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Frances Elizabeth Allen (August 4, 1932 – August 4, 2020) 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.
Aug 8, 2020 · Frances Allen, a computer scientist and researcher who helped create the fundamental ideas that allow practically anyone to build fast, efficient and useful software for computers,...
May 1, 2024 · Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist who was the first woman to win the A.M. Turing Award (2006), cited 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.’
Aug 9, 2020 · Frances “Fran” Allen, a computer scientist who became a pioneer in the world of computing for her work on compiler research, died on August 4, her 88th birthday, according to an announcement ...
Allen was a pioneer in compiler organization, essentially translating higher-level source code to lower-level target code. Her work on interprocedural analysis and automatic parallelization put her at the cutting edge of compiler research.
Aug 9, 2020 · Frances Allen, whose work on computer compiling helped establish a foundation for much of modern computer programming, has died at 88. Allen was determined to make the tedious compiling...
Aug 6, 2020 · Frances Allen, a former high school math teacher who became one of the leading computer scientists of her generation and, in 2006, was the first woman to win the A.M. Turing Award, considered the...
Aug 10, 2020 · Frances Allen, one of the leading computer scientists of her generation and a pioneer of women in tech, died last Tuesday, her 88th birthday. Allen is best known for her work on compiler organisation and optimisation algorithms.
Aug 9, 2020 · IBM reports (via the New York Times) that computing pioneer and company fellow Frances Allen died of Alzheimer’s on her birthday, August 4th, at the age of 88. She’s best known for making ...
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.
