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British computer scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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.
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