Krishna Palem

Krishna V. Palem is a computer scientist known for pioneering work in probabilistic and inexact computing, fields that explore the trade-off between strict computational precision and gains in energy efficiency and scalability. His research has influenced approaches to energy-aware computing, embedded systems, and scalable architectures for artificial intelligence. He has held academic and visiting appointments at institutions including New York University Courant, Rice University, Georgia Tech, Caltech, and the Hebrew University. Prior to academia, his career started at IBM. In 2022, Palem founded Accelequant, a venture-backed company focused on technology platforms for hybrid classical/quantum computing systems, and is currently its CEO. The company aims to accelerate the time to delivery of Quantum Commercial advantage, through its platform initially supporting applications in Optimization and Machine Learning.