Ursula Hilda Mary Martin was born on 3 August 1953 and is a British computer scientist, with research interests in theoretical computer science and formal methods.
12 Facts About Ursula Martin
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Ursula Martin is known for her activities aimed at encouraging women in the fields of computing and mathematics.
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Ursula Martin was born in London on 3 August 1953 to Anne Louise and Captain Geoffrey Richard Ursula Martin.
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Ursula Martin was educated at Abbey College at Malvern Wells.
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Ursula Martin began in mathematics working in group theory, later moving into string rewriting systems.
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Ursula Martin has held academic posts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Manchester and Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Ursula Martin has made sabbatical visits to Massachusetts Institute of Technology and SRI International.
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From 1992 to 2002, Ursula Martin was Professor of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
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Ursula Martin was the second female professor at the University, following Margaret Fairlie, since its foundation in 1411.
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From 2003 to 2005, Ursula Martin was seconded to the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory part-time and served as the director of the Women@CL project to lead local, national and international initiatives for women in computing, supported by Microsoft Research and Intel Cambridge Research.
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Ursula Martin has served as an advisory editor for the Annals of Pure and Applied Logic journal and on the editorial boards for The Journal of Computation and Mathematics and Formal Aspects of Computing.
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Ursula Martin was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to computer science.