Carolina Nobre
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Toronto

Carolina Nobre is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on data visualization, particularly user-adaptive interactive visualizations, multivariate networks, visual literacy, and the design of tools that help people explore and trust complex data.
Collaborated Papers
2026
- 11.Naaz Sibia, Jessica Wen, Amber Richardson, Yashika Jain, Khushi Malik, Bogdan Simion, Carolina Nobre, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Andrew Petersen, Michael Liut."Code as Anchor, Memory and Metaphor as Support: Learner Experiences with Multi-View Visualizations" Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research Vol. 1. (2026).[doi][]
- 10.Runlong Ye, Naaz Sibia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Tingting Zhu, Carolina Nobre, Viktoria Pammer-Schindler, Michael Liut."From Toil to Thought: Designing for Strategic Exploration and Responsible AI in Systematic Literature Reviews" Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. (2026).[doi][]
- 9.Runlong Ye, Oliver Huang, Patrick Lee, Michael Liut, Carolina Nobre, Ha-Kyung Kong."Reflexis: Supporting Reflexivity and Rigor in Collaborative Qualitative Analysis through Design for Deliberation" Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. (2026).[doi][]
2025
- 8.Naaz Sibia, Jessica Wen, Amber Richardson, Yashika Jain, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Bogdan Simion, Andrew Petersen, Carolina Nobre, Michael Liut."From State to Structure: Towards Abstraction Support in CS2" Proceedings of the 25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. (2025).[doi][]
- 7.Naaz Sibia, Valeria Ramirez Osorio, Jessica Wen, Rutwa Engineer, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Andrew Petersen, Michael Liut, Carolina Nobre."From Code to Concept: Evaluating Multiple Coordinated Views in Introductory Programming" ArXiv. (2025).[doi][]
- 6.Runlong Ye, Patrick Lee, Matthew Varona, Oliver Huang, Carolina Nobre."ScholarMate: A Mixed-Initiative Tool for Qualitative Knowledge Work and Information Sensemaking" Adjunct Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work. (2025).[doi][]
- 5.Runlong Ye, Matthew Varona, Oliver Huang, Patrick Lee, Michael Liut, Carolina Nobre."The Design Space of Recent AI-assisted Research Tools for Ideation, Sensemaking, and Scientific Creativity" ArXiv. (2025).[doi][]
- 4.Naaz Sibia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Amber Richardson, Khushi Malik, Prajna Pendharkar, Carolina Nobre, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen."Reducing Isolation through Peer-Modeled Posts" Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2. (2025).[doi][]
- 3.Naaz Sibia, Michael Liut, Carolina Nobre."Exploring the Role of Visualization Tools in Enhancing Computing Education: A Systematic Literature Review" EuroVis 2025 - Education Papers. (2025).[doi][]
2024
- 2.Naaz Sibia, Valeria Ramirez Osorio, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Efthimia Aivaloglou, Rutwa Engineer, Andrew Petersen, Michael Liut, Carolina Nobre."Exploring the Impact of Multiple Representations in Introductory Programming: A Pilot Study" Proceedings of the 24th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. (2024).[doi][]
- 1.Naaz Sibia, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Tiana V. Simovic, Chloe Huang, Yinyue Tan, Eun-Kyung Seong, Carolina Nobre, Daniel Zingaro, Michael Liut, Andrew Petersen."Exploring the Effects of Grouping by Programming Experience in Q&A Forums" Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 1. (2024).[doi][]
Posters
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