Deborah Silver facts for kids
Deborah E. Silver is an American computer scientist. She is an expert in making complex information easy to understand visually. This field is called information visualization or scientific visualization. She also uses special shapes called skeletons to help identify features of other shapes.
Dr. Silver is a professor at Rutgers University. She works in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She also helps lead the Professional Science Master's Program there. This program helps students get advanced degrees for science careers.
Deborah Silver's Education
Deborah Silver studied computer science at Columbia University. She earned her first degree there in 1984. She then went to Princeton University. She received her master's degree in 1986. She completed her Ph.D. (a very advanced degree) in 1988. Her main teacher for her Ph.D. was David P. Dobkin.
Helping the Computer Science Community
Dr. Silver has done a lot to help the field of visualization. She has held many important roles in the IEEE. This is a large organization for engineers and computer scientists. From 2021 to 2023, she was on the Board of Governors for the IEEE Computer Society. This group helps guide the computer science community.
She also served as vice president for the National Professional Science Master's Association. She held this role from 2013 to 2017. This association supports the special master's degree programs she helps lead at Rutgers.
