Dr. Kaoutar El Maghraoui

Kaoutar El Maghraoui is a principal research scientist and manager at the IBM T.J Watson Research Center and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Her work lies at the intersection of systems and artificial intelligence (AI). She leads the AI testbed of IBM Research AI Hardware Center, a global research hub focusing on enabling efficient next-generation accelerators and systems for AI workloads. Kaoutar has deep expertise in HPC, systems software, Cloud computing and AI. Kaoutar holds a PhD. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA. She received several awards including the Robert McNaughton Award for best thesis in computer science, Best of IBM, IBM's Eminence and Excellence award for leadership in increasing Women's presence in science and technology, and several IBM outstanding technical accomplishments. She is an ACM Distinguished member and Senior IEEE member. Kaoutar is the co-chair of the Arab Women in Computing non-profit organization.