Smita Krishnaswamy is an American scientist and associate professor in genetics and computer science[1] at Yale University.
She specializes in the development of machine learning techniques to analyze high-dimensional high-throughput biomedical data with applications in immunology, immunotherapy, cancer, neuroscience, developmental biology and health outcomes.
She organized the Open Problems in Single-Cell Biology effort with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and remains a scientific advisor for the project.
[6] In 2009, Krishnaswamy was the recipient of the European Design Automation Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award in the category "new directions in circuit and system test".
[7] In 2005, Krishnaswamy received a best-paper award from the Design Automation and Test in Europe conference for the paper of which she was the lead author.