{{short description|American science fiction writer}} {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc.--> | name = Nancy Fulda | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Nancy Owens | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Writer * scientist * instructor }} | language = English | nationality = United States | education = BS & MS (Computer science) | alma_mater = Brigham Young University | period = 2004–present | genre = Science fiction, fantasy | subject = Artificial intelligence, machine learning | notableworks = {{hlist|"Movement"|"The Man Who Murdered Himself"|"Godshift"}} | spouse = | children = | relatives = {{unbulleted list|Sandra Tayler (sister)|Howard Tayler (brother-in-law)}} | awards = {{plainlist| * AML * BSFA * Asimov's Reader's Choice * Hugo (nominee) * Nebula (nominee) }} | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | website = | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> }}
'''Nancy Fulda''' (née Owens) is an American science fiction writer, editor, and computer scientist. She is an alumna of Brigham Young University in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. She has won multiple awards for her science fiction writing, which has been compared to that of Asimov and Clarke.
==Biography== Fulda graduated in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in computer science at Brigham Young University.<ref name="official bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.nancyfulda.com/press-kit|title=Press Kit|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924162958/http://www.nancyfulda.com/press-kit}}</ref> In 2004, she received a master's degree in the same field, focusing on artificial intelligence and machine learning.<ref name="official bio"/><ref name="cpms-byu-article">{{cite web|url=http://cpms.byu.edu/project/nancy-fulda-science-fiction-author/|title=Computer Science Graduate Compared to Science Fiction Greats Asimov and Clarke|date=November 15, 2011|first=Chris |last=Scheitinger |publisher=College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Brigham Young University|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924140838/http://cpms.byu.edu/project/nancy-fulda-science-fiction-author/}}</ref>
One of her favorite science fiction short stories is ''Flowers for Algernon'', by Daniel Keyes, and she calls it "one of the best science fiction books [she] ever read".<ref name="libertad-digital">{{cite web|url=http://www.libertaddigital.com/ciencia-tecnologia/ciencia/2014-04-12/flores-para-algernon-sigue-siendo-ciencia-ficcion-55-anos-despues-1276515714/|title='Flores para Algernon' sigue siendo ciencia ficción 55 años después |language=es|publisher=Libertad Digital|date=April 12, 2014|quote="¡Flores para Algernon! Uno de los mejores libros de ciencia ficción que he leído jamás."|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=October 13, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013135718/http://www.libertaddigital.com/ciencia-tecnologia/ciencia/2014-04-12/flores-para-algernon-sigue-siendo-ciencia-ficcion-55-anos-despues-1276515714/}}</ref> Her first award for writing was the 1998 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award<ref name="ldsliving"/>—given out at Brigham Young University—for her short story "The Man Who Murdered Himself". This story was later formally published in 2004 for the first time in ''The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology Volume 3''.<ref name="isfdb all the rage"/> Having this story published helped her move toward a career in writing.<ref name="cpms-byu-article"/>
Her story "That Undiscovered Country" won the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Grand Prize in 2011,<ref name="baen-memorial-2011-baen"/><ref name="baen-memorial-2011-sfsite"/> beating "Gemini XVII" by Brad R. Torgersen and "Natural Selection" by Michael Simon.<ref name="sfscope-baen-memorial-2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfscope.com/2011/03/nancy-fulda-wins-jim-baen-memorial-writing-contest/|title=Nancy Fulda wins Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest|date=March 17, 2011|publisher=SFScope|first=Ian Randal |last=Strock|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407235455/http://www.sfscope.com/2011/03/nancy-fulda-wins-jim-baen-memorial-writing-contest/}}</ref><ref name="locus-baen-memorial-2011">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/03/2011-jim-baen-memorial-contest-winners/|title=2011 Jim Baen Memorial Contest Winners|date=March 17, 2011|magazine=Locus Online|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 31, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731173922/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/03/2011-jim-baen-memorial-contest-winners/}}</ref> Fulda's 2012 story, "Movement" was partially inspired by her autistic son.<ref name="ldsliving"/> It won the Readers' Choice Award from ''Asimov's Science Fiction'',<ref name="isfdb-2012-asimovs"/> and was nominated for the BSFA, Hugo, and Nebula Awards.<ref name="ldsliving"/><ref name="2012-bsfa"/><ref name="2012-hugo"/><ref name="2012-nebula"/>
