Myra B. Cohen

Myra B. Cohen
EducationCornell University,
University of Vermont,
University of Auckland
OccupationSoftware engineer
EmployerIowa State University
Known forProfessor in Software Engineering at Iowa State University,
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Notable workDesigning Test Suites for Software Interaction Testing

Myra B. Cohen is an American software engineer whose research focuses on software testing.[1] She is Susan J. Rosowski Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Professor and Lanh and Oanh Nguyen Chair in Software Engineering at Iowa State University.[2]

Education

Cohen is originally from New York City.[3] After studying agriculture and life sciences at Cornell University,[2] she became interested in computer science through working as a data analyst for a hospital.[1][3] She went to the University of Vermont for graduate study in computer science,[1] and earned a master's degree there in 1999. Cohen completed a Ph.D. at the University of Auckland in New Zealand in 2004.[2] Her dissertation, Designing Test Suites for Software Interaction Testing, was supervised by Peter Gibbons.[4][5]

Career

After completing her doctorate, she became an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In 2016, she was named the Susan J. Rosowski Professor there. She took her present position at Iowa State University in 2018.[3]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c Hagerty, Angie (Spring 2019), "Myra Cohen brings software testing and research expertise to Iowa State", Atanasoff Today, Iowa State University Department of Computer Science, pp. 10–14
  2. ^ a b c "Myra B. Cohen", Faculty, Iowa State University, retrieved 2022-07-15
  3. ^ a b c "Myra Cohen: Computer scientist, software engineer", Suffrage 125 – Women in Science, University of Auckland, 2018, retrieved 2022-07-15
  4. ^ Myra B. Cohen at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ Cohen, Myra (2004). Designing test suites for software interaction testing (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/1268.
  6. ^ Jim Ormond (November 8, 2017). "ACM Recognizes 2017 Distinguished Members as Pioneering Innovators that Are Advancing the Digital Age: Global Roster Selected for Outstanding Scientific, Engineering and Educational Contributions to Computing". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 2026-01-12.