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was an American computer scientist, known for his participation in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam_experiment Fermi–Pasta–Ulam 93Ulam%E2%80%93Tsingou_problem Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou experiment]. In 1952, at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], working under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Metropolis Nicholas Metropolis] on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I MANIAC I], John Pasta aided in the construction of an early computer that specialized in calculations around weapons design. John Pasta was head of the department of Computer Science at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] from 1964 to 1970.