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Frances Allen, first woman who wins the A.M. Turing Award

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) has named Frances E. Allen the recipient of the 2006 A.M. Turing Award for contributions that fundamentally improved the performance of computer programs in solving problems, and accelerated the use of high performance computing. This award marks the first time that a woman has received this honor.

In 1989, Allen was the first woman to be named an IBM Fellow. In 2000, IBM created the Frances E. Allen Women in Technology Mentoring Award, naming her as its first recipient. She is an Advisory Council Member of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, whose goal is to increase the participation of women in all aspects of technology. She also received the first Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership, which was presented at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in 2004.

More info at the ACM Press Release.

links for 2007-02-21

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links for 2007-02-20

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links for 2007-02-19

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• InfoQ: Predictions: The Changing World of IT Work
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New EPF agile process: Scrum

After OpenUP/Basic and XP, now there is a third agile process available through the Eclipse Process Framework: Scrum. The content is in French, but there is an English Scrum version under way.

If it is the first time you hear about the Eclipse Process Framework Project:

EPF aims at producing a customizable software process engineering framework, with exemplary process content and tools, supporting a broad variety of project types and development styles.

Besides the three process mentioned before, there is also a DSDM plugin in the review stage.