Cynthia A. Phillips

Cynthia A. Phillips is a researcher at the Center for Computing Research of Sandia National Laboratories,^[1] known for her work in combinatorial optimization.^[2]

Education

Phillips earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1983, a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT in 1985, and a doctorate in computer science from MIT in 1990.^[1] Her dissertation, on parallel algorithms, was supervised by Charles Leiserson.^[1][3]

Recognition

In 2015 the Association for Computing Machinery listed her as a Distinguished Member.^[4] She became a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2016 "for contributions to the theory and applications of combinatorial optimization".^[2] She was selected a Sandia Lab Fellow in 2022.^[5]