Current Position
Associate Professor
Computer Graphics Technology
Polytechnic Institute
Previous Position
Director of Advanced Visualization
Research Associate
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Associate Department Head, Computer Graphics Technology, Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University (June 2023 - May 2024)
Associate Professor, Computer Graphics Technology, Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, (August 2022 - Present)
Assistant Professor, Computer Graphics Technology, Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, (August 2015 - August 2022)
Research Associate, Visualization Scientist, Director of Advanced Visualization Division, Clemson Computing & Information Technology/Cyberinfrastructure Technology Integration Department (2011 - 2015)
Professor, Jefferson State Community College, Department of Computer Science, Shelby Campus, Birmingham, Alabama (2011)
Research Assistant of Computer and Information Sciences, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (2006 - 2010)
PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2010
Graduate Level Co-op, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Functional Genomics and Systems Biology Research Group, Yorktown Heights, New York, 2008
MS, Computer and Information Sciences, Univertsity of Alabama at Birmingham, 2006
MSBME, Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1995
BS, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1992
Dr. Byrd is the founder and organizer of the biennial Broadening Participation
in Visualization (BPViz) Workshop co-funded by CRA-W/CDC and the National Science
Foundation (Award No. 1419415). The workshop is designed to broaden participation
of women and members of underrepresented groups in the field of visualization.
For more information visit BPViz website.
Dr. Byrd was the principal investigator for the highly competitive NSF REU Site:
Research Experience for Undergraduates in Collaborative Data Visualization
Applications (NSF Award No.
1359223).
The site was the first of it's kind to be awarded to Clemson Computing and Information
Technology Division. The program set a standard of excellence for undergraduate
research in the Cyberinfrastrctgure Technology Integration Department.
I am looking for self-motivated, prospectitve "Agents of Insight," with an impressive work-ethic, excellent communication skills, intersted in data visualization, visualizing heterogeneous data, big data visualization, high performance visualization, collaborative visualization, data visualization pedagogy, or perhaps you have an interesting visualization project in mind . . . contact me!