Her writing has been compared to that of Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.<ref name="cpms-byu-article"/> She draws on her religion, life experiences, and science background when creating her stories.<ref name="cpms-byu-article"/><ref name="ldsliving"/> Because of various conversations with fellow writers, she called for tolerance and respect in the science fiction and fantasy writing field for those with religious beliefs.<ref name="daily-herald-20130609">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/utah-valley/essay-sci-fi-writers-feel-ridicule-over-religion/article_cefac55b-a664-5f6d-8a9e-442a24ca10a7.html|title=Essay: Sci fi writers feel ridicule over religion|date=June 9, 2013|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|newspaper=The Daily Herald|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511005247/http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/utah-valley/essay-sci-fi-writers-feel-ridicule-over-religion/article_cefac55b-a664-5f6d-8a9e-442a24ca10a7.html}}</ref> Fulda is active in SFWA<ref name="libertad-digital"/> and has addressed various topics on the SFWA site as a guest blogger: engaging in online discussions,<ref name="sfwa-online-discuss">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2015/10/what-to-expect-when-you-start-an-internet-kerfluffle/|title=What to Expect When You Start an Internet Kerfluffle|date=October 22, 2015|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=SFWA.org|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729003315/http://www.sfwa.org/2015/10/what-to-expect-when-you-start-an-internet-kerfluffle/}}</ref> dealing with awards season,<ref name="sfwa-awards-season">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2015/01/guest-post-five-things-know-award-nominations/|title=Guest Post: Five Things You Should Know About Award Nominations|date=January 12, 2015|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=SFWA.org|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 25, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725144043/http://www.sfwa.org/2015/01/guest-post-five-things-know-award-nominations/}}</ref> how to create good antagonists,<ref name="sfwa-antagonists">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/guest-post-whats-wrong-with-the-cheesecake-a-brief-introduction-to-antagonists/|title=Guest Post: What's Wrong with the Cheesecake? — A Brief Introduction to Antagonists|date=February 18, 2012|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=SFWA.org|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 26, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726194058/http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/guest-post-whats-wrong-with-the-cheesecake-a-brief-introduction-to-antagonists/}}</ref> developing effective hooks,<ref name="sfwa-hooks">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-beyond-the-first-two-pages/|title=Guest Post: Beyond the First Two Pages|date=October 17, 2011|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=SFWA.org|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 26, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726200538/http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/guest-post-beyond-the-first-two-pages/}}</ref> writing short and long stories,<ref name="sfwa-short-vs-long">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2011/03/guest-post-shorts-vs-novels%e2%80%94a-view-from-the-trenches/|title=Guest Post: Shorts vs. Novels—A View from the Trenches|date=March 28, 2011|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=SFWA.org|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 27, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727102719/http://www.sfwa.org/2011/03/guest-post-shorts-vs-novels%E2%80%94a-view-from-the-trenches/}}</ref> and carving a finished story from an unfinished idea.<ref name="sfwa-carving">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/guest-post-freeing-the-statue-from-the-stone/|title=Guest Post: Freeing the Statue from the Stone|date=February 7, 2011|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=SFWA.org|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 27, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727094659/http://www.sfwa.org/2011/02/guest-post-freeing-the-statue-from-the-stone/}}</ref> Fulda created the Anthology Builder website in 2007 as a way to promote short stories through custom anthologies,<ref name="anthology builder">{{cite web|url=http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/anthologybuilder-create-your-own-anthology/|title=AnthologyBuilder: create your own anthology|first=Mary Robinette|last=Kowal|author-link=Mary Robinette Kowal|date=December 17, 2007|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921182836/http://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/anthologybuilder-create-your-own-anthology/}}</ref> though the site closed down in late 2016. She is an assistant professor in the Computer Science department at Brigham Young University,<ref name="byu-bio">{{cite web|url=https://science.byu.edu/directory/nancy-fulda|title=Nancy Fulda|access-date=September 20, 2016|archive-date=April 8, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408083033/https://cs.byu.edu/parttime_faculty/info/50504}}</ref> and she has four children.<ref name="official bio"/>
==Relatives== Fulda's sister is writer Sandra Tayler; her brother-in-law is cartoonist Howard Tayler.
