Andromachi Chatzieleftheriou

About

I am a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge. My expertise spans computer systems and cloud infrastructure, with a fresh emphasis on robotics. I am investigating how automation and robotics can transform Microsoft’s datacenter operations by enhancing availability, reliability, and sustainability. To drive this vision, we established CRAFT, a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to developing cutting-edge robotics solutions to enable self-maintaining datacenters.

Previously, I worked on Project Silica, a long-term archival storage system based on quartz glass. In this project, we challenged traditional storage system designs and created a novel system from the media up, co-designing the media, hardware interfaces, library and software stack.

I hold a PhD and MSc from the University of Ioannina in Greece, where my research focused on storage systems, specifically improving data durability, resource efficiency, and system performance.