Rosemary Francis

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Rosemary Francis
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Rosemary Francis FREng is a British engineer and technologist. She is best known for her work in the field of supercomputers and is CTO at CommonAI Compute [1] , a cloud computing startup founded by Sir Andy Hopper. Francis obtained her PhD in computer architecture, while studying at the University of Cambridge. [2] Following her education, Francis co-founded Ellexus to build tools for managing complex tools chains required during the design of semiconductors. [3] In 2020, the startup she founded was acquired by US-based Altair Engineering for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, Francis became Chief Scientist at the tech engineering firm. [4]

She is a member of Raspberry Pi Foundation, [5] and became a Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow in 2023. [6]

References

  1. ↑ [https:commonai.cloud "CommonAI Compute"]. CommonAI Compute.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ↑ "Start-up Stories with Rosemary Francis". University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ Scialom, Mike. "St John's Innovation Centre hosts tech mergers and buyouts session on Monday". Cambridge Independent.
  4. ↑ Quested, Tony (October 2, 2020). "Cambridge company acquired by NASDAQ IT giant". Business Weekly.
  5. ↑ Fearn, Nicholas (December 5, 2018). "Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton On Closing The Tech Skills Gap". Forbes.
  6. ↑ "Dr Rosemary Francis FREng". Royal Academy of Engineering.


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