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Prof. Barba gave keynote at PyData London

Prof. Lorena Barba delivers a keynote at PyData London 2019.

Statement of Contributions to Diversity

Diverse and inclusive environments in work and professional settings are difficult to find, and more difficult to create. Tech companies, academic departments, conferences, governing bodies, all are increasingly hunting for better practices to reduce bias. This statement relates my record and contributions to diversity,... Continue »

RT @gwengineering: MAE's Professor Lorena Barba presented a congressionally-mandated report to federal lawmakers and experts that will guid… View // Reply // Retweet // Like

New Report: Reproducibility and Replicability in Science

Prof. Barba is a co-author of the National Academies study report on "Reproducibility and Replicability in Science." The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) carried out this study on commission from the National Science Foundation, with additional sponsorship from the Sloan Foundation. This report presents the consensus of the committee and is the result... Continue »

"Night And The City" by Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron—a sublime #jazz album to keep me in the lab working just a lit… https://t.co/ud2e7X3KrW View // Reply // Retweet // Like

Prof. Barba among the finalists for Bender Teaching Award

Prof. Barba was one of the finalists for the Morton A. Bender Teaching Award—five other faculty from across the university received this maximum honor for excellence in teaching at the university. For Prof. Barba, it was close! See the Faculty Awards program in PDF (her mention on page 5)

RT @arfon: Ridiculously pleased with how far we've managed to push the automation with @JOSS_TheOJ - we basically now have 'chatops' paper… View // Reply // Retweet // Like

Boeing Distinguished Colloquium, University of Washington

Prof. Barba gave a Boeing Distinguished Colloquium at the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle. Her talk was titled "A Tale of Three Codes—How the sausage is made in computational research." Abstract: Relating the story of three research codes we’re working on in my lab, I will illustrate the sometimes tortuous progress of... Continue »

RT @joshgans: Donna Strickland, who just won a Nobel prize for Physics, is an Associate Professor! Do we think she might finally get promot… View // Reply // Retweet // Like

Open Source Software Policy Options for NASA Earth and Space Sciences

Prof. Barba is a co-author of the National Academies study report "Open Source Software Policy Options for NASA Earth and Space Sciences," presented to NASA on Sept. 21, 2018. The report is outcome from several in-person meetings, dozens of submitted white papers, and months of collaborative writing. The set of recommendations issued by the committee are... Continue »