Summary
Akshitha Sriraman is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University who designs compute-stack solutions that make hyperscale web systems simultaneously high-performance, sustainable, and impartial. With a decade of experience spanning academia and industry (including research roles at Google, internships at Meta/Microsoft/Intel, and real deployments on hyperscale platforms), her work has saved millions in cost and meaningfully reduced global carbon emissions. Her hardware and architecture proposals have influenced Intel CPU and infrastructure designs and multiple accelerator projects, highlighting a rare impact across both academic research and commercial product lines. An NSF CAREER recipient and winner of multiple dissertation and industry awards, she blends systems-level rigor with ethical motivation—reframing performance-first thinking to tackle e-waste and access inequities. Notably, her research has been deployed at scale serving billions of users, evidencing practical effect beyond theory.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering, 4.0 at University of Michigan
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, First Class with Distinction, Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, First Class with Distinction at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Master of Science, Embedded Systems, Master of Science, Embedded Systems at University of Pennsylvania
Hindi, Kannada, Tamil