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Nancy M. Amato

Also Known As Nancy Marie 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. She is the Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing, and serves on the steering committee of CRA-WP (formerly CRA-W), of which she has been a board member since 2000.

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Birth Year
1950 1
Nationality
American 2
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IEEE Fellow 1
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ACM Fellow 1
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AAAI Fellow 1
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1
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NCWIT Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award 1
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1. Wikidata: Nancy M. Amato
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2. Nancy M. Amato, Wikipedia
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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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    Nancy Marie Amato
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