Michael Stonebraker

Michael Stonebraker, born on October eleventh, nineteen forty-three, is a distinguished American computer scientist renowned for his expertise in database systems. His innovative contributions have significantly shaped the landscape of relational databases through a combination of academic prototypes and commercial ventures.

Throughout his illustrious career, Stonebraker has founded several influential database companies, including Ingres Corporation, Illustra, Paradigm4, StreamBase Systems, Tamr, Vertica, VoltDB, and Hopara. He also held the position of chief technical officer at Informix, further solidifying his impact on the field.

Stonebraker's academic journey can be divided into two pivotal phases. Initially, he made significant strides at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on relational database management systems such as Ingres and Postgres. In two thousand one, he transitioned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he pioneered novel data management techniques, including C-Store, H-Store, SciDB, and DBOS.

Currently, he serves as a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley and an adjunct professor emeritus at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His remarkable contributions to database research were recognized with the prestigious Turing Award in two thousand fourteen, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for computing. Additionally, he is known for his editorial work on the book 'Readings in Database Systems.'