Dilma Da Silva

This article is about the computer scientist. For Dilma Jane Da Silva, mother of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, see Dilma Rousseff.
Dilma Da Silva
Nationality Brazilian-American
Fields Computer Science
Institutions Texas A&M University
Qualcomm
IBM
University of São Paulo
Alma mater University of São Paulo
Georgia Tech
Doctoral advisor Karsten Schwan
Known for systems software
Notable awards ACM Distinguished Scientist (2011)
Website
faculty.cse.tamu.edu/dilma/bio.html

Dilma Menezes Da Silva is a Brazilian-American systems software researcher known for her work in cloud computing.[1] She holds the Ford Motor Company Design Professorship II at Texas A&M University, and is head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M.[2][3]

Biography

Da Silva earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of São Paulo in 1986 and 1990 respectively.[2][4] She completed her doctorate in 1997 from the Georgia Institute of Technology under the supervision of Karsten Schwan.[2][4][5] She returned to the University of São Paulo as a senior lecturer in 1995, and on completion of her doctorate became an assistant professor there. In 2000 she moved to IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York, where she worked as a research staff member in IBM's Advanced Operating System Group. At IBM, her contributions included work on the file system of the K42 experimental operating system. In 2012 she moved to Qualcomm's Silicon Valley Research Center.[2][4] At Qualcomm, her work was centered on cloud computing.[1][3] In 2014 she returned to academia as the Ford Professor at Texas A&M,[2][4] and as the new head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.[3]

Awards

Da Silva became a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2011.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Marschall, Megan (February 11, 2013), "Qualcomm Research's Da Silva to discuss 'System Software for Cloud Computing'", UDaily, University of Delaware.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 curriculum vitae, February 2015, retrieved 2015-08-15.
  3. 1 2 3 Schnettler, Timothy (August 13, 2014), Dr. Dilma Da Silva named head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Dilma M. Da Silva", IT Honor Roll, IT History Society, retrieved 2015-08-15.
  5. ↑ Da Silva's Ph.D. thesis in the GATech "SMARTech" database, retrieved 2015-08-15.
  6. ↑ Distinguished member award citation, retrieved 2015-08-15.

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