Nancy Lynch

Nancy Lynch is the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She heads the Theory of Distributed Systems Group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Her affiliations include MIT, University of Southern California, Brooklyn College, University of Washington, and Georgia Tech.

Her research spans:

• Distributed computing theory and algorithms
• Formal modeling and verification of real-time systems
• Wireless network protocols
• Biological distributed algorithms (ant colonies, neural networks)
• Nanobot systems for medical applications

Recent publications show a strong interdisciplinary focus, with work combining theoretical computer science with neuroscience and biology. Her group maintains an active publication record in top-tier conferences and journals.

Professor Lynch actively advises graduate students and teaches courses including Distributed Algorithms at MIT. Her lab develops open-source tools like ParSwarm for evaluating distributed algorithms.