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{{short description|American computer scientist}}
{{Distinguish|Barbara Simons (politician)|Barbara Simmons}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Barbara B. Simons
| image             = Barbara Simons 1.jpg
| alt               = Barbara Simons at a lectern
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age |1941|1|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| field             = [[Computer science]]
| alma_mater        = [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Richard M. Karp]]
| workplaces        = {{plainlist|* [[International Business Machines|IBM]]}}
| spouse            = {{marriage |[[Jim Simons]]|1959|1974|end=div}}
| nationality       = American
| known_for         = [[voting]] technology<br>election security<br>
[[information security]]
}}

'''Barbara Bluestein Simons''' (born January 26, 1941) is an American [[computer scientist]] and the former president of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM). She is a Ph.D. graduate of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and spent her early career working as an IBM researcher. She is the founder and former co-chair of USACM, the ACM U.S. Public Policy Council. Her main areas of research are [[compiler optimization]], [[Scheduling (computing)|scheduling theory]] and [[Analysis of algorithms|algorithm analysis and design]].

Simons has worked for technology regulation since 2002, where she advocates for the end of electronic voting. She subsequently serves as the chairperson of the Verified Voting Foundation and coauthored a book on the flaws of electronic voting entitled ''Broken Ballots,'' with [[Douglas W. Jones]].