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Doctoral Candidate |
Vetria L. Byrd |
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Department of Computer & Information
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High Performance Computing Laboratory |
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Phone: (205) 934-2213 |
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Email: vlbyrd@uab.edu |
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Curriculum Vitae [PDF] |
Feature in UAB
Arts and Sciences Magazine |
Education
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Present |
Department of Computer and Information Sciences |
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School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics |
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Pending Degree: PhD |
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Research Area: Bioinformatics |
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Other Research Interests: Scientific Data Visualization, Visualization, Medical Imaging, Microarray Analysis, Quality Control of Microarray Images |
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2006 |
Masters of Science: Computer and Information Sciences |
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School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics |
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Research Focus: Bioinformatics |
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1995 |
Masters of Science: Biomedical Engineering |
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Research Focus: Medical Imaging |
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Thesis: Semi-Automated Image Registration For Digital Subtraction Radiography In Dentistry |
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1992 |
Bachelors of Science: Computer and Information Sciences |
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School of Natural
Sciences & Mathematics |
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Minor: Business Administration |
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Work Experience
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Positions Held |
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May 2008 to August
2008 |
Graduate Level Co-op, |
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August 2005 to
Present |
Graduate Student/Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer and
Information Sciences, |
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August 2002 to August 2005 |
Graduate Student Trainee, Department
of Computer and Information Sciences, |
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March 1999 to
September 2002 |
Information System Specialist II/Assistant
Director for Informatics, |
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August 1997 to March
1999 |
Programmer Analyst II, Department of Neurobiology, |
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November 1995 to
August 1997 |
Programmer I, Department of Periodontics, |
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September 1990 to
November 1995 |
Graduate Assistant/Computer Programmer,
Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
Educational Experience
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2004 to 2005 |
Bioinformatics and
Bioengineering Summer Institute, |
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VCU |
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UAB |
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2000 |
Medical Informatics MBL/NLM Course Fellow - Marine Biological, Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. |
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The National Library of Medicine. Certificate, Fall Course, 2000 |
Teaching Experience
Course Instructor
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Summer 2007 |
CS101 Fluency with Information Technology (May 3 - Week Session) |
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Spring 2007 |
CS 101 Fluency with Information Technology |
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Lab Instructor |
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Spring 2008 |
CS101 Fluency with Information Technology [Professor: Dr. K. Sloan] |
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CS101 Fluency with Information Technology [Professor: Dr. K. Sloan] |
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Summer 2007 |
CS101 Fluency with Information Technology (May 3 -Week Session) |
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CS 101 Fluency with Information Technology [Professor: Dr. K. Sloan] |
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CS 101 Fluency with Information Technology [Professor: Dr. K. Sloan] |
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Teaching Assistant |
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Spring 2008 |
CS428/641/741 –Bioinformatics II [Professor: Dr. Aubrey Hill] |
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Fall 2007 |
CS 427/640/740 – Bioinformatics I [Professor: Dr. Aubrey Hill] |
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Spring 2007 |
CS 660/760 – Artificial Intelligence [Professor: Dr. K. Reilly ] |
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Fall 2006 |
CS 427/640/740 - Bioinformatics I [ Professor: Dr. Aubrey Hill ] |
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Lectures |
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Fall 2007 |
“Microarrays” (November 27, 2007) “Microarray Data Analysis” (November 29, 2007) |
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Fall 2006 |
“What Biologists Want”. Venue: Introduction to Bioinformatics Class |
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Fall 2005 |
“Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Research at UAB”. Venue: Computer Science Undergraduate Honors Class |
Research
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Present |
Quality Control of Microarray Images |
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September 2005 |
A Needs Assessment for Scientific
Visualization of Microarray Data Approved by the |
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July 2005 |
A Needs Assessment for Scientific
Visualization of Microarray Data Approved by the IRB #5065 |
Certifications
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December 2006 |
Completed IRB Refresher Course for CITI Program Requirements |
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July 2005 |
Completed IRB Training. CITI Program Requirements for the BASIC CITI Course in the Protection of Human Research Subjects |
Journal Publications
Byrd, VL, Mayfield-Donahoo T, Reddy, MS, Jeffcoat, MK.
Semiautomated image registration for digital subtraction radiography. Oral
Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology 85:473-8, 1998.
Published Conference Proceedings
Byrd, VL, and
Published Abstracts
Byrd V, Pulliam R, Reddy MS and Jeffcoat MK: Accuracy of simulated lesion detection
using semiautomatic alignment for digital subtraction radiography in human
subjects. Journal of Dental Research, Volume 76 Special Issue, IADR 2854, 1997
Byrd V, Mayfield-Donahoo T, Pulliam R, Reddy MS and Jeffcoat
MK: Semiautomatic alignment and
correction of affine geometric discrepancies for digital subtraction
radiography. Journal of Dental Research, Volume 75 Special Issue, IADR 1694, 1996
Byrd V, Mayfield-Donahoo T, Reddy MS and Jeffcoat MK: Automated selection of reference points for
superimposition of radiographs. Journal of Dental Research, Volume 74 Special Issue, IADR 451, 1995.
