Heather Byrne

Heather is currently a graduate student working towards her Masters Degree in Computer Science. She has been working with the IVPR since the summer of 2008 and has participated in a variety of research projects, including the VAST challenges, breast cancer risk modeling, Weave and most recently she has been developing a participant study for development of visualization support for assistive devices. Heather speaks publicly at many events, mentoring younger women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. She is also involved in a number of student groups including Women in Computer Science and the Computer Science Graduate Student Organization among others.