| Dilma Da Silva | |
| Nationality: | Brazilian-American |
| Fields: | Computer Science |
| Workplaces: | Texas A&M University Qualcomm IBM University of São Paulo |
| Alma Mater: | University of São Paulo Georgia Tech |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Karsten Schwan |
| Known For: | systems software |
| Awards: | ACM Distinguished Scientist (2011) |
Dilma Menezes Da Silva is a Brazilian-American systems software researcher known for her work in cloud computing.[1] She holds the Ford Motor Company Design Professorship II at Texas A&M University, and is head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M.<ref name="cv">curriculum vitae, February 2015, retrieved 2015-08-15.[2]
She has been a Division Director for Computing and Communication Foundations at the NSF since June 2022.[3] In December 2023, she has been named as the acting assistant director of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) at the National Science Foundation.[4]
Da Silva earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of São Paulo in 1986 and 1990 respectively. She completed her doctorate in 1997 from the Georgia Institute of Technology under the supervision of Karsten Schwan.[5] She returned to the University of São Paulo as a senior lecturer in 1995, and on completion of her doctorate became an assistant professor there. In 2000 she moved to IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York, where she worked as a research staff member in IBM's Advanced Operating System Group. At IBM, her contributions included work on the file system of the K42 experimental operating system. In 2012 she moved to Qualcomm's Silicon Valley Research Center. At Qualcomm, her work was centered on cloud computing.[1] [2] In 2014 she returned to academia as the Ford Professor at Texas A&M,<ref name="cv"/>[6] and as the new head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.[2]
Da Silva became a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2011.[7]
In August 2024, she has been designated a Regents Professor.[8]