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Nancy M. Amato

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Nancy Marie Amato is an American computer scientist noted for her research on the algorithmic foundations of motion planning, computational biology, computational geometry and parallel computing.

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2024Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2018AAAI FellowAward2015ACM FellowAward2014NCWIT Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring AwardAward2013Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward1950Born

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Awards

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2024
AAAI Fellow2018
ACM Fellow2015
NCWIT Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award2014
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2013
IEEE Fellow

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Amato is the Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Amato is noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing, and is currently a member of the steering committee of CRA-WP, of which she has been a member of the board since 2000.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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