Vetria L. Byrd, PhD



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Departmental Service

2023 - Present     Associate Department Head
Spring 2023      Graduate Program Chair
2022 - 2023      Curriculum Sub-Committee Member
2001     Interactive Media Graphics Search Committee, Committee Member
2019 - 2020     First Year Curriculum Core Committee

College Level

2022 - 2024     Polytechnic Faculty Senate Committee Member
2022 – Present      Future Work and Learning (FWL) Research Impact Area, Co-Chair
2021 - 2023     Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Advocacy (IDEA) Steering Committee, Member
2019 – 2020     Grievance Committee, Member
2018 – 2020     Diversity and Great Place to Work Committee, Member
2017 – 2022      Future Work and Learning (FWL) Research Impact Area Group, Member
2017 – 2022      Realizing Digital Enterprise (RDE) Research Impact Area Group, Member
2016 – Present      Faculty Student Mentoring
2016                 Undergraduate Research Symposium Poster Judge
2016 – 2020     Recruitment and Retention Committee
2016                  CGT Research Assessment Group
2015 – 2016     Polytechnic Mentorship Program Committee
2015 – 2016     Undergraduate Recruitment, Committee Member

University Level

2019 – 2023     Faculty Fellow
2019 – 2020     Data Mine Data Visualization Faculty Liaison
2019                 Data Mine Assistant Executive Director Search Committee
2019                 Destination Purdue Luncheon, 400 Students and guests in attendance
2016 – 2018      Parliamentarian for the Purdue Black
2016                  Undergraduate Research Committee (nominated by Dean Gary Bertoline)
2015 – 2016     Undergraduate Recruitment

Outreach Activity

Introduction to Data Visualization,TEAMs Summer Camp. TEAMs is designed to introduce young women to Purdue Polytechnic Institute majors and career opportunities for women within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Introduction to Geospatial Data,TEAMs Summer Camp. TEAMs is designed to introduce young women to Purdue Polytechnic Institute majors and career opportunities for women within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Introduction to Data Visualization, Byrd, V.L. Discovering Opportunities in Technology (DOiT) Camp. Purdue Polytechnic Institute, March 2016

Introduction to Data Visualization, Byrd, V.L. Communicating Leadership and Advancing Innovation for Minorities in Technology (CLAIMiT) Camp. Purdue Polytechnic Institute, November 2015

Introduction to Data Visualization, Byrd, V.L. Windows of Opportunity for Women in Technology (WOWiT) Camp. Purdue Polytechnic Institute, October 2015

Research Opportunities for Undergraduates, Byrd, V.L. Purdue Polytechnic Research Round Table, Purdue Memorial Union, South Ballroom, November 10, 2015. (Poster)

Professional Service & Development

Professional Service

2023 – 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, Co-Chair
2022 – 2023 IEEE Vis Diversity & Inclusivity Committee, Co-chair
2021 - 2022 EuroVis 2022 – Full Papers Program Committee, Member
2021 – 2022 IEEE VIS 2022 Organizing Committee, Member
2021 Midwest Big Data Hub Advisory Board Member
2020 - Present Data Visualization Society Advisory Council Member
2017 – 2019 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Visualization in Science and Education, Unanimously Elected, Co-Vice Chair
2017 Super Computing (SC) Program Committee
2017 Reviewer For the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
2016 Program Committee Member for RESPECT2016: Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (http://respect2016.stcbp.org)
2016 Workforce Development and Diversity Committee Member, Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Group, 2016 (http://www.xsede.org)
2016 PAN REU PI Meeting, Rosslyn, Virginia, April 28 – 30, 2016 (Nominated by NSF Program Officer)
2015 Deputy Chair of XSEDE15 Education Outreach and Training (EOT) Track (Invited)
2015 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, Discussion Leader, August 2015 (Invited)
2015 Super Computing Conference, Poster Committee; Austin, TX
2014 Invited Panelist, Department of Homeland Security SLA Review COI/NDA Reviewer:June 2014
2014 CISE REU Site PI Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 27-28, 2014
2014 Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR), Arlington, VA, October 2014

Professional Development

2021 NSF CAREER Proposal Workshop, Virtual, February 2021
2021 “Making the Leap to Large: Leading Large-scale Science and Engineering Projects, NSF 7-Part Workshop Series, April - July
2016 2nd Biennial CRA-W/CDC CADENS Broadening Participation in Visualization (BPViz) Workshop, Purdue University, August 3 -4, 2016
2016 NSF CAREER Workshop, Purdue University, April 19, 2016
2016 Present National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Faculty Success Program
2016 NSF Review Panelist, April 2016
2015 Education Panel: “Making the most of Graduate School (in HPC)”; Austin, TX (Invited)
2015 NSF Review Panelist, October 2015
2015 Science Careers Expo, Welcoming South Carolina High School Students to Clemson University, April 16, 2015
2015 MOR Leadership Training for IT Professionals, January 2015 – August 2015
2015 University Professional Internship/Co-op Program (UPIC) Mentor, Clemson University
2014 “Strategies for Success as a Principal Investigator,” Clemson University, September 9-10, 2014
2014 University Professional Internship/Co-op Program (UPIC) Mentor, Clemson University
2013 Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR), Arlington, VA, October 2013
2013 Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment San Diego, CA, July 16-20, 2013
2013 EL Alliance Webinar, March 2013
2013 NSF Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) Meeting, Portland, OR, January 2013
2013 University Professional Internship/Co-op Program (UPIC) Mentor, Clemson University
2013 University Professional Internship/Co-op Program (UPIC) Clemson University(Committee Member)
2012 Super Computing, Salt Lake City, UT, November 10-16, 2012
2012 IEEE VisWeek, Seattle WA, October 14-19, 2012
2012 Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment, Chicago, IL, July 16-20, 2012
2012 DOE ASCR Exascale Research Review Panel: 2012 X-Stack: Programming Challenges,Runtime Systems, and Tools, April 06, 2012
2012 University Professional Internship/Co-op Program (UPIC) Mentor, Clemson University
2011 Super Computing, Seattle, WA, November 12-18, 2011
2011 Visualization Week, Providence, RI, October 23- 28, 2011
2011 NSF EPSCoR Workshop, Knoxville, TN, October 10-12, 2011
2011 FORWARD to Professorship Workshop, When and Where I Enter . . . Unlocking the Door for Women of Color in STEM, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, August 10-12, 2011
2011 Advanced Data Analysis and Visualization Workshop, Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA), Washington, DC, June 17, 2011
2004 - 2014 Compact for Faculty Diversity Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB)

Proposal Reviewer

EUROVis 2022
IEEE VIS 2022, Program
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Frontiers in Education (FIE)
Visualization Showcase Reviewer, Super Computing (SC)
SIGGraph 2019 Poster Session

Professional Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Member
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member
Data Visualization Society (IEEE), Advisory Board Member
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Member