Prof Marian Petre
Emeritus Professor
Marian Petre is interested in expertise in software design. Her interdisciplinary research draws on cognitive theory and qualitative research methods to analyze how expert software designers behave and reason when solving design problems. Her research is grounded in empirical studies of actual professional practice in industry. She has investigated software design from a number of different perspectives, including: cognitive dimensions of notations, a whiteboard tool for design, programming paradigms, graphical and textual notations, software visualisation, disciplines of innovation, and how designers learn effective strategies. Most recently, she has been studying the integration of software engineering practices into computational science.
Publications
Rugg, Gordon and Petre, Marian ,(2020). The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research (Third Edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Petre, Marian and van der Hoek, André ,(2016). Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think. The MIT Press.
Rugg, Gordon and Petre, Marian ,(2007). A Gentle Guide to Research Methods. Maidenhead: Open University Prerss.
Rugg, Gordon and Petre, Marian ,(2004). The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Fincher, Sally and Petre, Marian eds. ,(2005). Computer Science Education Research. Taylor & Francis.
Fincher, Sally, Petre, Marian and Clark, Martyn eds. ,(2001). Computer Science Project Work: Principles and Pragmatics. London: Springer London.
Barker-Canler, Matthew, Gooch, Daniel, van der Linden, Janet and Petre, Marian ,(2024). Flexible minimalist self-tracking to support individual reflection. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 31(3), pp. 1â35.
Shaw, Mary and Petre, Marian ,(2024). Design Spaces and How Software Designers Use Them: A Sampler. In: 2024 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Designing Software (Designing), 14-20 Apr 2024, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rzevski, George, Sharp, Helen, Petre, Marian and Buckland, Rodney ,(1997). Intelligent Support for Conceptual Design: A flow modeling approach. Department of Computing, The Open University.
Petre, Marian, Carswell, Linda and Price, Blaine ,(1997). Innovations in large-scale supported distance teaching transformation for the Internet, not just translation. Department of Computing, The Open University.
