David Mindell, Susan Silbey, Yanni A. Loukissas, Natasha Myers. Information technologies and professional identity: A comparative study of the effects of virtuality. Report to the National Science Foundation, 2005.
Loukissas, Yanni A. Conceptions of Design in a Culture of Simulation. Ph.D. Thesis. Cambridge: MIT, 2008.
Loukissas, Yanni A. Rulebuilding. SM Thesis. Cambridge: MIT, 2003.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Utica A-Z.” The Cornell Journal Of Architecture 7. Ithaca: Cornell University, 2000.
Loukissas, Yanni A. Utica A-Z. BArch Thesis. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1999.
Software
Loukissas, Yanni A., Christopher Polack, Muniba Khan, Annabel Rothschild. “Atlanta Map Room.” Participatory mapping table, 2018.
Loukissas, Yanni A., Christopher Polack, and Peter Polack. “Beltline for All?,” Online interactive visualization, 2017. http://loukissas.lmc.gatech.edu/beltline
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Peter Polack. “DPLA V1” Interactive visualization for All Data Are Local, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Peter Polack. “DPLA V2” Interactive visualization for All Data Are Local, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Peter Polack. “NewsScape” Interactive visualization for All Data Are Local, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Peter Polack. “Zillow” Interactive visualization for All Data Are Local, 2017.
Loukissas, Yanni A. and Krystelle Denis “The Life and Death of Data.” Online interactive publication, 2014. www.lifeanddeathofdata.org.
Schnapp, Jeffrey, Yanni A. Loukissas, Matthew Battles, Sneha Khullar, Jessica Yurkofsky, and Pablo Barria. “Teaching with Things,” Graphical software for collections-based teaching. Cambridge, 2013.
Loukissas, Yanni A., Matthew Battles, and Jessica Yurkofsky. “Library Observatory,” Data visualization. Cambridge, 2012.
Loukissas, Yanni A., David Mindell, and Francisco Alonso. “The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Visualization,” Data visualization. Cambridge, 2011.
Expressive Media
Loukissas, Yanni, and John Zissovici. “Angel Dust,” Original film for Violence and the Cinematic City, Film Studies symposium at Cornell University. Ithaca, 2009.
Loukissas, Yanni A., and John Zissovici. “Hartell Gallery Moving Wall,” Original film, Cornell University. Ithaca, 2001.
Loukissas, Yanni, and John Zissovici, “Hartell Gallery Moving Wall.” Flipbook, Cornell University. Ithaca, 2001.
Exhibitions (Juried)
Loukissas, Yanni A., Jude Ntabathia, Jihan Sherman, and Jer Thorp. “Map Room,” Making and Doing. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science. New Orleans, 2019.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Life and Death of Data,” Making and Doing. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science. Denver, 2015.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “The Life and Death of Data,” Screening Scholarship, Philadelphia, March, 2015.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “The Life and Death of Data,” Thinking with your Eyes Exhibition. Harvard University, Cambridge, 2013.
Exhibitions (Not Juried)
Loukissas, Yanni A. GVU Demo Day. Georgia Tech, Atlanta, 2014-2019.
Loukissas, Yanni A. “Visual Apollo,” Digital Media Show. Eyedrum Gallery,
Atlanta. 2016.
Loukissas, Yanni, and Krystelle Denis. “The Life and Death of Data. OpenLab, Harvard University, Cambridge. 2014.
Loukissas, Yanni, David Mindell, and Francisco Alonso. “The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Visualization,” 150th Anniversary Exhibit on Exploration. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. 2011.
Zissovici, John, and Yanni A. Loukissas. “Hartell Gallery Moving Wall,” Exhibition in Hartell Gallery. Cornell University, Ithaca. 2001.
Vinson, Macksi, and Yanni A. Loukissas. “The Absence of Hartell,” Exhibition in Hartell Gallery. Cornell University, Ithaca. 1999.
