Leilani Battle
Leilani Battle | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Washington (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Workplaces | University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Maryland, College Park |
| Thesis | Behavior-Driven Optimization Techniques for Scalable Data Exploration (2017) |
| Michael Stonebraker | |
Leilani Marie Battle is an African American computer scientist. She is an assistant professor at University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. Leilani Battle is also a co-director in UW's interactive Data Lab program. She is known for her research into the visualization and analysis of complex database systems.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Battle grew up with a love for video games. Because of this she originally chose computer science to become a game designer or a developer.[2] Battle then went to University of Washington and earned her B.S. in computer engineering in 2011.[1] However, when she started doing research internships, instead of pursuing a career in video games, the experience changed her interest in doing research as she enjoyed it.[2]
She then went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she earned her M.S. in 2013 and Ph.D. in 2017, both in computer science. She also finished a postdoc at the University of Washington's Interactive Data lab in 2017.[1][3] During her time with MIT and her Ph.D. work, she also helped create ForeCache, a general-purpose program to create time-efficient tools for visualizing large data-sets that interact with Database Management Systems.[4] In 2020, MIT Technology Review lists ForeCache as one of her major contributions when awarding her Innovators Under 35.[4]
Career
[edit]Battle was an assistant professor at University of Maryland, College Park, where she led the Battle Data Lab from 2018-2021.[2] She is an associate professor in University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering where she teaches and mentors students, and conducts research into databases, where she focuses with Human–computer interaction to integrate databases and HCI interfaces to create visualizations for larger databases.[1][2][5][6]
Awards
[edit]In 2020, the MIT Technology Review named Battle one of Innovators Under 35.[7] She won an Adobe Data Science Research Award in 2019 and a VMware Early Career Faculty Grant in 2021.[8][9] She earned the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for her project, “Supporting Interactive Data Exploration at Scale”, in 2019.[10]
She also received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award[8] and a Sloan Research Fellowship.[11]
In 2022, Battle received the TCDE Rising Star Award.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Leilani Battle - Bio". homes.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- 1 2 3 4 Roller, Joshua (2021-08-30). "Diversity in STEM with Leilani Battle". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ Nickelsburg, Monica (2018-06-22). "University of Washington lecturer's essay on 'Why Women Don't Code' stirs controversy". GeekWire. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- 1 2 "Leilani Battle | Innovators Under 35". www.innovatorsunder35.com. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ Daily, Anjali Singh The (2023-03-10). "Two UW faculty members named Sloan Fellows". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
- ↑ "Allen School Faculty". Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
- ↑ "2020". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- 1 2 "Leilani Battle - Experience". homes.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ↑ "Faculty Programs". VMWare.com. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ↑ "Assistant Professor Leilani Battle receives The Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) 2019 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award". www.cs.umd.edu. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
- ↑ "Leilani Battle awarded 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship". Allen School News. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ↑ "Leilani Battle - Experience". homes.cs.washington.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
External links
[edit]- Personal webpage
- Leilani Battle publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- University of Washington alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering faculty
- American women computer scientists
- Sloan Research Fellows
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century African-American scientists