Cristiano Malossi first came to IBM Laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland as a postdoc and was then promoted to researcher. He has applied his mathematical simulation skills to a variety of projects, specializing in ‘cognitive technologies’ capable of powerful algorithms.

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Tell me about some of your work at IBM.

I started on a project for energy-aware computing. The goal here was not to boost operations per second but to make a more efficient use of computational resources for the same result but at a lower power per energy cost. Very soon I got exposed to many other projects, which span deep learning, graph analytics, and high-performance computing. Whatever the assignment is, you must adapt what you know, put together experience from another fields, and at the same time, find a new way to advance the problem. You never get tired of it, every day you learn something new. Continue reading →