Wanda Andreoni
Program Manager for Deep Computing Applications,
Science & Technology

"Promoting a broad view of computational sciences within the Lab and outside has been my endeavor during these past three years in my role as Program Manager for Deep Computing Applications."

My name is Wanda Andreoni, and I have been working for IBM for more than 20 years now. My expertise is in computational physics and chemistry.

In the course of my career, I have pioneered a number of applications of molecular simulations, ranging from materials science for semiconductor and display technology to computational chemistry in biology, and demonstrated their power in complex, real-world problems in collaborations with industrial partners. I am interested in science in a much broader sense, though, especially its application to the real problems of life. I am convinced that computer simulations can provide a unique auxiliary tool for the solution of important problems faced by human society, especially in the search for intelligent materials and novel therapeutics, in the development of finance optimization, the control of climate evolution, the improvement and discovery of renewable energy technologies, and the progress of education itself. Promoting this broad view of computational sciences within IBM Research - Zurich and outside has been my endeavor during these past three years in my role as Program Manager for Deep Computing Applications. There is a prerequisite, however, for the success of a computational approach to whatever field of application, which unfortunately seems to me often disregarded: a profound knowledge of the underlying sciences.

Therefore, this is what I mainly care about: deepening such knowledge, promoting and disseminating it through various activities outside IBM Research - Zurich. I have been continuously involved in the direction of international conferences and workshops, in steering committees and scientific councils of European panels and programs, and as a representative of the Swiss National Science Foundation. I have also recently been nominated professor of computational chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.