Her work on multi-dimensional separation of concerns was recognized as the Most Influential Paper at the 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE).[2] She is chief architect for Governance of Software Development, an IBM Research initiative that ties together the tools for teams of developers with the planning and financial management aspects required by enterprises.
Tarr was the 2005 program chair of the Aspect-Oriented Software Development conference[3] and was the 2006 general chair of ACMSIGPLAN's OOPSLA 2006 Conference.[4]