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Steve Pettifer

b. 1970

Computer scientist

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About Steve Pettifer

Born 1970. Steve Pettifer is a reader, known for UTOPIA (Bioinformatics tools) and Utopia Documents.

Education Pettifer completed his Bachelor of Science degree and PhD in the Department of Computer Science, and work on virtual reality under the supervision of Adrian West in 1999.

Research and career Pettifer's research interests are centred on the design of advanced interfaces for computer systems, in particular: scientific visualisation, scholarly publishing, and virtual reality. His main research project revolves around Utopia Documents, a novel tool for interacting with the scientific literature.

He is a co-author of the bioinformatics textbook Bioinformatics Challenges at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science: Mind the Gap with Terri Attwood and Dave Thorne.

Pettifer teaches on part of the Advanced Computer Graphics course and Fundamentals of Distributed Systems.

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Important facts

Born

21 September 1970

Birth century

20th century

Occupation

Reader

Known for

UTOPIA (Bioinformatics tools), Utopia Documents

Education

University of Manchester

Employers

University of Manchester

Also known as

Stephen Robert Pettifer, Stephen Robert Pettifer S Pettifer, S R Pettifer, Stephen Pettifer

People in Steve Pettifer's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Terri Attwood

b. 1959

Bioinformatician

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Steve Pettifer's

Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde

Nicole Marthe Le Douarin

b. 1930

Biologist

Frequently asked questions

Who is Steve Pettifer?

computer scientist

When was Steve Pettifer born?

Steve Pettifer was born on 21 September 1970.

What is Steve Pettifer's occupation?

Steve Pettifer is a reader.

What is Steve Pettifer known for?

Steve Pettifer is known for UTOPIA (Bioinformatics tools) and Utopia Documents.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Steve Pettifer

· Wikidata: Q15429595

· DBpedia: Steve Pettifer

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