==Bibliography== Works are listed in chronological order within each section.
===Collections=== *''Dead Men Don't Cry: Science Fiction by Nancy Fulda'' (February 2011, self-published, {{ISBN|978-1-4609-5362-4}}) **''Dead Men Don't Cry: 11 Stories by Nancy Fulda'' (February 2011, self-published, same content as above with the addition of "Tammi's Garden") *''Hexes and Haunts: A Halloween 5-Pack '' (October 2011, self-published) *''The Breath of Heaven: Stories from Distant Worlds '' (May 2012, AnthologyBuilder, {{ISBN|978-1-4662-7990-2}}) *''The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny'' (December 2015, self-published, {{ISBN|978-1-5196-3934-9}}) **Contains: "The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny", "Saving Sammy", "All or Nothing", "In the Fading Light of Sundown", "The Cyborg and the Cemetery", and "First Steps"<ref name="isfdb anne bonny">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?570779|title=Publication: The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 17, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081351/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?570779}}</ref>
===Series=== *''The Numbers Quartet'' **"All or Nothing" (2012) **"The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny" (2012) **"Godshift" (2012)
===Short fiction=== * "Tammi's Garden" in ''TeenAge'' (date unknown) * "The Man Who Murdered Himself" (1998), first collected in ''All the Rage This Year'' edited by Keith Olexa (September 2004, Phobos Books, {{ISBN|0-9720026-5-0}})<ref name="isfdb all the rage">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?63582|title=Publication: All The Rage This Year|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081300/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?63582}}</ref> * "Ghost Chimes" in ''Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, #4'' edited by Jason Sizemore (December 2005, Apex Publications)<ref name="isfdb apex 4">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?310533|title=Publication: Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest #4, Winter 2005|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081305/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?310533}}</ref> * "All Praise to the Dreamer" in ''Aegri Somnia'' edited by Jason Sizemore and Gill Ainsworth (December 2006, Apex Publications, {{ISBN|0-9788676-2-9}})<ref name="isfdb aegri somnia">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?318308|title=Publication: Aegri Somnia|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081252/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?318308}}</ref> * "Pastry Run" in ''Jim Baen's Universe, Volume 1, #4'' edited by Eric Flint (December 2006, Baen Books)<ref name="tangent pastry review">{{cite web|url=http://www.tangentonline.com/component/content/article/193-jim-baens-universe/1017-jim-baens-universe-4-december-2006|title=Jim Baen's Universe #4, December 2006 |first=Sherwood|last=Smith|author-link=Sherwood Smith|date=April 2, 2007|publisher=Tangent Online|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=March 11, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311234157/http://tangentonline.com/component/content/article/193-jim-baens-universe/1017-jim-baens-universe-4-december-2006}}</ref> * "Blue Ink" in ''AlienSkin Magazine'' (2006) * "The Breath of Heaven" in ''The Sword Review, Issue 27'' (June 2007, Double-Edged Publishing) * "Monument" in ''Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, #10'' edited by Jason Sizemore (October 2007, Apex Publications)<ref name="isfdb apex 10">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?281774|title=Publication: Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest, #10|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081256/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?281774}}</ref> * "Dead Men Don't Cry" in ''The Sword Review'' (2007, Double-Edged Publishing) * "A New Kind of Sunrise" in ''Warrior Wisewoman'' edited by Roby James (June 2008, Norilana Books, {{ISBN|978-1-934169-89-6}})<ref name="isfdb warrior wisewoman">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?326842|title=Publication: Warrior Wisewoman|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081320/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?326842}}</ref> * "In the Halls of the Sky Palace" in ''Jim Baen's Universe, June 2009'' (Baen Books)<ref name="isfdb universe 200906">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?291077|title=Publication: Jim Baen's Universe, June 2009|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081315/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?291077}}</ref> * "Hexes and Tooth Decay" in ''Darwin's Evolutions'' (October 2009) * "Backlash" in ''Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 2010'' (Dell Magazines)<ref name="isfdb asimovs 201009">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?326011|title=Publication: Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2010|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081403/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?326011}}</ref> * "Knowing Neither Kin Nor Foe" in ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #40'' (April 2010)<ref name="bcs 40">{{cite