Christiane Floyd | |
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 Floyd speaking at a conference at the HTW Berlin on 31 March 2015 | |
| Born | Christiane Riedl 26 April 1943 Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Spouses | Robert W. Floyd Peter Naur |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Hamburg Technische Universität Berlin Softlab Stanford University Siemens |
| Thesis | Radikale für Fastmoduln, Fastringe und Kompositionsringe (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilfried Nöbauer |
Christiane Floyd (née Riedl; born 26 April 1943) is an Austrian computer scientist. In 1978, she accomplished becoming the very first female professor of computer science in Germany, and was a pioneer of evolutionary participatory software design—a precursor to open-source software development.[1]
- ^ Thumfart, Johannes (29 March 2011). "Christiane Floyd: Emanzipation durch Computer". Die Zeit. Retrieved 4 January 2016. (in German)