Invited Presentations
“The Map Room,” St. Louis River School. St. Louis. 2019.
“All Data Are Local,” Information Studies Colloquium. UCLA, Los Angeles. 2019.
“Atlanta Map Room,” Atlanta Studies. Atlanta. 2018.
“Simulation and its Discontents,” Sherry Turkle’s Festschrift. Boston. 2018.
“Life and Death of Data,” Interview, Digital Humanities. Umea, Sweden. 2017.
“Local Data,” Critical Visualization. CUNY, New York. 2016.
“Local Data,” Ignite Talk, EYEO Festival. Minneapolis. 2015.
“Local Data,” The Data Made Me Do It. UC Berkeley, Berkeley. 2015.
“Local Data,” Museum Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. 2015.
“NewsScape Workshop,” UCLA, Los Angeles. 2015.
“The Life and Death of Metadata,” Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Harvard University, Washington, D.C. 2014.
“Life and Death of Data,” Archives as Instigator. Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2014.
Loukissas, Yanni, and Matthew Battles. “The Mixed Reality City” Urban Humanities Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge. 2014.
“Data Artifacts at the Arnold Arboretum,” Thinking with your Eyes Symposium, Harvard University. Cambridge. 2014.
Moderator, Futures Past Symposium. MIT, Cambridge. 2013.
“Data Narratives,” Digital Humanities, Wentworth Institute of Technology. Boston. 2013.
“Data Narratives of the Arnold Arboretum,” STS Circle, Harvard University. Cambridge. 2013.
“Drawing Data Work,” Conversations in the Digital Humanities. Cornell University, Ithaca. 2013.
“Co-Designers,” Department of Architecture. Princeton University, Princeton. 2013.
“Teaching with Things,” Take Note Symposium. Harvard University, Cambridge. 2012.
“A Visual Display of Socio-Technical Data,” School of Informatics and Computing. Indiana University, Bloomington. 2012.
“Communication in Situ,” Communication Department, University of California. San Diego. 2012.
“Visualizing Human Presence,” Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Harvard Univeristy, Cambridge. 2011.
“Translate, Rotate, Reflect,” Graduate School of Design. Harvard University, Cambridge. 2011.
Respondent, Beyond the Author. History, Theory + Criticism of Art and Architecture. MIT. Cambridge. 2011.
Keynote “Translate, Rotate, Transform,” TEDx Athens Youth Day. Athens, Greece. 2010.
Keynote “Moonscapes and City Scrapes,” INPUT_OUTPUT Symposium. Temple University, Philadelphia. 2010.
“Design as Computation,” Cornell University. Information Science Colloquium, Ithaca. 2009.
“Material Feedback,” Panel Discussion. The Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York. 2009.
“Keepers of the Geometry,” Autodesk Headquarters, Boston. 2009.
Inaugural Lecture “Conceptions of Design in a Culture of Simulation,” Emerging Voices Lecture Series, Planning + Architecture Research Group, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. 2009.
Zissovici, John, and Yanni A. Loukissas, “Angel Dust,” Violence and the Cinematic City. Cornell University, Ithaca. 2009.
“Conceptions of Design in a Culture of Simulation,” MIT Department of Architecture. Computation Lectures, Cambridge. 2009.
“Performance Discourse at Arup,” Manchester University, Department of Architecture. Manchester, UK. 2007.
“The Culture of Simulation in Building Design,” Martin Centre, Cambridge University. Cambridge, UK. 2007.
“Practices of Learning,” New Media in Architectural Offices, Akademie Schloss Solitude. Stuttgart, Germany. 2005.
“Computational Design Workshop,” Department of Architecture, New York State University. Buffalo. 2005.
“Digital Mock-ups Ethnographies,” MIT Initiative for Technology and Self. Cambridge. 2002.
Loukissas, Yanni, and Larry Sass. “Digital Fabrication in Architecture,” MIT The Center for Bits and Atoms. Cambridge. 2002.