Shashikant Ilager

Hello World!

I am an Assistant Professor at the Informatics Institute (IvI) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and a member of the Multiscale Networked Systems (MNS) group. My research lies at the intersection of distributed systems, energy efficiency, and machine learning, where I focus on designing, optimizing, and developing large-scale computing platforms—such as cloud and edge infrastructures—to minimize their environmental and economic costs. Recently, I have been exploring the sustainability of data-intensive AI applications to enhance their performance and energy efficiency through data-driven, learning-centric approaches.

My research and teaching contributions have been recognized with several honors, including the IEEE TCCLD Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, the IEEE Outstanding Service Award, and Best Paper Awards at CCGRID 2020 and UCC 2023, and Excellence in Teaching Award (UniMelb 2019). My research has been published in leading venues including e-Energy, ASE, ICSOC, EuroPar, and CCGRID, as well as journals such as TPDS, TMC, TC, TSC, TAAS, and TNSM.

Before joining UvA, I held postdoctoral positions at the High Performance Computing (HPC) group at TU Wien, Austria. I completed my PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at the CLOUDS Lab, University of Melbourne, Australia. My international research experience includes serving as a visiting research scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA (Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure team) in Summer 2024 and at IMT Atlantique/INRIA, France, in Winter 2023.