Michael Stonebraker

At-a-Glance

Recipient of the 2014 Turing Award, often described as 'the Nobel Prize for computing.'
Adjunct Professor at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Founder of multiple database companies, including Ingres Corporation, Illustra, Paradigm4, StreamBase Systems, Tamr, Vertica, VoltDB, and Hopara.
Pioneered relational database management systems such as Ingres and Postgres during his time at UC Berkeley.
Developed novel data management techniques like C-Store, H-Store, SciDB, and DBOS at MIT.
Editor for the book 'Readings in Database Systems.'
Earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1971.

Biography

Michael Stonebraker is an American computer scientist renowned for his contributions to database systems. His research and products have been central to many relational databases, impacting the field through a series of academic prototypes and commercial startups. Stonebraker is an adjunct professor at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley.