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Barbara Bluestein Simons (born January 26, 1941) is an American computer scientist and the former president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). She is a Ph.D. graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and spent her early career working as an IBM researcher.
Nov 8, 2017 · For years, Barbara Simons was the loneliest of Cassandras—a technologist who feared what technology had wrought. Her cause was voting: Specifically, she believed that the electronic systems that...
In memory of his son Paul, whom he had with his first wife, Barbara Simons, he established Avalon Nature Preserve, a 130-acre (0.53 km 2) nature preserve in Stony Brook. The Avalon preserve was extended to 216 acres in 2024. Another son, Nick Simons, drowned at age 24 while on a trip to Bali in Indonesia in 2003. Nick had worked in Nepal. The ...
Barbara Simons is the board chair of Verified Voting, a member of the Board of Advisors of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (appointed by Sen. Reid and reappointed by Sen. Schumer), and the co-author of the book, “Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count?”.
Barbara Simons, a founding member of Women in Computer Science and Engineering (which is celebrating its 40th anniversary), has been sounding the alarm about the potential pitfalls of internet and electronic voting for more than a decade.
Sep 16, 2020 · Barbara Simons has been fighting for secure elections for two decades. But the award-winning computer scientist, who's also well-versed in voting technology and its security vulnerabilities,...
Barbara Simons (Ph.D.'81 EECS), board chair of Verified Voting, delivers Berkeley Engineering's annual Minner Distinguished in Engineering Ethics. Her talk d...
Jan 26, 2021 · About Barbara Simons. Barbara Simons received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley in 1981. Following an on campus interview, she joined the Research Division of IBM. There she focused on compiler optimization, algorithm analysis and design and scheduling theory.
Mar 16, 2023 · In a new NAE Perspective, authors Barbara B. Simons and Poorvi L. Vora argue that systematic manual examination of ballots, rigorous ballot accounting procedures, and public compliance audits would increase election transparency and are urgently needed.
Barbara Simons proves how easy it is to hack elections—and how it can be stopped. by Magdalene L. Crowley on March 12, 2018. College of Engineering Distinguished Alumna Barbara Simons (Ph.D. ’81) is the subject of an article in the Dail Kos titled “ Computer scientist Barbara Simons proves how easy it is to hack elections—and how it can be stopped.
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