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Anne Trefethen
Trefethen speaking at the Oxford Internet Institute in 2012
Born
Anne Elizabeth Daman[citation needed]
Alma materRoyal Military College of Science[1]
Spouse
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(m. 1988⁠–⁠2008)​
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsHigh-performance computing
Scientific computing
InstitutionsThinking Machines Corporation
Cornell Theory Center
Numerical Algorithms Group
University of Oxford

Anne Elizabeth Trefethen FREng is Pro Vice-Chancellor (People & Gardens, Library and Museums), and professor of Scientific Computing at the University of Oxford. She is a fellow of St Cross College. Her work in industry and academia focuses on numerical algorithms and software, computational science and high-performance computing.[2]

Research and career

Trefethen was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Services and University Collections) at the University of Oxford in January 2015,[3] and is responsible for overseeing the University's libraries, museums and collections and its language teaching services. She was appointed the University's first chief information officer in March 2012 until October 2017, prior to which she served as Director of the Oxford e-Research Centre (2006–2012).[4][5] and Co-Director of the Institute for the Future of Computing, part of the James Martin 21st Century School.[5] Before coming to Oxford in 2005, Trefethen was Deputy Director and then Director of the UK e-Science Core Programme that addressed broad issues in e-Science and Grid computing through the development of middleware and infrastructure.[5][6] From 1997 - 2001 she was Vice-President for Research and Development at Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) Ltd. Trefethen spent 1988 - 1997 in the US at Thinking Machines Corporation and was Associate Director for Scientific Computational Support at the Cornell Theory Center.[5]

In 2017 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[7]

Publications

  • Sansone, Susanna-Assunta, et al. "Toward interoperable bioscience data." Nature genetics 44.2 (2012): 121–126.
  • Hey, Tony, and Anne E. Trefethen. "Cyberinfrastructure for e-Science." Science 308.5723 (2005): 817–821.
  • Hey, Anthony JG, and Anne E. Trefethen. "The data deluge: An e-science perspective." (2003): 809–824.
  • Hey, Tony, and Anne Trefethen. "e-Science and its implications." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 361.1809 (2003): 1809–1825.
  • Hey, Tony, and Anne E. Trefethen. "The UK e-science core programme and the grid." Future Generation Computer Systems 18.8 (2002): 1017–1031.

References

  1. ^ "Second International Conference on Algorithms for Approximation" (PDF). 1989.
  2. ^ "Anne Trefethen, director, Oxford e-Research Centre". Numerical Algorithms Group. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ "University of Oxford". Staff News. University of Oxford. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Oxford e-Research Centre". Oxford e-Research Centre. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Professor Anne Trefethen". St Cross College. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  6. ^ Hey, T; Trefethen, A E (2002). "The UK e-Science Core Programme and the Grid". Future Generation Computer Systems. 18 (8): 1017. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.105.7996. doi:10.1016/S0167-739X(02)00082-1.
  7. ^ "50 leaders in engineering elected to Academy Fellowship". Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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