Illinois Computer Science Department Head Nancy Amato

Illinois Engineering

Jun 25, 201900:28:26Technology

Get to know Nancy Amato, the first woman to lead the Department of Computer Science at Illinois. In addition to some interesting personal background, she discusses her research in robotics, how the computer science field...

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