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
- ↑ "CommonAI Compute". CommonAI Compute.
- ↑ "Start-up Stories with Rosemary Francis". University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Scialom, Mike. "St John's Innovation Centre hosts tech mergers and buyouts session on Monday". Cambridge Independent.
- ↑ Quested, Tony (October 2, 2020). "Cambridge company acquired by NASDAQ IT giant". Business Weekly.
- ↑ Fearn, Nicholas (December 5, 2018). "Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton On Closing The Tech Skills Gap". Forbes.
- ↑ "Dr Rosemary Francis FREng". Royal Academy of Engineering.