Malini Bhandaru is an accomplished computer scientist with impressive educational and professional credentials. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Mumbai and a Bachelor in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science. She also studied at the prestigious Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Bhandaru currently serves as Principal Engineer and Director Architecture at Intel Corporation's Autonomous Vehicle Data Center. She previously held positions as a Lecturer for Wireless Sensor Networks at Tufts University, Open Source Lead for IoT and Edge at VMware, and Principal Engineer and Cloud Architect at Intel Corporation. She has also worked as a Developer at OpenStack, Principal Software Engineer at Nuance Communications, and was the Founder of Leafy Nodal.

Throughout her career, Bhandaru has demonstrated expertise in cloud computing, edge computing, open source software, autonomous vehicle data centers, wireless sensor networks, and internet of things (IoT) technologies. Her extensive background in computer science, physics, and engineering enables her to bring a unique perspective to her work.