web|url=http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/knowing-neither-kin-nor-foe-by-nancy-fulda/|title=Knowing Neither Kin Nor Foe|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|date=April 8, 2010|publisher=Beneath Ceaseless Skies|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826145018/http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/knowing-neither-kin-nor-foe-by-nancy-fulda/}}</ref> * "The Scream" in ''NewMyths.com, Issue 13'' (December 2010)<ref name="newmyths 13">{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/fiction/the-scream|title=The Scream|date=December 1, 2010|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=NewMyths.com|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 31, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731234014/https://sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/fiction/the-scream}}</ref> * "Like Rain From Silver Skies" in ''Basement Stories, Issue #3'' (January 2011)<ref name="basement 3">{{cite web|url=https://basementstories.wordpress.com/issue-three/|title=Issue #3|date=8 January 2011 |publisher=Basement Stories: A Speculative Fiction Ezine|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510110532/https://basementstories.wordpress.com/issue-three/}}</ref> * "Movement" in ''Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 2011'' (Dell Magazines)<ref name="isfdb asimovs 201103">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?341704|title=Publication: Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2011|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081324/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?341704}}</ref> * "The Half-Life of Chocolate" (April 2011, Fae Publishing) * "That Undiscovered Country" (2011, Baen.com)<ref name="baen undiscovered">{{cite web|url=http://www.baen.com/thatundiscoveredcountry|title=That Undiscovered Country|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|publisher=Baen.com|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=October 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005061852/http://www.baen.com/ThatUndiscoveredCountry}}</ref> * "All or Nothing" (January 2012, ''Daily Science Fiction'') * "The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny" (January 2012, ''Daily Science Fiction'') * "Godshift" (March 2012, ''Daily Science Fiction'') * "In The Fading Light of Sundown" in ''Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, #27'' edited by Edmund R. Schubert (March 2012, Hatrack River) * "A Song of Blackness" in ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #106'' edited by Scott H. Andrews (October 2012)<ref name="bcs 106">{{cite web|url=http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-song-of-blackness/|title=A Song of Blackness|first=Nancy|last=Fulda|date=October 18, 2012|publisher=Beneath Ceaseless Skies|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=July 27, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727152944/http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-song-of-blackness/}}</ref> * "A Starscape Slightly Askew" (2012) * "Dawn, and the Stars" (May 2013, Deorc Enterprise) * "The Cyborg and the Cemetery" in ''Twelve Tomorrows'' edited by Stephen Cass (September 2013, MIT Technology Review) * "A Soaring Pillar of Brightness" in ''Beyond the Sun'' edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt (August 2013, Fairwood Press, {{ISBN|978-1-933846-38-5}}) * Castles in the Sky" in ''Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse'' edited by Alex Shvartsman and William Snee (March 2014, Deorc Enterprise) * "Ghost Ship" in ''Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse'' edited by Alex Shvartsman and William Snee (March 2014, Deorc Enterprise) * "The Shadow Conspiracy" in ''Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse'' edited by Alex Shvartsman and William Snee (March 2014, Deorc Enterprise) * "Deadfall" in ''Shattered Shields'' edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt (November 2014, Baen Books, {{ISBN|978-1-4767-3701-0}}) * "Recollection" in ''Carbide Tipped Pens'' edited by Eric Choi and Ben Bova (December 2014, Tor Books, {{ISBN|978-0-7653-3430-5}}) * "Metamorphosis" (July 2015, ''SF Comet'') * "Saving Sammy" (December 2015, in ''The Death and Rebirth of Anne Bonny'') * "Angles of Incidence" in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2016'' (Dell Magazines)<ref name="isfdb analog201610">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?584798|title=Publication: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2016|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019003002/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?584798}}</ref> * "Nexus" (2016, in ''Humanity 2.0'' edited by Alex Shvartsman, Phoenix Pick, {{ISBN|978-1-61242-309-8}}) * "Planetbound" (2017, in ''Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World'' edited by Stephen W. Potts, Tor Books, {{ISBN|978-0-7653-8258-0}})
