Alexia Massalin
Alexia Massalin | |
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| Born | Henry Massalin January 1, 1962 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union School of Engineering, B.E. M.E., 1984 Columbia University, Ph.D., computer science, 1992 |
| Known for | Superoptimization |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Operating systems, optimizing compilers |
| Institutions | MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc. |
| Thesis | Synthesis: An Efficient Implementation of Fundamental Operating System Services (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Calton Pu |
Alexia Massalin (formerly Henry Massalin) is an American computer scientist and programmer. She pioneered the concept of superoptimization, and designed the Synthesis kernel, a small kernel with a Unix compatibility layer that makes heavy use of self-modifying code for efficiency.