Rate Professor Jennifer Widom

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Cornell University, 1987; B.S., Indiana University.

Research Interests: Database systems, data management, and big data; focuses on semi-structured data and query processing.

Appointments: Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the School of Engineering, Stanford University; Professor of Computer Science.

Awards: ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award; National Academy of Engineering member.

Publications: Co-author of A First Course in Database Systems (Pearson); articles in ACM Transactions on Database Systems.

Additional Contributions: Creator of Stanford’s massive open online course on databases; mentor to tech startups.