===Nonfiction and academic=== * {{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=Todd S. |last2= Carroll |first2= James L. |last3=Owens |first3=Nancy E. |title=IJCNN'01. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. Proceedings (Cat. No.01CH37222) |chapter=Memory-guided exploration in reinforcement learning |date=February 2001 |volume=2 |pages=1002–1007 |location= Washington, D.C. |publisher= International Joint Conference on Neural Networks |doi=10.1109/IJCNN.2001.939497 |isbn=0-7803-7044-9 |s2cid=8477395 }} * {{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=Todd S. |last2=Owens |first2=Nancy E. | last3= Carroll |first3= James L. |title=Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.01CH37164) |chapter=Towards automatic shaping in robot navigation |date=May 2001 |volume=1 |location= Seoul, South Korea |publisher= IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |pages=517–522|doi=10.1109/ROBOT.2001.932602 |isbn=0-7803-6576-3 |s2cid=8531327 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Peterson |first1=Todd |last2=Owens |first2=Nancy |date=October 2001 |title=Using a reinforcement learning controller to overcome simulator/environment discrepancies |url=http://axon.cs.byu.edu/papers/fulda_2001c.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics |location=Tucson, Arizona |pages=1424–1429}} * {{cite journal |last1=Fulda |first1=Nancy |last2=Ventura |first2=Dan |date=May 2003 |title=Concurrently Learning Neural Nets: Encouraging Optimal Behavior in Cooperative Reinforcement Learning Systems |url=http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1498&context=facpub |format=PDF |journal=Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques in Instrumentation, Measurement, and Related Applications |location=Provo, Utah |publisher= IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques in Instrumentation, Measurement, and Related Applications |pages=2–5}} * {{cite journal |last1=Fulda |first1=Nancy |last2=Ventura |first2=Dan |date=June 2003 |title=Dynamic Joint Action Perception for Q-Learning Agents |url=http://axon.cs.byu.edu/Dan/papers/fulda2003icmla |format=PDF |journal=Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications |location= Los Angeles, California |publisher= International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications |pages=73–78}} * {{cite journal |last1=Fulda |first1=Nancy |last2=Ventura |first2=Dan |date=September 2003 |title=Target Sets: A Tool for Understanding and Predicting the Behavior of Interacting Q-learners |url=http://axon.cs.byu.edu/papers/fulda.jcis03.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Information Sciences |location=Cary, North Carolina |publisher= IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks |pages=1549–1552}} * {{cite book |last1=Fulda |first1=Nancy |last2=Ventura |first2=Dan |title=2004 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37541) |chapter=Incremental policy learning: An equilibrium selection algorithm for reinforcement learning agents with common interests |date=July 2004 |url=http://axon.cs.byu.edu/papers/fulda.ijcnn04.pdf |volume=2 |location=Budapest, Hungary |publisher= IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks |doi=10.1109/IJCNN.2004.1380091 |pages=1121–1126|isbn=978-0-7803-8359-3 |citeseerx=10.1.1.160.5147 |s2cid=10652624 }} * {{cite book |last1=Fulda |first1=Nancy |last2=Ventura |first2=Dan |title=The 2006 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Network Proceedings |chapter=Learning a Rendezvous Task with Dynamic Joint Action Perception |date=July 2006 |url=http://axon.cs.byu.edu/papers/fulda.ijcnn06.pdf |location=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |publisher= IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks |doi=10.1109/IJCNN.2006.246686 |pages=627–632|isbn=978-0-7803-9490-2 |s2cid=9291621 }} * {{cite journal |last1=Fulda |first1=Nancy |last2=Ventura |first2=Dan |date=January 2007 |editor1-last=Veloso |editor1-first=Manuela M. |editor1-link= Manuela M. Veloso |title=Predicting and Preventing Coordination Problems in Cooperative Q-learning Systems |url=http://ijcai.org/Proceedings/07/Papers/125.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence |location=Hyderabad, India |publisher= International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence |pages=780–785}}
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:120px;"| Organization ! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Award title,<br/>Category ! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Work ! scope="col" style="width:10px;"| Result ! scope="col" style="width:10px;"| Refs <!-- Use the template below for each row |- | YEAR | ORGANIZATION | TITLE,<br/>CATEGORY | WORK | {{nom}} or {{won}} | REFERENCES --> |- | 1998 | Mayhew Committee, Brigham Young University | Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award,<br/>Short Story (Specialty) | "The Man Who Murdered Himself" | {{won}} | <ref name="ldsliving">{{cite web|url=http://www.ldsliving.com/LDS-author-nominated-for-prestigious-science-fiction-award/s/68296|title=LDS author nominated for prestigious science fiction award|first=Alexa |last=Justesen|date=February 2012|publisher=LDSLiving.com|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=August 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819091035/http://www.ldsliving.com/LDS-author-nominated-for-prestigious-science-fiction-award/s/68296}}</ref> |- | 2004 | Phobos Books | Phobos Award | "The Man Who Murdered Himself" | {{won}} | <ref name="2004-phobos-sfsite">{{cite web|url=https://www.sfsite.com/vault/news0403.htm|title=Jim