Frances Allen
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Frances Allen was a pioneering American computer scientist renowned for her groundbreaking work in compiler optimization and parallel computing, and as the first woman to win the Turing Award.
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| Frances Allen canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
American
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computer scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor’s degree in mathematics
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Master’s degree in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM A.M. Turing Award
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Computer History Museum Fellow Award NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM Fellow NERFINISHED ⓘ IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Women in Technology International Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-08-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-08-04 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
ACM Turing Award citation
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Computer History Museum biography ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
The New York State College for Teachers (now University at Albany, SUNY)
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer |
IBM
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IBM T.J. Watson Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
compiler optimization
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computer science ⓘ parallel computing ⓘ |
| givenName | Frances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modern compiler optimization techniques
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research in parallel and high-performance computing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
foundational contributions to program optimization theory
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work on optimizing compilers ⓘ work on parallelization of programs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Association for Computing Machinery NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM Academy of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first female IBM Fellow
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first woman to receive the ACM A.M. Turing Award ⓘ helped establish the theory and practice of optimizing compilers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to parallelization techniques for supercomputers
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pioneering work on the IBM Stretch-Harvest project compilers ⓘ research on program optimization for high-performance computing ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Peru, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Schenectady, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
IBM Fellow
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researcher in optimizing compilers ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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