Mike Cafarella | |
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Alma mater | University of Washington, University of Edinburgh, Brown University |
Known for | Hadoop, Nutch |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer Science |
Institutions |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Michigan |
Doctoral advisor | Dan Suciu |
Mike Cafarella is a computer scientist specializing in database management systems. He is a principal research scientist of computer science at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. [1] Before coming to MIT, he was a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2009 to 2020. Along with Doug Cutting, he is one of the original co-founders of the Hadoop and Nutch open-source projects. [2] [3] Cafarella was born in New York City but moved to Westwood, MA early in his childhood. After completing his bachelor's degree at Brown University, he earned a Ph.D. specializing in database management systems at the University of Washington under Dan Suciu and Oren Etzioni. [4] He was also involved in several notable start-ups, including Tellme Networks, [5] and co-founder of Lattice Data, which was acquired by Apple in 2017. [6]
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Mike Cafarella | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Washington, University of Edinburgh, Brown University |
Known for | Hadoop, Nutch |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer Science |
Institutions |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Michigan |
Doctoral advisor | Dan Suciu |
Mike Cafarella is a computer scientist specializing in database management systems. He is a principal research scientist of computer science at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. [1] Before coming to MIT, he was a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2009 to 2020. Along with Doug Cutting, he is one of the original co-founders of the Hadoop and Nutch open-source projects. [2] [3] Cafarella was born in New York City but moved to Westwood, MA early in his childhood. After completing his bachelor's degree at Brown University, he earned a Ph.D. specializing in database management systems at the University of Washington under Dan Suciu and Oren Etzioni. [4] He was also involved in several notable start-ups, including Tellme Networks, [5] and co-founder of Lattice Data, which was acquired by Apple in 2017. [6]
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