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Susan Davidson is the Weiss Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where she co-directs the Data Science Program. She currently serves as Deputy Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and chairs the Computing Research Association's Board of Directors. Her research focuses on databases, bioinformatics, data management, and provenance-based systems.
- Co-founder, Greater Philadelphia Bioinformatics Alliance
- Founding co-director, Center for Bioinformatics
- Fulbright Scholar and Hitachi Chair, INRIA-GEMO
Key research areas include data citation, trust management in collaborative systems, workflow provenance, and privacy in data analysis. Her recent publications explore explainability frameworks, sub-table selection for data exploration, and security in distributed training systems.
- 2023 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
- 2021 VLDB Women in Databases Award
- 2021 AAAS Fellow
- 2020 Spira Award for Teaching & Mentoring
- 2017 IEEE TCDE Impact Award
She has advised numerous PhD students and postdocs, including Sudeepa Roy (Duke University) and Julia Stoyanovich (NYU). Courses taught recently include CIS550 (Database Systems) and CIS545 (Big Data Analytics).
