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Bianca Schroeder is a Full Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Computer Science Department at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment as Associate Department Chair in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences Department at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She leads the computer systems and networks research group and previously completed postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University under Garth Gibson, following her doctorate from Carnegie Mellon supervised by Mor Harchol-Balter.
Her research focuses on the design, implementation, and analysis of large-scale computer systems, with particular emphasis on storage systems, data centers, system reliability, and resource allocation. She applies techniques from statistics, machine learning, and data mining to solve real-world problems in collaboration with industry partners including Microsoft, Google, and NetApp. Her work combines empirical analysis of production systems with innovative solutions for enhancing reliability and efficiency.
Schroeder's publications demonstrate a consistent focus on understanding system failures through large-scale field studies, developing practical solutions for storage reliability, and optimizing resource management in data-intensive environments. Her research spans hardware reliability (DRAM errors, disk failures), storage systems, data center management, and scheduling algorithms.
Major Scientific Awards:
- Sloan Research Fellow
- Outstanding Young Canadian Computer Science Prize
- Ontario Early Researcher Award
- NSERC Accelerator Award
- Two-time IBM PhD Fellowship winner
- Five best paper awards and two Test of Time Awards
She actively recruits graduate students for projects in data center technologies, storage systems, and reliability engineering. Her research is supported by the Canada Research Chair program and industry partnerships. She has chaired multiple prestigious conferences including Usenix FAST'14 and ACM Sigmetrics'14.
