Bios
You can ask ChatGPT to write a bio of me, but do so just for the entertainment value. It will likely be very wrong!!!
Bio 1
Valerie Barr is the Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Prof. of Computer Science at Bard College and director of the Bard Network Computing Initiative. The road there included 2 stints in graduate school (NYU, Rutgers), time in industry (automated blood analyzers and automated storage and retrieval machines), and multiple academic positions (Hofstra Univ., Union College, Mount Holyoke College). She’s always been interested in interdisciplinary applications of computing because they are fun and you get to work with cool folks from other fields. Since 2004 she has been working on curricular development with a goal of changing the demographics of and increasing enrollments in computer science, as well as making sure people in non-CS fields can use computing well. In addition to other projects related to student exposure to and retention in computer science and data science, Valerie is co-PI of the Alliance for Identity Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE), focused on TA training and degree attainment. Her antidote to work is bike riding and restarting viola lessons after a long time away.
Bio 2
Dr. Valerie Barr is the Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Prof. of Computer Science at Bard College and director of the Bard Network Computing Initiative. Her current research interests are largely in CS education and diversity in computing. She holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, an MS from NYU, and a BA from Mount Holyoke College. She has had multiple grants from NSF, mostly supporting interdisciplinary computing and broadening participation in computing. Before joining Bard, she taught at Hofstra Univ., Union College, Mount Holyoke College, and has also worked in industry ( automated blood analyzers and automated storage and retrieval machines). She has served as chair of ACM-W, and is currently a co-PI of the Alliance for Identity Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE), focused on TA training and degree attainment.