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)
- Master's Degree, University of Michigan
- Employment
- IBM
(1957/07/15 - )
- IBM
- Lived in
- New York
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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