Alice Recoque

Alice Recoque (née Arnaud; 1929 – 28 January 2021) was a French computer scientist, computer engineer and computer architecture specialist.[1] She worked on the designs of mini-computers in the 1970s and led research focused on artificial intelligence.[2][3]

Alice Recoque
Born
Alice Arnaud

1929 (1929)
Cherchell, Algeria
DiedJanuary 28, 2021(2021-01-28) (aged 91–92)
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles
OccupationComputer Scientist, Computer Engineer

Early life

She was born in 1929 in Cherchell, Algeria. She finished École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles in 1954 with a title of graduate engineer.[3]

Career
Mitra 15

She started working at Société d'électronique et d'automatisme (SAE) in 1954. At SAE she worked on core memories of CAB1101. In 1956 Alice Recoque and Françoise Becquet started designing the mini-computer CAB500 - the first conversational desktop computer.[4] The computer was released in 1960.[5] The CAB500 was a French low cost mini-computer, the purpose of which was to do complex, scientific calculations.

After the merger of SAE and CAE, the Compagnie internationale pour l'informatique (CII) was born in 1966.[3] She continued her work at CII when she worked on designing Mitra computers. The first design, Mitra 15, launched in 1972. Both the Mitra 15 and CAB500 were commercial successes in France.

She led the Bull Group at CII. In 1985 the Bull Group focused on the research on highly parallel machines and artificial intelligence.[2] During that period she helped develop the language KOOL (knowledge representation object-oriented language) with its implementation in LISP.[6]

She was a speaker at The European Association for microprocessing and microprogramming in August 1975.[7]

Achievements

In 1979 she received the Ordre national du Mérite - Au grade de Chevalier.[8]

In 1985 she was promoted for the Officier de l'ordre national du Mérite.[9]

In 2016 she became an honor member of Société informatique de France.[4]

References
  1. "Les ingénieurs de la 69e promotion de l'ESPCI".
  2. Turck-Chièze, Sylvaine (2018). 40 Femmes Scientifiques Remarquables Du 18e Siècle à Nos Jours. Femmes & Sciences Association.
  3. Morley, Chantal; McDonnell, Martina (2015), "The Gendering of the Computing Field in Finland, France and the United Kingdom Between 1960 and 1990", Connecting Women, Springer International Publishing, pp. 119–135, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20837-4_8, ISBN 9783319208367
  4. Bulletin de la société informatique de France, numéro 8, avril 2016, (PDF). 2016. pp. 7–18.
  5. Starynkevitch, D. (1990). "The SEA CAB 500 Computer". Annals of the History of Computing. 12 (1): 23–29. doi:10.1109/MAHC.1990.10008. ISSN 0164-1239.
  6. Europe Report SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (PDF). FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE. 18 June 1986. pp. 6–7.
  7. "Microarchitecture of computer systems: a workshop report". Euromicro Newsletter. 1 (5): 1–11. 1 October 1975. doi:10.1016/0303-1268(75)90021-8. ISSN 0303-1268.
  8. Sceaux bulletin municipal d'information (PDF). 1979.
  9. Journal Officiel du 10/08/1985
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