Dr. Salapura is an IBM Master Inventor and System Architect at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. She leads the development of analytics platforms for cloud computing and is architect for Resilience and High Availability for IBM Cloud Managed Services. In 2010, Dr. Salapura served as a co-lead for the Global Technical Outlook as part of the IBM Research Strategy and Worldwide Operations team defining IBM’s research roadmap and strategy. Previously, she was a computer architect for the Power8 processor definition team, and the Blue Gene program since its inception. Before joining the IBM at the T.J. Watson Research Center in 2000, Dr. Salapura was a faculty member with Technische Universität Wien, where she also received her Ph.D. degree.
Dr. Salapura has received several IBM corporate awards for her technical contributions. She is the author of over 80 papers and several book chapters on processor and network architecture, and holds over 120 patents in this area. Dr. Salapura is an ACM Distinguished Speaker and Fellow of the IEEE. She is a recipient of the 2006 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Special Achievements for the Blue Gene/L supercomputer and quantum chromodynamics.