Abstracts
Needs Assessment for Scientific Visualization of
Multivariate, High-Dimensional Microarray Data.
Needs Assessment for Scientific Visualization of
Multivariate, High-Dimensional Microarray Data. UAB Graduate Student Research
Day,
3D Surface
Construction Using Dualing Cubes Algorithm. UAB Minority Student Research
Day,
3D Surface Construction Using Dualing Cubes Algorithm. UAB
Graduate Student Research Day,
Researching Techniques Used to Visualize Scientific Data in
Bioinformatics. UAB Graduate Student Research Day,
Presentations
Needs Assessment for Scientific Visualization of Multivariate,
High-Dimensional Microarray Data.
2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, &
Applied Computing Conference (BIOCOMP_06).
A Novel Approach for Analyzing and Visualizing High-Dimensional,
Multivariate Microarray Data.
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute (BBSI)
Multivariate High Dimensional Visualization and Analysis of Microarray
Data Incorporating Simultaneous Spatial and Temporal Components.
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute (BBSI)
Posters
3D Surface Construction Using Dualing Cubes Algorithm.
2005
Panels
CRA-W Distinguished Lecture Series Panelist.
Department of Computer and Information Sciences (September 8, 2006)
1st Annual African-American Researchers in Computing
Sciences (AARCS) Panelist
“Navigating
Invited Talks
Presentation of Summer Research in the 2004/2005 NSF/NIH Bioinformatics
& Bioengineering
Summer Internship at
Bioinformatics: Research, Workshops &
Internships
Venue: McNair Scholars Seminar Series
Bioinformatics: An Introduction and Overview
Venue: McNair Scholars Seminar Series
Conferences & Technical Meetings Attended
2006
Life Sciences Society Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference August
14-18, 2006,
2006 Annual African-American Researchers in Computing
Sciences (AARCS) Conference. July 21-22, 2006,
The 2006 International Conference on Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology, BIOCOMP_06
Frontiers in
Macromolecular Simulations, Macromolecular Simulation Symposium, Sponsored by
the UAB Center for Computational and Structural Biology and the Petit Institute
for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Workshops & Tutorials Attended
Computational Analysis of Tiling Arrays for ChIP-chip on
mammalian genomes, LSS Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference,
Introduction to Statistics for Bioinformatics, LSS
Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference,
The Electronic Data Capturing Conference for Web Based Data
Entry,
Joint SPORE/Cooperative Group Pathology/Informatics Workshop
Westfields Conference Center,
Health Sciences workshop sponsored by Southeastern
Universities Research Association, Inc., (SURA) on Telemedicine, Bioinformatics
and Basic Research.
Honors & Awards
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Fall 2007 |
The Coalition to
Diversify Computing (CDC) Academic Workshop Travel Scholarship. |
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Spring/Summer 2007 |
UAB Arts and Sciences Magazine. Feature Article |
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August 2006 |
ACM-W Travel
Scholarship. Conference: 2006
Life Sciences Society Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference, |
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July 2006 |
Travel Award. Conference:
2006 African-American Researchers in Computing Sciences (AARCS) Conference, |
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June 2006 |
Student Travel Award from The Coalition to Diversify Computing. Conference: The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering & Applied Computing Conference Las Vegas, Nevada USA |
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2002 to 2005 |
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholars Fellow |
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2002 to 2005 |
A. G. Gaston Fellow |
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Service & Professional Development
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July 2007 |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. (Summer Leadership Workshop) Who Moved My Cheese? (Summer Leadership Workshop) |
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October 2005 |
The Compact for Faculty
Diversity Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, |
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April 2005 |
Proctor for Major Fields Test |
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October 2004 |
The Compact for Faculty
Diversity Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, |
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July 2004 |
Organized Student Food
And Clothing Drive For Local Battered Women Shelter in the local Virginia
Commonwealth Community, |
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April 2004 |
Assisted In the Interviewing And Selection Process for the Minority Heritage Summer Mentoring Project Which Builds Around Robotics and Computer Science |
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January 2004 |
Participated in student discussion groups for recruitment of new departmental faculty |
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October 2003 |
The Compact for Faculty
Diversity Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, |
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April 2003 |
Proctor for Senior Capstone Exam for graduating Computer Science Students |
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October 2002 |
The Compact for Faculty
Diversity Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, |
Professional Memberships
2007 – Present Microarray Quality Control Consortium (MAQC)
2007 – Present Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
2002 – Present Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2002 – Present Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society
2001 – Present Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Last Updated June 01,
2008 (vlb)