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Frances Allen
August 4, 1932 – August 4, 2020
American computer scientist (1932–2020)
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Frances Elizabeth “Fran” Allen was an American computer scientist and pioneer of compiler technology. Her credits include influential work on program optimization and parallelization. She is the first woman to receive the Turing Award and also the first female IBM Fellow.
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- Anniversary · August 4
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