Suparna Bhattacharya is an Indian computer scientist known for her contributions to the

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, and also interested in applications of

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artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

. She is an

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Fellow at

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Education and career

Bhattacharya is the daughter of C. G. Bhattacharya, a statistician at the

Indian Statistical Institute The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a public research university headquartered in Kolkata, India with centers in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Tezpur. It was declared an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India und ...

. She earned an undergraduate degree in electronics and electrical communication at

IIT Kharagpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT-KGP) is a public institute of technology, research university, and autonomous institute established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Founded in 1951, the in ...

, in 1993. Next, she worked for

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from 1993 until 2014. She was elected to the IBM Academy of Technology in 2005, and promoted to Senior Technical Staff Member in 2006, the first woman at that level in IBM India. She moved internally to

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in 2012. While working for IBM, she completed a Ph.D. in computer science and automation at the

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(IISc), in 2013, winning the IISc Alumni gold medal for her dissertation on power-aware software. After moving to Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a distinguished technologist, she was named as an HPE Fellow in 2023.

Recognition

Bhattacharya was named to the

Indian National Academy of Engineering The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) was founded in 1987. It consists of India's engineers, engineer-scientists and technologists covering the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines. The academy is registered under the Socie ...

in 2020. She was elected as an

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in 2022, "for contributions to Linux kernel for enterprise and advanced data processing systems". In 2020, IEEE India recognized her as their Woman Technologist of the Year.

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* ** {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Suparna Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian computer scientists Indian women computer scientists Linux kernel programmers IIT Kharagpur alumni Indian Institute of Science alumni Fellows of the IEEE