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Aug 9, 2020 · Frances Allen, whose work on computer compiling helped establish a foundation for much of modern computer programming, died on August 4th, her 88th birthday. She was the first woman to win the ...
Feb 17, 2020 · Checkers & Rally’s announced Monday afternoon that industry veteran Frances Allen has been named CEO and a member of its board of directors. Allen succeeds Rick Silva, who decided to leave Checkers after 13 years as CEO and president. She most recently worked as CEO of Boston Market. Before that, she served as president of Jack in the Box ...
Frances E. Allen. Frances Elizabeth "Fran" Allen (August 4, 1932 – August 4, 2020) was 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 ...
Awards. Commander of the Order of Military Merit. Canadian Forces' Decoration. Lieutenant-General Frances Jennifer Allen, CMM, CD is a senior officer serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force. On June 28, 2021, she assumed office as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, becoming the first woman to hold the position. [1] [2]
Frances (Fran) E. Allen is an IBM Fellow Emerita at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center. Starting as a programmer at IBM Research in July 1957, her first assignment was to teach the research scientists Fortran, a new high-level language IBM had announced 3 months earlier. This was the beginning of Allen’s career-long focus on compilers for ...
Feb 18, 2020 · TAMPA — Checkers & Rally’s has named Frances Allen CEO and a member of the company's board of directors, effective Feb. 17. Allen, according to a press release, comes to the Tampa-based fast food chain from Boston Market, where she also served as CEO. She succeeds Rick Silva, who served as CEO and president of the Tampa-based, nearly 900 ...
Aug 5, 2020 · Frances Allen (MA Math 1957), the first woman to win the Turing Award and first female IBM Fellow, died on August 4, 2020. Allen was known for her pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of optimizing compiler techniques that laid the foundation for modern optimizing compilers and automatic parallel execution.
