Karen Petrie

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(1980-12-02)December 2, 1980
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews, University of Huddersfield, University of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of Dundee
ThesisConstraint Programming, Search and Symmetry (2005)
Doctoral advisorBarbara 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
  1. "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.
  2. , School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee.
  3. "BCSWomen". BCSWomen.
  4. "The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is NOT an Attack on Men". iangent.blogspot.co.uk.


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