Byrd Visualization Lab
About Dr. Byrd
PRESENTATIONS
Visualizing Diversity (In Visualization).
Featured in CASC Brochure 2015 (page 15) 1st CRA-W/CDC Broadening Participation in Visualization (BPViz) Workshop [OP]
http://casc.org/papers/2015Brochure.pdf
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1st CRA-W/CDC Broadening Participation in Visualization (BPViz) Workshop.
Byrd, V. L. Computing Research News. April 2014 Vol. 26/No.4. Invited Article. [OP]
URL: http://cra.org/resources/crnarchive-view-detail/1st_cra-w_cdc_broadening
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Byrd Emphasizes Value of Visualization at XSEDE14
Trish Barker, HPCWire July 31, 2014.
URL: http://www.hpcwire.com/2014/07/31/byrd-emphasizes-value-visualization-xs
Conference Proceedings
Byrd, V. L. (2021). Design Activity Worksheet: Identifying Data Sources for Developing a Research Plan (FIE) 2021.
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Byrd, V. L. (2021). Zoom Experiences in Higher Education: helping college students build data visualization capacity remotely, in Proceedings of Frontiers in Education (FIE) 2021.
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Byrd, V. L. (2021). Innovative Pedagogy for Teaching and Learning Data Visualization, in Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2021.
Zheng, A. & Byrd*, V. (2020). Students’ perception of a method for identifying topics for research questions.
Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, 1-8. [Teaching and Learning] [Paper] [2-minute overview] [15-minute presentation]
Kanter, N. & Byrd*, V. (2020). A method for transforming a broad topic to a focused topic for developing research questions.
Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-7. [Teaching and Learning]
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Pecher, D., Chu‡, Z. & Byrd*, V. (2020). A method for transforming a question into a problem statement for developing research questions. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-8. [Teaching and Learning]
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Byrd*, V., & Camba, J. D. (2020). A Worksheet Method for Developing Research Questions: An Examination of Three Graduate Student Cohorts. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-7. [Teaching and Learning]
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Byrd, V., & Asunda, P. (2020). Using Evidence Based Practices and Learning to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills in Students through Data Visualization. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-9. [Teaching and Learning]
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Lei*‡, X., & Byrd, V., (2020). Real-time Rendering with Heterogeneous GPUs. Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision and Image Processing (CGVCVIP 2020).[Discovery]
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Byrd, V. (2020). Using Dear Data Project to Introduce Data Literacy and Information Literacy to Undergraduates. Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science (FECS) and Computer Engineering, July 27 – 30, 2020. Transactions on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, Springer Nature. In print May 2021, ISBN: 978-3-030-70872-6 [Teaching and Learning]
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Byrd*, V., & Camba, J. (2020). Design Activity Worksheets for Developing Research Questions. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE 2020), Virtual Conference, June 2020.
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Byrd*, V., Roark, K., &Ladd, B. (2020). Usability of Data Visualization Activity Worksheets in the Context of a Critical Data Visualization Workshop: Findings from a Usability Study. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE 2020).
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Bosman*, L., Mandamanchi, A., Bartholomew, S., & Byrd, V. (2020). Applying Artificial Intelligence to the Beer Game. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE 2020). Virtual Conference, (Best Paper)
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Byrd, V. (2019). Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Support Data Visualization Capacity Skills. Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 1039-1053. United States, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Number of Citations: 1. (Outstanding Paper) [Teaching and Learning]
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Periasamy*‡, P., & Byrd, V. L. (2019). Generative Adversarial postNetworks for Lupus Diagnostics. Proceedings of Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing on Rise of the Machines (learning), 1-8.
Number of Citations: 2. [Discovery]
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Gonzalez-Torres*, A.£, Byrd, V., & Parsons, P. (2019). VKE: A Visual analytics tool for Cybersecurity data. Proceedings of International Conference on Security and Management (SAM), 56-62.
