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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Marian Petre is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a focus on software engineering research and related subfields.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Computer Science

The subfields of study they concentrate on are:

  • Information Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Software
  • Education
  • Social Psychology

The primary topics of research span several domains:

  • Software Engineering Research
  • Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Marian Petre include:

  • "Bob or Bot: Exploring ChatGPT's Answers to University Computer Science Assessment" (2023), published in ACM Transactions on Computing Education
  • "The Case for Adaptive Security Interventions" (2021), published in ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • "Flexible Minimalist Self-Tracking to Support Individual Reflection" (2024), published in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • "Behavioral Science of Software Engineering" (2020), published in IEEE Software
  • "Technical perspective: Exploring cognitive bias 'in the wild'" (2022), published in Communications of the ACM

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Marian Petre are:

  • Daniel Gooch
  • Tamara López
  • Bashar Nuseibeh
  • Irum Rauf
  • Thein Than Tun

The primary venues where their work is published include:

  • IEEE Software
  • ACM Transactions on Computing Education
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
  • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • Interaction design & architecture(s)/ID&A Interaction design & architecture(s)

Marian Petre was recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Usability Analysis of Visual Programming Environments: A 'Cognitive Dimensions' Framework

    Thomas R. G. Green;Marian Petre

  • Why looking isn't always seeing: readership skills and graphical programming

    Marian Petre

  • Wearables: has the age of smartwatches finally arrived?

    Reza Rawassizadeh;Blaine A. Price;Marian Petre

  • Distance education via the Internet: the student experience

    Linda Carswell;Pete G. Thomas;Marian Petre;Blaine A. Price

  • UML in practice

    Marian Petre

  • Using Robotics to Motivate ‘Back Door’ Learning

    Marian Petre;Blaine Price

  • Computer Science Education Research

    Sally Fincher;Marian Petre

  • Usability beyond the website: An empirically-grounded e-commerce evaluation instrument for the total customer experience

    Marian Petre;Shailey Minocha;Dave Roberts

  • Cognitive Dimensions of Notations: Design Tools for Cognitive Technology

    Alan F. Blackwell;Carol Britton;Anna Louise Cox;Thomas R. G. Green

  • Educating the Internet-of-Things Generation

    G. Kortuem;A. K. Bandara;N. Smith;M. Richards

  • The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research

    Marian Petre;Gordon Rugg

  • Computer science project work: principles and pragmatics

    Sally Fincher;Marian Petre;Martyn Clark

  • Learning to Read Graphics: Some Evidence that 'Seeing' an Information Display is an Acquired Skill

    Marian Petre;Thomas R. G. Green

  • Innovations in Large‐Scale Supported Distance Teaching: Transformation for the Internet, Not Just Translation

    Marian Petre;Linda Carswell;Blaine Price;Pete Thomas

  • A holistic approach to supporting distance learning using the Internet: transformation, nottranslation

    Pete G. Thomas;Linda Carswell;Blaine A. Price;Marian Petre

  • The role of physical artefacts in agile software development: Two complementary perspectives

    Helen Sharp;Hugh Robinson;Marian Petre

  • Mental imagery in program design and visual programming

    Marian Petre;Alan F. Blackwell

  • Predictors of success in a first programming course

    Simon;Sally Fincher;Anthony Robins;Bob Baker

  • Computer Science Project Work

    Sally Fincher;Marian Petre;Martyn Clark

  • How expert engineering teams use disciplines of innovation

    Marian Petre

  • Distance education via the Internet: the student experience

    Linda Carswell;Pete Thomas;Marian Petre;Barbara Poniatowska

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen Sharp
Helen Sharp The Open University
André van der Hoek
André van der Hoek University of California, Irvine
Alan F. Blackwell
Alan F. Blackwell University of Cambridge
Raymond Lister
Raymond Lister University of Technology Sydney
Gerd Kortuem
Gerd Kortuem Delft University of Technology
Bashar Nuseibeh
Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University
Beth Simon
Beth Simon University of California, San Diego
Enrico Motta
Enrico Motta The Open University
Daniela Damian
Daniela Damian University of Victoria
Christopher D. Hundhausen
Christopher D. Hundhausen Oregon State University

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