Illinois Computer Science is delighted to introduce Department Head Nancy Amato to our faculty, staff, students and alumni.
We are planning a series of Welcome Receptions to provide opportunities for our community to meet Nancy and to hear about her vision and plans for Illinois CS. Please join us!
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Nancy M. Amato became the Head of the Department of Computer Science and Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on January 7, 2019. Previously, she was Unocal Professor and Regents Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University where she co-directed the Parasol Lab. She was also Senior Director of Engineering Honors Programs in the College of Engineering and Co-Coordinator of the Computer Science and Engineering Track of Engineering Honors.
Amato received undergraduate degrees in Mathematical Sciences and Economics from Stanford University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois, respectively. Her main areas of research focus are motion planning and robotics, computational biology and geometry, and parallel and distributed computing. She has graduated 23 PhD students, with most going on to careers in academia (10) or government or industry research labs (8), and the rest going to industry (3) or postdocs (2). She was program chair for the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and for Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) in 2016. She is an elected member of the CRA Board of Directors (2014-2017, 2017-2020), was an elected member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society AdCom (2009-2011), was co-Chair of CRA-W (2014-2017) and co-chair of the NCWIT Academic Alliance (2009-2011).
Amato received the 2014 CRA Habermann Award, the inaugural NCWIT Harrold/Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award in 2014, the 2013 IEEE HP/Harriet Rigas Award, and a Texas A&M AFS university-level teaching award in 2011 and a university-level research award in 2018. She received an NSF CAREER Award and is a Fellow of AAAI, AAAS, ACM and IEEE.
Thursday, January 24, 2019 Campus Welcome Reception for Nancy Amato 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 1st Floor Atrium, Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science
Thursday, April 18, 2019 Chicago Alumni Welcome Reception with Nancy Amato Registration Details To Be Announced 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Illini Center Chicago 200 S. Wacker Drive, 19th Floor Chicago, IL 60606
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Silicon Valley Alumni Welcome Reception with Nancy Amato Registration Details To Be Announced 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Google Mountainview, CA
Thursday, June 6, 2019 San Francisco Alumni Welcome Reception with Nancy Amato Registration Details To Be Announced 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Affirm San Francisco, CA
There are also several events on campus throughout the year that provide opportunities to engage with our faculty and students. For more information about coordinating a campus visit, please email Director of Advancement Operations Michelle Wellens at: mwellens@illinois.edu