Biography
Dr. Ann Barcomb is an assistant professor
at the Schulich
School of Engineering, University of Calgary. Her previous post was at
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg,
Germany. Dr. Barcomb received her PhD
from the University of Limerick, Ireland, in 2019,
with a specialization in software engineering, and a
master's in
information systems from Maastricht
University, The Netherlands. In the course of her industry career,
she worked as a software developer for multiple firms and as a community manager
for RIPE NCC.
From the beginning, she has been active in free/libre/open source software, organizing events, speaking at practitioner conferences, and writing for practitioner outlets. Her research is characterized by a desire to understand and generalize processes and practices within free/libre/open source software communities, to facilitate the exchange of knowledge between practitioners.
Photo by Lisa Lang Photography (Copyright 2015).