Meet our speaker - Alessandro Curioni

Alessandro Curioni

Alessandro Curioni

IBM

Alessandro Curioni

IBM

  

BIO

Dr. Alessandro Curioni is an IBM Fellow and Vice President of Europe & Africa, IBM Research – he is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition he is also responsible for the global research strategies for Security and the Future of Computing.

Dr. Curioni is a world recognized leader in the area of high performance computing and computational science where his innovative thinking and seminal contributions have helped solve some of the most complex scientific and technological problems in healthcare, aerospace, consumer goods and electronics. He was a member of the winning team recognized with the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize in 2013 and 2015.

Dr. Curioni received his undergraduate degree in Theoretical Chemistry and his PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. He started at IBM Research in Zurich as a PhD student in 1993 before officially joining as a research staff member in 1998.

In 2017 he was named a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.