Danielle Cummings
Researcher Visiting Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Severn, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolDr. Danielle Cummings is a researcher and visiting professor who blends human-computer interaction expertise with Lean Startup methods to help teams translate research into rapid, mission-driven impact. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science and dual B.A. degrees in Computer Science and Art, she applies multimodal interaction, VR for language learning, and HCI approaches to social cybersecurity and situational awareness in hazardous environments. She has nine years of experience across academia, government research, and technical leadership roles including Technical Director at the U.S. Department of Defense and lecturing at UC Berkeley School of Information. Danielle’s work sits at the intersection of rigorous research and applied prototyping—she teaches teams to iterate like startups while grounding designs in empirical HCI. Based in Severn, Maryland, she brings a practical systems background from industry roles at Dow Chemical and BAE Systems, pairing creative design sensibilities with strong software engineering foundations. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic innovator who surfaces surprising human factors insights to improve safety and learning in complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction) at Texas A&M UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer and Information Sciences General, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer and Information Sciences General at The Ohio State UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Computer Software Engineering at University of Houston-Clear Lake
Github Skills (13)
integrate10
automation-framework10
tedious10
analytics9
orchestration-framework9
devops9
security9
python9
automation9
cut9
cybersecurity9
administration9
orchestration8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
dcummings/WALKOFF
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:16 pushes in 1 month
cyberorchestrationsecuritydevelopment-frameworkdeployed
dcummings/dcummings
Nov 2024 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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