Baen Memorial Contest Winners|date=March 27, 2004|first=Steven H |last=Silver|publisher=SF Site|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=October 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020165519/https://www.sfsite.com/vault/news0403.htm}}</ref> |- | 2011 | Baen Books | Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, <br/>Grand Prize | "That Undiscovered Country" | {{won}} | <ref name="baen-memorial-2011-baen">{{cite web|url=http://www.baen.com/baenmemorialaward|title=Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award|publisher=Baen Books|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817083155/http://www.baen.com/baenmemorialaward}}</ref><ref name="baen-memorial-2011-sfsite">{{cite web|url=https://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/16/jim-baen-memorial-contest-winners/|title=Jim Baen Memorial Contest Winners|date=March 16, 2011|first=Steven H |last=Silver|publisher=SF Site|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=May 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520122545/http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/03/16/jim-baen-memorial-contest-winners/}}</ref> |- | rowspan=4 | 2012 | Readers of ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' | ''Asimov's'' Reader's Choice Award | "Movement" | {{won}} | <ref name="isfdb-2012-asimovs">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?3+2012|title=2012 Asimov's Readers' Poll|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081347/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?3+2012}}</ref> |- | World Science Fiction Society | Hugo Award,<br/>Best Short Story | "Movement" | {{nom}} | <ref name="2012-hugo">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2012-hugo-awards/|title=2012 Hugo Awards|publisher=The Hugo Awards|date=September 2, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=September 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905143332/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2012-hugo-awards/}}</ref><ref name="isfdb-2012-hugo">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?23+2012|title=2012 Hugo Award|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081342/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?23+2012}}</ref> |- | Science Fiction Writers of America | Nebula Award,<br/>Short Story | "Movement" | {{nom}} | <ref name="ldsliving"/><ref name="2012-nebula">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/|title=2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced|publisher=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|date=February 20, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=November 6, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106032901/http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/}}</ref><ref name="isfdb-2012-nebula">{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?31+2012|title=2012 Nebula Award|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081413/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?31+2012}}</ref> |- | British Science Fiction Association | BSFA Award,<br/>Best Short Fiction (long list) | "Movement" | {{nom}} | <ref name="2012-bsfa">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-nominations-update/|title=BSFA Awards Nominations Update|publisher=British Science Fiction Association|date=January 19, 2012|first=Donna|last=Scott|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=May 22, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522192510/http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-nominations-update/}}</ref> |- | 2013 | Association for Mormon Letters | AML Awards,<br/>Short Fiction | "Godshift" | {{won}} | <ref name="aml-nom-2013">{{cite web|url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/aml-awards/aml-awards-2012/|title=AML Awards 2012|publisher=Association for Mormon Letters|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022085552/http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/aml-awards/aml-awards-2012/}}</ref> |- | 2014 | Association for Mormon Letters | AML Awards,<br/>Short Fiction | "Recollection" | {{nom}} | <ref name="aml-nom-2014">{{cite web|url=http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2015/02/2014-aml-awards-finalists/|title=2014 AML Awards Finalists|first=Andrew|last=Hall|date=February 19, 2015|publisher=Association for Mormon Letters|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=December 4, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204233419/http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2015/02/2014-aml-awards-finalists/}}</ref><ref name="aml-nom-2014-desnews">{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2015/2/22/20559069/association-for-mormon-letters-award-finalists-for-2014-announced/|title=Association for Mormon Letters Award finalists for 2014 announced|first=Christine|last=Rappleye|date=February 22, 2015|newspaper=Deseret News|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=May 29, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529125330/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865622449/Association-for-Mormon-Letters-Award-finalists-for-2014-announced.html?pg=all}}</ref> |}
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