COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Arfa Karim

1995 - 2012

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Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎, Punjabi: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records for her achievement. Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the TechEd Developers Conference. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arfa Karim has received more than 1,233,369 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Arfa Karim is the 246th most popular computer scientist (down from 216th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 177th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Computer Scientist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 23.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Arfa Karim ranks 246 out of 245. Before her are Rosalind Picard, Manindra Agrawal, Virgil Griffith, Ian Goodfellow, Jamie Zawinski, and Blake Ross. After her are Coraline Ada Ehmke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Arfa Karim ranks 758. Before her are Michael Cherry, Will Hughes, Cristian Roldan, Daeg Faerch, Ebenezer Ofori, and Lubambo Musonda. After her are Abderrahman Samba, Farida Azizova, Katsuya Nagato, Karolina Sevastyanova, Melker Hallberg, and Niyaz Ilyasov. Among people deceased in 2012, Arfa Karim ranks 528. Before her are Ghazala Javed, Mark Lenzi, Alan McDonald, Gary Ablett, Rémi Ochlik, and Víctor Cabedo. After her are Taruni Sachdev, and Ted Curson.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Arfa Karim ranks 205 out of 217. Before her are Imran Tahir (1979), Ali Zafar (1980), Muniba Mazari (1987), Misbah-ul-Haq (1974), Veena Malik (1984), and Imran Abbas (1977). After her are Younis Khan (1975), Meera (1977), Hadiqa Kiani (1972), Mohammad Amir (1992), Saba Qamar (1984), and Mehwish Hayat (1988).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Pakistan

Among computer scientists born in Pakistan, Arfa Karim ranks 1. 

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