Frances Allen

Why Is Frances Allen Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Frances Elizabeth Allen was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing Award. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, program optimization, and parallelization. She worked for IBM from 1957 to 2002 and subsequently was a Fellow Emerita.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Frances Allen?

Frances Allen is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Michigan
• University of California, San Diego
• University at Albany, SUNY
• New York University

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