ALESSANDRO CURIONI WILL PRESENT THE URGENCY OF SCIENCE: ACCELARATING DISCOVERY TO SOLVE OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES

Alessandro Curioni is IBM Fellow, Vice President Europe and Africa and Director, IBM Research

Dr. Alessandro was also recently appointed as the Watson IoT Research Relationship Executive.
He 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 - Zurich as a PhD student in 1993 before officially joining as a research staff member in 1998. His most recent position has been the head of the Cognitive Computing and Computational Sciences department.