Author: Rajesh Bordawekar

Ruchir Puri is an IBM Fellow at IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center where he leads research efforts in system design and acceleration. Most recently, he led the design methodology innovations for IBM’s Power and zEnterprise microprocessors. Dr. Puri has received numerous accolades including the highest technical position at IBM, the IBM Fellow, which was awarded for his transformational role in microprocessor design methodology. In addition, he has received “Best of IBM” awards in both 2011 and 2012 and IBM Corporate Award from IBM’s CEO, and several IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement awards. Dr. Puri is a Fellow of the IEEE, an ACM Distinguished Speaker and IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He is also a member of IBM Academy of Technology and IBM Fellow leadership team and was appointed an IBM Master Inventor in 2010. Dr. Puri is a recipient of Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) outstanding mentor award and has been an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, and was also honored with the John Von-Neumann Chair at Institute of Discrete Mathematics at Bonn University, Germany. Dr. Puri is also a recipient of the 2014 Asian American Engineer of the Year Award.