@inproceedings{manoudaki2026-simulacra,
  title = {{Simulacra Naturae - Entangled Biomes: Generative Ecosystems driven by Brain Organoid Intelligence}},
  author = {Manoudaki, Nefeli and Paterakis, Iason and Toka, Mert and Flatley, Diarmid and Dinulescu, Stejara},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Art Gallery},
  series = {SIGGRAPH Art Gallery '26},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  pages = {1--5},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  location = {Los Angeles, CA, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3799824.3812690},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3799824.3812690}
}

@inproceedings{manoudaki2025-simulacra,
  title = {{Simulacra Naturae: Generative Ecosystem driven by Agent-Based Simulations and Brain Organoid Collective Intelligence}},
  author = {Manoudaki, Nefeli and Toka, Mert and Paterakis, Iason and Flatley, Diarmid},
  booktitle = {2025 IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP)},
  year = {2025},
  month = nov,
  pages = {29--36},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  location = {Vienna, Austria},
  doi = {10.1109/visap.2025.00008},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/visap.2025.00008}
}

@phdthesis{toka2025-emergent,
  title = {{Emergent Expression: Distributing Human-Nonhuman Creative Agencies in Computational Art Practices}},
  author = {Toka, Mert},
  school = {UC Santa Barbara},
  year = {2025},
  month = sep,
  address = {Santa Barbara, CA, USA},
  url = {https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3zb6d2t4}
}

@inproceedings{toka2024-practice,
  title = {{Practice-driven Software Development: A Collaborative Method for Digital Fabrication Systems Research in a Residency Program}},
  author = {Toka, Mert and Frost, Devon and Bourgault, Samuelle and Farber, Avi and Friedman-Gerlicz, Camila and Lee, Raina and Paek, Eun-ha and Wiley, Pilar and Jacobs, Jennifer},
  booktitle = {Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
  series = {DIS '24},
  year = {2024},
  month = jul,
  pages = {1192--1217},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  location = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
  doi = {10.1145/3643834.3661522},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3661522}
}

@inproceedings{toka2024-crafting,
  title = {{Crafting the Computational: Artistic Production, Generative Systems, and Digital Fabrication}},
  author = {Toka, Mert},
  booktitle = {Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
  series = {DIS Companion '24},
  year = {2024},
  month = jul,
  pages = {24--29},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  location = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
  doi = {10.1145/3656156.3665122},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3656156.3665122}
}

@inproceedings{delvalle2024-engaging,
  title = {{Engaging Young People in the Expressive Opportunities of Digital Fabrication Through Craft-Oriented CAM-Based Design}},
  author = {Del Valle, Ashley and Toka, Mert and Jacobs, Jennifer},
  booktitle = {Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
  series = {DIS '24},
  year = {2024},
  month = jul,
  pages = {1162--1176},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  location = {Copenhagen, Denmark},
  doi = {10.1145/3643834.3660693},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3643834.3660693}
}

@inproceedings{toka2023-adaptable,
  title = {{An Adaptable Workflow for Manual-Computational Ceramic Surface Ornamentation}},
  author = {Toka, Mert and Bourgault, Samuelle and Friedman-Gerlicz, Camila and Jacobs, Jennifer},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology},
  series = {UIST '23},
  year = {2023},
  month = oct,
  pages = {1--15},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  location = {San Francisco, CA, USA},
  doi = {10.1145/3586183.3606726},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3586183.3606726}
}

@inproceedings{delvalle2023-punchprint,
  title = {{PunchPrint: Creating Composite Fiber-Filament Craft Artifacts by Integrating Punch Needle Embroidery and 3D Printing}},
  author = {Del Valle, Ashley and Toka, Mert and Aponte, Alejandro and Jacobs, Jennifer},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  series = {CHI '23},
  year = {2023},
  month = apr,
  pages = {1--15},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  location = {Hamburg, Germany},
  doi = {10.1145/3544548.3581298},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581298}
}

@article{dodge2021-dynamovis,
  title = {{DynamoVis 1.0: an exploratory data visualization software for mapping movement in relation to internal and external factors}},
  author = {Dodge, Somayeh and Toka, Mert and Bae, Crystal J.},
  journal = {Movement Ecology},
  year = {2021},
  month = nov,
  pages = {55},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  doi = {10.1186/s40462-021-00291-5},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00291-5}
}

@mastersthesis{toka2018-siren,
  title = {{Siren: General-Purpose Algorithmic Composition and Live-coding Environment}},
  author = {Toka, Mert},
  school = {UC Santa Barbara},
  year = {2018},
  month = sep,
  address = {Santa Barbara, CA, USA},
  url = {https://merttoka.com/data/papers/toka2018-siren.pdf}
}

@inproceedings{toka2018-siren-interface,
  title = {{Siren: Interface for Pattern Languages}},
  author = {Toka, Mert and Ince, Can and Baytaş, Mehmet Aydın},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
  series = {NIME '18},
  year = {2018},
  month = jun,
  pages = {53--58},
  location = {Blacksburg, VA, USA},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1302677},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1302677}
}

@inproceedings{ince2017-siren,
  title = {{Siren: Hierarchical Composition Interface}},
  author = {Ince, Can and Toka, Mert},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 International Computer Music Conference},
  year = {2017},
  pages = {36--39},
  publisher = {Michigan Publishing},
  location = {Shanghai, China},
  url = {https://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.bbp2372.2017.003}
}

@inproceedings{kaya2015-incorporating,
  title = {{Incorporating Tabletop Visual Analytics into the Decision-making Process: A Case Study of Retail Banking}},
  author = {Kaya, Erdem and Toka, Mert and Bayrak, Atilla and Bozkaya, Burcin and Balcisoy, Selim},
  booktitle = {business{\textbar}vis{\textbar}15 Workshop at IEEE VIS 2015},
  year = {2015},
  location = {Chicago, IL, USA},
  note = {Extended abstract},
  url = {https://merttoka.com/data/papers/kaya2015-incorporating.pdf}
}

@inproceedings{toka2015-konumsal,
  title = {{Konumsal Verilerin Fiziksel Görselleştirmeler ile İncelenmesi [A Visual Analytics System Based on Physical Visualizations]}},
  author = {Toka, Mert and Balcısoy, Selim},
  booktitle = {USMOS 2015},
  year = {2015},
  location = {Ankara, Türkiye},
  url = {https://merttoka.com/data/papers/toka2015-konumsal.pdf}
}