Cynthia A. Phillips is a researcher at the Center for Computing Research of Sandia National Laboratories, known for her work in combinatorial optimization. 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. Her dissertation, on parallel algorithms, was supervised by Charles Leiserson. Recognition In 2015 the Association for Computing Machinery listed her as a Distinguished Member. She became a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2016 "for contributions to the theory and applications of combinatorial optimization". References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American mathematicians 21st-century American mathematicians American women mathematicians American women computer scientists American computer scientists MIT School of Engineering alumni Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Sandia National Laboratories people 20th-century women mathematicians 21st-century women mathematicians 20th-century American women 21st-century American women