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Medicine & Public Health
Frances Allen
1932–2020Peru, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
IBM pioneer of compiler optimization
Biography
IBM pioneer of compiler optimization; first female IBM Fellow; computing legend from upstate NY Italian-American family. First woman to win the Turing Award (2006); pioneered compiler optimization at IBM
Notable For
- IBM pioneer of compiler optimization
- first female IBM Fellow
- computing legend from upstate NY Italian-American family
Honors & Recognition
- First woman to win the Turing Award (2006)
- pioneered compiler optimization at IBM
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Medicine & Public Health
- Specialty
- Computer Science
- Years
- 1932–2020
- Birth Place
- Peru, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
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