Frances Allen
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Frances Elizabeth Allen (August 4, 1932 – August 4, 2020)[2][3] was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers.[4][5][6] Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing Award.[7] Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, program optimization, and parallelization.[8] She worked for IBM from 1957 to 2002 and subsequently was a Fellow Emerita.[9]
American computer scientist (1932–2020)
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| Born | Frances Elizabeth Allen (1932-08-04)August 4, 1932 Peru, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 2020(2020-08-04) (aged 88) Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University at Albany (BS) University of Michigan (MS) |
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| Institutions | IBM New York University |
| Website | www |