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Frances Allen
1932–2020Peru, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Pioneer of compiler optimization
Biography
Pioneer of compiler optimization; first female IBM Fellow; first woman to win the Turing Award (2006). Turing Award 2006 — first woman to win; IBM Fellow; pioneered compiler optimization
Notable For
- Pioneer of compiler optimization
- first female IBM Fellow
- first woman to win the Turing Award (2006)
Honors & Recognition
- Turing Award 2006 — first woman to win
- IBM Fellow
- pioneered compiler optimization
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Science & Technology
- Specialty
- Computer Science
- Years
- 1932–2020
- Birth Place
- Peru, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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