Number of Citations: 2. [Discovery]
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Byrd, V. L. (2019). Facilitating Deep Learning Through Vertical Integration Between Data Visualization Courses within an Undergraduate Data Visualization Curriculum. Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (to be published in Communications in Computer and Information Science, July 26-31, 2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23525-3_25. Number of Citations: 1. [Teaching and Learning]
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Byrd, V. (2018). Introducing Data Visualization: A Hands-on Approach for Undergraduates. Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 559-565.
Number of Citations: 3.
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Byrd*, V. L., & Vieira§, C. (2017). Visualization: A Conduit for Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experiences. Proceedings of 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.
Number of Citations: 4.
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Byrd, V. (2016). Broadening Participation in Visualization/Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from Collaborative Data Visualization Applications at the Undergraduate Level. Proceedings of RESPECT’16: Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology.
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Byrd*, V. L., McGraw, T. E., Chen, Y., & Connolly, P. E. (2016). Curriculum Development for Visualization Capacity Building. Proceeding of the American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Design Graphics Division Midyear Conference. Number of Citations: 2.
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Conference Summaries and abstracts
Vieira§*, C., Parsons, P., & Byrd, V. L. (2017). Exploring Important and Difficult Concepts to Learn in Information Visualization. Proceedings of IEEE VIS 2017 2nd Pedagogy of Data Visualization, Abstracts, 4, Phoenix, Arizona. https://vgl.cs.usfca.edu/pdvw/2017/abstracts.html
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Byrd*, V. L., & Cottam, J. (2016). Facilitating Visualization Capacity Building, 156. Proceedings of VINCI’16: 9th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction, 156.
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Roca*, A., Metoyer, R. and Byrd, V. (2016). Visualization Research and Careers. [Abstract]. Panel: Alberto Roca, Ron Metoyer, and Vetria Byrd (panelist), 17 – 17, Proceedings of ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, TAPIA 2016 September 15, 2016, Austin, TX.
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Byrd, V. L. (2015). Could Visualization Provide a Pathway to STEM? [Abstract]. Panel: Vetria Byrd (organizer), Donna Cox, Michael Smith, & Joseph Cottam, 21-21, October 28, 2015, Chicago, IL.
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Invited scholarly presentations
IInvited Presentation: SC21 Career Profile
Super Computing Conference 2021
Invited Talk: Guided Modular Approach (GMA) to Building Data Visualization Capacity CAAV Conference 2021
Purdue University November 1-4, 2021
Byrd, V. L. (2019, August). Python for Data Science Data Handling Data
Visualization, Data Science Bootcamp, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Byrd, V. L. (2018, October). Data Visualization Capacity Building, The
Ubiquitous Nature of Data and the Quest for Insight. Invited Guest Lecture, Wittenberg University Seminar Series, Springfield, Ohio.
Byrd, V. L. (2018, January). Introduction to Scientific Visualization.
Invited presentation presented at ASEE/EDGD Mid-Year Conference, Engineering Design Graphics Division, Jamaica.
Byrd, V. L. (2017, October). Introduction to Scientific Visualization.
Invited presentation presented at 2017 Extreme Science Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Workshop Series, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Byrd, V. L. (2017, June). Introduction to Data Visualization. Invited
presentation presented at Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Faculty Talk, Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana.
Byrd, V. L. (2017, March). Introduction to Data Visualization. Invited
presentation presented at Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration (BPMI) and Scientific Visualization Presenter Series, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Byrd, V. L. (2017, March). Introduction to Data Visualization. Invited
presentation presented at Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human Resources Programs (HER) and the national Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (HER). Washington, DC.
Byrd, V. L. (2016, November). Data Visualization: Why is it needed all
levels of scholarship, open NASA Datanauts Water Cooler Chat.
Byrd, V. L. (2016, July). Introduction to Data Visualization. Invited
presentation presented at Summer Undergraduate Fellowship (SURF) Research Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Byrd, V. L. (2016, June). Research Experiences for Undergraduates,
Integrated Research & Learning Core, Polytechnic Institute Learning Innovation Workshop, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Byrd, V. L. (2015, November). VisREU Experience: Pathway to Insight,
Discovery, and Collaboration. Invited presentation presented at Super Computing (SC) Conference, Denver, Colorado.