title: Cynthia A. Phillips
text: # Cynthia A. Phillips
  
  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".
  
  