Karen Petrie is a British computer scientist specialising in the area of constraints programming. She was named young IT practitioner of the year by the British Computer Society (BCS)[1] in 2004, for work she carried out whilst on placement at NASA. She is currently a professor in the School of Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee.[2]
Karen Elizabeth Jefferson Petrie | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 2, 1980 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews, University of Huddersfield, University of Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Dundee |
| Thesis | Constraint Programming, Search and Symmetry (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Barbara Smith |
She is a women in computing activist, who served as chair of BCSWomen from 2008 to 2011, and organised many events for women in computing during this period.[3]
Petrie is responsible for an argument about sexist behaviour in gender-imbalanced groups called "The Petrie Multiplier",[4] which states that with a gender ratio of 1:r, women will receive r2 times as many sexist remarks as men. Proving tight upper and lower bounds remains an open question.
References
edit- ^ "Individual - Photos - 2004 Awards - IT Industry Awards Archive - UK IT Industry Awards - Awards and competitions - Events - BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT". www.bcs.org.
- ^ [1], School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee.
- ^ "BCSWomen". BCSWomen.
- ^ "The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is NOT an Attack on Men". iangent.blogspot.co.uk.
External links
edit- Karen Petrie publications indexed by Google Scholar
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