Robyn Lutz
{{Short description|American computer scientist}}
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Robyn R. Lutz is an American computer scientist whose research involves software engineering, including modeling and checking software requirements and software system safety. She is a professor of computer science at Iowa State University.
Education and career
Lutz majored in English at the University of Kansas, graduating with the highest distinction in 1974, earned a master's degree in Spanish there in 1976, and completed a Ph.D. in Spanish in 1980, under the supervision of Raymond Souza.{{r|profile|cv}} Despite this non-technical background, she became a member of the technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, associated with the California Institute of Technology, in 1983, and continued to hold an affiliation there until 2012.{{r|cv}}
Returning to graduate study, she earned a master's degree in computer science in 1990 from Iowa State University.{{r|profile|cv}} She held an affiliate assistant professor title there from 1994 to 2000. In 2000 she became a regular-rank associate professor, and in 2005 she was promoted to full professor.{{r|cv}}
Recognition
Lutz was named a Distinguished Scientist in the Association for Computing Machinery in 2014.{{r|acm}} In 2021, she received the lifetime service award from the IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference.{{r|ire}} She was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2022, "for contributions to software requirements for safety-critical systems".{{r|if}}
Personal life
Lutz is married to Jack Lutz, a professor of mathematics and computer science at Iowa State University; their son Neil Lutz{{r|jackack}} is also a computer scientist and a visiting assistant professor of computer science at Swarthmore College.{{r|neilcv}} They have published together on algorithmic game theory in DNA computing.{{r|l3r}}
References
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| last1 = Lutz | first1 = Jack H.
| last2 = Lutz | first2 = Neil
| last3 = Lutz | first3 = Robyn R.
| last4 = Riley | first4 = Matthew R.
| contribution = Robustness and games against nature in molecular programming
| date = May 2019
| doi = 10.1109/icse-nier.2019.00025
| publisher = IEEE
| title = 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results (ICSE-NIER)| arxiv = 1902.06171
}}
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External links
- [https://robynlutz.com/ Home page]
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Category:American computer scientists
Category:American software engineers
Category:American women computer scientists
Category:Software engineering researchers
Category:University of Kansas alumni
Category:Iowa State University alumni