Jeanne Ferrante
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Jeanne Ferrante is a computer scientist
active in the field of compiler
technology, where she has made important contributions regarding optimization and parallelization.
She is currently a professor at the University of California San Diego, and Associate Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering
. She is a Fellow
of the Association for Computing Machinery
(1996) and the IEEE (2005).
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
active in the field of compiler
Compiler
A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
technology, where she has made important contributions regarding optimization and parallelization.
She is currently a professor at the University of California San Diego, and Associate Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering
The Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego is an undergraduate and graduate-level engineering school offering Bachelors of Science , Master of Engineering , Master of Science , and Doctorate degree programs...
. She is a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(1996) and the IEEE (2005).