Sujata Banerjee is a computer scientist specializing in the performance and quality of service of computer networks and data centers. Born in the UK, and educated in India and the US, [1] she works in the US as vice president for research at VMware. [2]
Banerjee was born in the UK but grew up in Mumbai, India; [1] she has bachelor's and master's degrees from IIT Bombay. [2] She entered the USC Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, intending to study in its Communications Sciences Institute, but soon switched to computer networks and completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1993. [1] Her dissertation, Distributed database systems in high-speed networks, was supervised by Victor O. Li. [3]
After earning tenure as a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, she moved to industry, first at HP Labs, [2] and then in 2017 moving again to VMware as a senior staff researcher and director for external research. [4]
Banerjee was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2022, "for leadership in programmable and energy efficient networks". [5]
Sujata Banerjee is a computer scientist specializing in the performance and quality of service of computer networks and data centers. Born in the UK, and educated in India and the US, [1] she works in the US as vice president for research at VMware. [2]
Banerjee was born in the UK but grew up in Mumbai, India; [1] she has bachelor's and master's degrees from IIT Bombay. [2] She entered the USC Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, intending to study in its Communications Sciences Institute, but soon switched to computer networks and completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1993. [1] Her dissertation, Distributed database systems in high-speed networks, was supervised by Victor O. Li. [3]
After earning tenure as a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, she moved to industry, first at HP Labs, [2] and then in 2017 moving again to VMware as a senior staff researcher and director for external research. [4]
Banerjee was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2022, "for leadership in programmable and energy efficient networks". [5]