Lynn Conway
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American computer scientist and electrical engineer (1938–2024)
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Vinony's link graph records 78 inbound references to Lynn Conway, and connects out to transgender rights movement, electrical engineering and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Vinony files it under 1938 births, 2024 deaths and 20th-century American academics.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Recipe of a Good Sleep
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-09-01
- Active to
- 1993-06-05
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,613x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks
· 2001 · cited 13,625x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,646x
- The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence: a revision of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire
· 1991 · cited 8,472x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1938-01-02 ) January 2, 1938, Mount Vernon, New York , U.S.
- Died
- June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09) (aged 86), Jackson, Michigan , U.S.
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (attended) Columbia University ( BS , MS )
- Known for
- Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution Transgender rights activism
- Spouses
- "Sue" (pseudonym) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1968 ) Charles Rogers ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
- Fields
- Computer science Electrical engineering
- Institutions
- IBM Advanced Computing Systems (1964–1968) Memorex Xerox PARC (1973–1983) DARPA (1983–1985) University of Michigan
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.lynnconway.com
- Image
- Lynn Conway July 2006.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1938-01-02
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- social media followers
- 5315
- date of death
- 2024-06-09
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Encyclopedic overview
Lynn Ann Conway (January 2, 1938 – June 9, 2024) was an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and transgender rights activist.
In the 1960s, while working at IBM, Conway invented generalized dynamic instruction handling, a key advancement used in out-of-order execution, used by most modern computer processors to improve performance. IBM fired Conway in 1968 after she revealed her intention to undergo a gender transition, which the company apologized for in 2020.
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