Donatella Sciuto - Biography#

Prof. Donatella Sciuto is Executive Vice Rector at Politecnico di Milano, her Alma Mater, where she is Full Professor in Computer Science and Engineering. She graduated in Electronic Engineer in 1984 at Politecnico di Milano, received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Master in Business Administration from Bocconi University.

She is presently in charge of Politecnico’s Research Strategies. Her interests cover also ICT infrastructure and services, teaching innovation and MOOCs, diversity and inclusion.

Prof. Donatella Sciuto keeps a vibrant research activity, with a sustained presence wordwide. Her main research interests covers the methodologies for the design of embedded systems and multicore systems considering issues of performance, power and security. More recently she has been involved in managing research projects in the area of smart cities and in the application of new ICT technologies to different application fields.

She has published over 300 scientific papers. She is a Fellow of IEEE and has served as President of the IEEE Council of Electronic Design Automation from 2011 to 2013, as well as in different capacities in IEEE Committees and conferences.

She is a Board member of the Bank of Italy, Italian Institute of Technology, STM, Avio and Raiway.