Lily Díaz is Professor of New Media, Visualization and Cultural Heritage at the Media Lab in Aalto University, Finland.

She leads the Systems of Representation research group and has been principal investigator for research and development projects in areas such as visualization and information design; design and implementation of digital archives related to cultural heritage; and design of interfaces for virtual reality. She is a frequent guest and collaborator in conferences and activities in the area of media design and information technology as related to cultural heritage.