Sarah Flannery

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Sarah Flannery (* 1982 in County Cork , Ireland ) is an Irish mathematician.

At the age of 16, she won the 1999 Esat Young Scientist Exhibition with the development of the Cayley Purser algorithm . This is based on a work that she previously did in an internship at Baltimore Technologies together with their researchers. The project entitled “ Cryptography - A new algorithm against the RSA ” (original title: “Cryptography - A new algorithm versus the RSA”) also won the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in the same year . Her book In Code , published in 2001 , which she wrote with her father, the mathematician David Flannery, documents the genesis of the algorithm and tells of the joy she has had all her life in solving mathematical puzzles.

Flannery studied computer science at Peterhouse , a college at Cambridge University . In 2003 she completed this course with a bachelor's degree and then did her master's degree . In 2006 she started working as a software engineer at Electronic Arts . She helped found TirNua, the developer company of the online game of the same name, for which she is currently employed as "Chief Scientist".

Sarah Flannery is the daughter of David and Elaine Flannery. She has four younger brothers: Mick, Brian, David and Eamonn. Mick Flannery is an Irish singer and songwriter .

The lanterns on St. Patrick's Street, a major street in her hometown of Cork, are named after her.

literature

  • Sarah Flannery, David Flannery: In Code: A Mathematical Journey , 2001, ISBN 1-56512-377-8
  • Sarah Flannery: Cryptography - A new algorithm versus the RSA

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Mary Zeiss Stange, Carol K. Oyster, Jane E. Sloan: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World, Volume 1. Flannery, Sarah. SAGE Publications , February 23, 2011, p. 576 f. , accessed on January 14, 2013 (English, ISBN 9781412976855 ).
  2. ↑ a b Tirnua’s Team Have EA in Common. Stratics - The Massively Multiplayer Network, June 15, 2008, archived from the original on May 28, 2013 ; Retrieved January 14, 2013 : “ Sarah Flannery, Chief Scientist.
    Before joining Tirnua, Sarah was a software engineer at Electronic Arts, working directly for the worldwide CTO, Scott Cronce, and, later, with many fellow Tirnua founders on her first virtual world.
    […] Sarah has a BA (and MA Cantab) in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, England.
    In 1999 she was a winner of both the Irish and, later, European "Young Scientist of the Year" award for work on cryptography.
    The following year the popular-science bestseller In Code: A Mathematical Journey, written with her father David, was published at the request of Profile Books Ltd., London, and has since been translated into many languages. "
personal data
SURNAME Flannery, Sarah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH County Cork , Ireland