Dr. Lucy Cherkasova is a principal scientist at HP Labs, Palo Alto, where she works since 1991. Her current research interests are in developing quantitative methods for the analysis, design, and management of concurrent and distributed systems (such as internet and media applications, virtualized environments, and next generation data centers). Dr. Cherkasova has initiated, managed and led to success multiple R&D projects. She is the ACM Distinguished Scientist. She earned 5 Best Paper awards and recognized by the Certificate of Appreciation from the IEEE Computer Society. Her most recent works were on the design of new technologies for efficient management, capacity planning, and anomaly detection in internet and enterprise systems with the emphasis on performance and scalability issues.