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AnHai Doan is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Gurindar S. Sohi Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on data integration, entity matching, and data science, with particular emphasis on building end-to-end systems that leverage machine learning, scalable data management, and human-data interaction. He leads the Magellan project, which develops open-source tools for entity matching as part of the Python data ecosystem.
Dr. Doan's research interests include:
- Data cleaning and integration: Building end-to-end data integration systems as parts of the Python ecosystem of open-source data tools
- Data science: Developing an agenda that integrates research, system building, education, and outreach, with focus on data quality
- Crowdsourcing: Pioneering work on using crowdsourcing for data management and integration
- Knowledge bases: Building community-centric knowledge bases
His recent work shows a strong trend toward developing practical systems for data integration that combine machine learning with traditional database techniques. The Magellan project represents a comprehensive effort to build an end-to-end entity matching system, with numerous publications spanning entity matching algorithms, debugging tools, and cloud-based matching services. His research increasingly focuses on the intersection of data science and data management, particularly on data quality issues.
Selected scientific awards:
- Gurindar S. Sohi Professorship (2020)
- Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship (2018)
- SIGMOD Research Highlight Award (2017)
- Vilas Associate, UW-Madison (2016)
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2007)
- NSF CAREER Award (2004)
- ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award (2003)
Dr. Doan has been actively involved in service to the data management community, including serving on the SIGMOD Advisory Board, as associate editor for VLDB, and co-chairing the industrial program for VLDB. He has also played a key role in strategic initiatives at UW-Madison, including helping to establish the School of Computer, Data, and Information Sciences. He has mentored numerous students and researchers through his work on the Magellan project and related research efforts. Additionally, he co-founded GreenBay Technologies to commercialize Magellan, which was later acquired by Informatica.
He leads the Database Group at UW-Madison and has been instrumental in developing data science educational programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His work bridges research, education, and practical applications in the rapidly evolving field of data management and data science.
