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Neena Imam is the inaugural Director of the O’Donnell Data Science and Research Computing Institute (DSRCI) at Southern Methodist University (SMU), a position key to the university’s commitment to data-focused education and next-gen computational research. The DSRCI also serves as the gateway to SMU’s HPC environment. Before joining SMU, Neena Imam served as the Director of Strategic Researcher Engagement at NVIDIA corporation. Prior to NVIDIA, Neena was a distinguished scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), performing research in extreme-scale computing. Neena holds a Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, with Master's and Bachelor's degrees in the same field from Case Western Reserve University and California Institute of Technology, respectively. Neena also served as the Science and Technology Fellow for Senator Lamar Alexander in Washington D.C. (2010-2012) and is a senior member of IEEE.