Valkyrie Savage
Assistant Professor at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolValkyrie Savage is an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Copenhagen specializing in Human–Computer Interaction, where she builds novel, functional systems that blend sensing, digital fabrication, and custom input devices tailored to users' bodies and contexts. With a PhD from UC Berkeley and 15 years of experience spanning research labs, industry internships (Google, Adobe, Autodesk), and work at CERN, she combines strong systems and algorithmic skills with hands-on prototyping and controlled user studies. She has led mixed-reality and sensing research at Tactual Labs, contributed image- and plot-related features to the Invenio open-source digital library used at high-energy physics sites, and founded a company creating playful educational experiences. Valkyrie teaches project-based UI and mobile courses, supervises students across degrees, and mentors interns to produce publishable HCI work. Outside academia she channels curiosity into community-building through sport (jugger) and by developing software and hardware for grassroots groups.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BA, Computer Science, Mathematics, BS, BA, Computer Science, Mathematics at Indiana University BloomingtonPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at UC Berkeley
English, Spanish, Danish
Stackoverflow
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75kreached
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Github Skills (21)
python10
image-conversion10
io10
flask-ask10
nio10
flask10
postgresql9
redis9
rabbitmq9
elasticsearch8
elasticsearch-api8
elasticsearchquery8
tex8
aws-elasticsearch8
amazon-elasticsearch8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
inveniosoftware/invenio
Sep 2010 - Jul 2011
Invenio digital library framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Valkyrie contributed to the Invenio digital library framework by implementing and enhancing the plotextractor module. They were responsible for the initial release of the plotextractor, which included the core library and associated image conversion functionality. Furthermore, the user worked on integrating the plotextractor with the existing demo site's workflow and addressing specific issues related to the display of plots within the web search interface.
digital-librarymultimedia-repositorypythonredisinveniosoftware
international-jugger-council/ijc-utils
Feb 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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