Lynn Conway

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Computer Scientist Electrical Engineer Inventor and Transgender Activist

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$10,000 - $20,000

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Available Upon Request

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Lynn Conway joined IBM Research in Yorktown Heights N.Y. Working on IBM's Advanced Computing Systems project she made foundational contributions to computer architecture including invention of multiple-out-of-order dynamic instruction scheduling. Sadly IBM fired Lynn as she underwent gender transition in 1968.

Recruited by Xerox PARC in 1973 Lynn invented scalable design rules for VLSI chip design became principal author of the famous Mead-Conway text Introduction to VLSI systems and in 1978 while serving as a Visiting Associate Professor of EECS at M.I.T.

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