Background
Chandra, Ashok Kumar was born on July 30, 1948 in Allahabad, India. Son of Harish and Sushila Chandra.
Chandra, Ashok Kumar was born on July 30, 1948 in Allahabad, India. Son of Harish and Sushila Chandra.
Bachelor in Tech in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1969. Master of Science, University California-Berkeley, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Stanford University, 1973.
Member research staff International Business Machines Corporation Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, since 1973, manager theoretical computer science, 1981-1983. Technical advisory office of vice president and chief scientist International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, New York, 1983-1984, manager exploratory computer science, 1984—1995. Director, database systems and computer science International Business Machines Corporation Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, 1995—2000.
Chief scientist, vice president emerging technologies Verity, Inc., Sunnyvale, 2000, senior vice president, development and new business initiatives, 2000—2001, vice president, chief technical officer, 2001—2006. General manager, Search Labs Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, since 2006. Conference chairman various symposia, 1985-1986.
Lead International Business Machines Corporation Clever project. Consultant professor computer science, Stanford University. Speaker in field.
Member Association Computer Machinery (member editorial board, Transactions on Internet Technology). Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Computer Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman technical committee on mathematics foundations of computing 1985-1986), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Married Mala, September 17, 1974. Children: Ankur, Anuj.