Deborah Agarwal in our offices on 03 April

Deborah Agarwal, Research Director and Head of the Scientific Data Division Division at Lawrence Berkeley Lab (USA), will be awarded the insignia of Doctor Honoris Causa* by the University of Rennes in early April. The day before this ceremony, Deborah Agarwal will honour us with a lecture on her experience in data science research in the service of physical and environmental sciences, on Monday 03 April at 4 pm in the Espace Conférences du centre Inria de l’Université de Rennes.

Deborah Agarwal is an eminent and committed data scientist. In 2015, she received the Director's Award for Exceptional Achievement for her commitment to diversity. Her experience sharing has been a source of inspiration in the setting up of the IRISA and Inria Centre mentoring programme.
In 2020, she was awarded a Director's award for exceptional achievement by the Director of Lawrence Berkeley Lab for her scientific work and leadership.

Deb Agarwal has collaborated extensively with the Myriads research team (shared with Inria), as part of an Inria International Chair. This joint work focused on the design of a new generation of scientific data management and analysis environments.

Guillaume Pierre, University Professor at the University of Rennes, and Christine Morin, Inria Research Director, will welcome Deborah Agarwal on Monday 3 April 2023, at 4pm in the Espace Conférences Inria, on the Beaulieu campus, for an exceptional scientific conference.

This event, in English, is open to all upon registration

The conference is also available by video conference and will be recorded
https://inria.webex.com/inria/j.php?MTID=m595e4db7563eb3e2ddab1e1c3f39f264

 

Title: Lessons Learned in a Research Career in Computing, Data Science, and Management

Abstract:

Dr. Agarwal is currently a Division Director of the Scientific Data Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), a Department of Energy basic research laboratory in the United States. Dr. Agarwal’s research areas have morphed over time from distributed systems to data science over time. Besides her work in basic computing research, she has worked on many projects developing computational and data solutions to support scientists in disciplines including cosmology, energy, process engineering, earth sciences, and physics. She has held many different management positions and participated in development of research strategy. In her career, Dr. Agarwal has had to learn to manage people and deal with significant setbacks. Dr. Agarwal worked in industry for General Motors early in her career as a Mechanical Engineer before leaving for graduate school. She did her PhD work at University of California, Santa Barbara where she also switched to Computer Engineering.

*Le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa est l’une des plus prestigieuses distinctions décernées par les universités françaises pour honorer « des personnalités de nationalité étrangère en raison de services éminents rendus aux sciences, aux lettres ou aux arts, à la France ou à l’université ».

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