Frances Allen

Computer Scientist

1932 –

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Who is Frances Allen?

Frances Elizabeth "Fran" Allen is an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, code optimization, and parallelization. She also had a role in intelligence work on programming languages and security codes for the National Security Agency.

Allen was the first female IBM Fellow and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing Award.

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Born
Aug 4, 1932
Peru
Also known as
  • Frances E. Allen
  • Fran Allen
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Master's Degree, University of Michigan
    Mathematics
    ( - 1957)
  • Bachelor's degree, University at Albany, The State University of New York
    Mathematics
    ( - 1954)
Employment
  • IBM
    (1957/07/15 - )
Lived in
  • New York

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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