معرفی
Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. He previously served as Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories and held a chaired professorship at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on database systems, operating systems, and network management. Silberschatz has advised over a dozen PhD students, many now in academia and industry.
Education:
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Research Interests:
His work spans database systems, operating systems, storage systems, and network management. Notable contributions include foundational textbooks like Operating System Concepts and Database System Concepts, which have become industry standards. He has also developed innovative systems like DataPlay and contributed to projects such as NetInventory.
Publications:
His 15+ years of research include influential papers on database architecture, network routing, and distributed systems. Recent work explores leveraging non-volatile memory technologies in systems design.
Awards:
- ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (1998)
- IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award (2002)
- VLDB Test of Time Award (2019)
- Multiple Bell Laboratories President's Awards for innovation
Grants & Patents:
Recipient of over two dozen grants and over four dozen patents, including foundational IP in multimedia storage and distributed systems. His team's HadoopDB project merged MapReduce and DBMS technologies.
Labs/Teams:
Collaborates with Prof. Robert Soulé on projects in database systems and networking, focusing on next-gen memory technologies. Active in mentoring graduate students and postdocs in their research group.
