Linda Pagli

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Linda Pagli is a leading researcher in distributed computing and autonomous mobile robotics, with a particular focus on the coordination and geometric problems faced by swarms of simple robots. Her most influential work addresses the fundamental challenge of how multiple autonomous agents can gather or converge in a shared space without requiring direct communication or physical contact. In her highly cited 2015 paper, "Getting close without touching: near-gathering for autonomous mobile robots" (40 citations), Pagli introduced novel algorithms that allow robots to achieve a "near-gathering" state—coming arbitrarily close to one another without colliding. This work, building on her earlier 2012 paper of the same theme (24 citations), provides elegant solutions to problems of symmetry breaking and obliviousness in robot networks. Pagli’s contributions are essential for understanding the limits of what can be accomplished with minimal sensing and computational capabilities, making her a key figure in the theory of distributed systems. Her research continues to inspire new approaches to swarm robotics and autonomous coordination.