Alexia Massalin

Alexia Massalin
Born
Henry Massalin

(1962-01-01)January 1, 1962
Astoria, Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materCooper Union School of Engineering, B.E. M.E., 1984
Columbia University, Ph.D., computer science, 1992
Known forSuperoptimization
Scientific career
FieldsOperating systems, optimizing compilers
InstitutionsMicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc.
ThesisSynthesis: An Efficient Implementation of Fundamental Operating System Services (1992)
Doctoral advisorCalton Pu

Alexia Massalin (formerly Henry Massalin) is an American computer scientist and programmer. She pioneered the concept of superoptimization,[1][2] and designed the Synthesis kernel, a small kernel with a Unix compatibility layer that makes heavy use of self-modifying code for efficiency.[3][4]

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