Stella Atkins is a Professor Emeritus in computing science at Simon Fraser University in Canada,[1] and one of the founding members of the Systers community for technical women in computing.[2] Her primary research interests are in medical computing (includes laparoscopic surgery, sleep studies and telehealth) and medical image display and analysis.[1]
Stella Atkins | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Founding member of Systers |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Nottingham University of Warwick |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Computer science |
| Institutions | Simon Fraser University |
| Main interests | Medical imaging |
Education edit
Atkins grew up in England with an intense interest in math. Her father was an engineer and her mother, a statistician. She enjoyed reading math books for fun but because her sister was studying mathematics in college, she wanted to take a different route and pursued chemistry studies instead.[3] When choosing a university, Atkins chose University of Nottingham in England, because chemist Dorothy Hodgkin, who had just received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was there.[4]
After Atkins received her B.Sc. in chemistry from Nottingham University (1966),[1] she went on to work at the Shell Refining Company as a chemical engineer. There she performed simulations of oil refineries and oil flow, and developed her interest in computing.[4]
Atkins later became a scientific computer programmer advisor at the University of Warwick[4] in England and received her M.Phil. in computer science from there in 1976.[1] In 1985, Atkins received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of British Columbia.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Stella Atkins - Computing Science - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Founding Systers - AnitaB.org". AnitaB.org. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Home Page - M. Stella Atkins". www.cs.sfu.ca.
- ^ a b c "The Evolving Pattern that is Stella Atkins - November 2001 - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 22 September 2018.