Ioan Stefanovici
Principal Research Manager
About
I’m a Principal Research Manager in the Cloud Infrastructure Group (opens in new tab) at Microsoft Research Cambridge (opens in new tab). My research focuses mainly on novel, disruptive technologies (particularly storage) for the future cloud. I lead a small team of researchers and developers that solve hard systems challenges, sometimes using machine learning.
I am currently working on Project Silica (opens in new tab), where we are developing the first-ever storage technology designed and built from the ground up for the cloud, by using femtosecond lasers to store data in glass, and polarization microscopy + ML to read it back.
I have a broad interest in computer systems, in particular in large-scale data center systems and storage. I received my PhD (CS, 2016), MSc (CS, 2012), and HBSc (CS, 2010) from the University of Toronto (opens in new tab). I was also the Microsoft Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College (opens in new tab), at the University of Cambridge (opens in new tab) from 2016-2018.