Murthy Devarakonda, Ajay Mohindra, Apratim Purakyastha, Deborra J. Zukowski


Murthy Devarakonda
Ajay Mohindra
Apratim Purakyastha
Deborra J. Zukowski

Murthy Devarakonda
Murthy Devarakonda received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Since joining IBM nine years ago, he has worked on such projects as the Calypso cluster file system and is the recipient of the IBM 2nd Patent Plateau Achievement Award.

Devarakonda is a member of ACM (Association for Computing) and Usenix organizations.

Ajay Mohindra

Ajay Mohindra received his Ph.D. In Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. While earning his degree, he participated in the design and implementation of a distributed object-based operating system.

Mohindra is a member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), ACM and Usenix groups.

Apratim Purakyastha

Apratim Purakyastha received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University where he was awarded a graduate fellowship in 1992. While attending the university, he worked as an analyst programmer for the Duke University Medical Center and a Graduate Assistant in the Computer Science Department.

Purakyastha joined IBM upon graduating in 1996 and belongs to several professional organizations including the ACM and CMG (Computer Measurement Group).

Outside of the lab, Purakyastha spends time taking photographs, solving puzzles, and cooking gourmet meals.

Deborra J. Zukowski

Deborra J. Zukowski received her degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in 1983. She worked at DEC from 1983 to 1985, where she studied cache trade-offs and developed a full pseudo-microcode simulator for a VAX microprocessor.

After joining IBM in 1985, Zukowski developed several technologies such as XPOSE, a distributed network simulator capable of modeling both network architecture and adaptor hardware; WRV256, a waveform-relaxation-based circuit simulator for the VICTOR V256 Parallel Processor; and Mecca, a tool for producing trace-driven uniprocessor simulators.

When not involved in work-related projects and organizations such as the IEEE and Usenix, Zukowski spends time with her husband and two children and is active in church activities. In the brief moments she has left for hobbies, Zukowski enjoys music and bicycling - the faster the better.