Lorena Barba
Faculty Director Of The GW Open Source Program Office at The George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolLorena Barba is a professor and computational scientist who leads a research group in computational fluid dynamics, computational biophysics, and high-performance GPU computing, and now serves as Faculty Director of the GW Open Source Program Office. With a PhD from Caltech and an NSF CAREER award, she blends applied mathematics and computer science to push reproducible, open-source science—she is also an NVIDIA CUDA Fellow and a long-time advocate for the scientific Python stack. She co-created GW’s first MOOC, reaching thousands of learners, and has extensive experience in open education, online teaching technologies, and producing widely used course materials. As a former NumFOCUS board member, she has guided funding and governance for major open-source scientific projects. Beyond academia she contributes to game server back-end development on notable open-source projects like AzerothCore, reflecting a rare mix of deep research, educational leadership, and hands-on software engineering. Based in Washington, D.C., she combines rigorous research with practical stewardship of open science and community-driven software.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyBSc PE Mechanical Engineering, BSc PE Mechanical Engineering at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
English, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (14)
c-language10
azerothcore10
cprogramming-language10
gameserver10
server10
sql9
database-management9
cmake8
scripting8
mmo6
emulation6
wow645
world-of-warcraft5
gam5
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk
Aug 2017 - Dec 2020
Complete Open Source and Modular solution for MMO
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:91 reviews, 68 commits, 218 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Lorena primarily contributed to back-end development, focusing on bug fixes and improvements within the AzerothCore codebase. Their work involved fixing game mechanics related to player actions like group invites and spell functionality, as well as addressing database issues and code compilation problems. They also made improvements to battleground functionality and various commands within the core, demonstrating a broad understanding of the game server's internal workings. Furthermore, the user has shown involvement in refactoring and code cleanup, demonstrating a dedication to code quality and maintainability.
emulatorgameworld-of-warcraftmmorpg-serverscriptdev2
BarbzYHOOL/plugin-gityaw
May 2018 - Jan 2023
Replace Git HTTPS remote by SSH one
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes in 4 years 9 months
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