Peter Boncz

Prof. Peter Boncz is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Systems at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He also holds visiting fellowships at the Network Institute and High Performance Distributed Computing group. His primary affiliation is with CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) as a staff member since 2001. He serves in leadership roles at multiple organizations, including Director of LDBC (London), Advisor to Data.world (Austin), and Board Member of DuckDB Foundation (Amsterdam).

• Education: Not explicitly stated in provided texts, but his roles indicate advanced academic qualifications in computer science.

Research focuses on graph databases, benchmarking, query optimization, and big data management. He co-founded the Linked Data Benchmark Council (LDBC) and contributed to projects like DuckDB. His work addresses challenges in scalable data systems, cloud computing, and knowledge extraction from structured data.

Publications emphasize advancing graph data management standards and evaluating performance in distributed environments. He has co-authored influential papers on topics like TAKCO for table-based knowledge extraction and cloud-era benchmarking.

• Awards: No specific prizes listed, but his leadership roles and contributions to standards reflect industry recognition.

Advising and grants: No formal advisees listed, but he contributes datasets (e.g., Public BI benchmarks on Zenodo) and collaborates globally. Active in editorial roles, such as the IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin.

Labs/Teams: Core member of CWI's database group, involved in LDBC initiatives, and DuckDB Foundation development.