Michael J. Franklin
Encyclopedia
Michael J. Franklin is an American
software entrepreneuer and computer scientist
specializing in distributed and streaming database
technology. Since 1999 he has been a UC Berkeley professor and is the founder as well as CTO of Truviso
. At Berkeley he is director of the Algorithms, Machines, and People Laboratory (AMPLab), a collaboration of computing systems, data management, machine learning researchers focused on large-scale data analytics. Professor Franklin is an ACM
Fellow as well as SIGMOD Test of Time Award recipient. Professor Franklin is in the 2009 inaugural group of UMass' Alumni receiving achievement award from the CS Department at University of Massachusetts at Amherst for Outstanding Achievement in Research.
Professor Franklin received a bachelor's degree
from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1983 and a master's degree
from the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies in 1986. He earned a Ph.D.
from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
in 1993 with his thesis Caching and memory management in client-server database systems.
United States
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software entrepreneuer and computer scientist
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
specializing in distributed and streaming database
Event Stream Processing
Event stream processing, or ESP, is a set of technologies designed to assist the construction of event-driven information systems. ESP technologies include event visualization, event databases, event-driven middleware, and event processing languages, or complex event processing...
technology. Since 1999 he has been a UC Berkeley professor and is the founder as well as CTO of Truviso
Truviso
Truviso is a continuous analytics, venture-backed, startup headquartered in Foster City, California developing and supporting its solution leveraging PostgreSQL, to deliver a proprietary analytics solutions for net-centric customers....
. At Berkeley he is director of the Algorithms, Machines, and People Laboratory (AMPLab), a collaboration of computing systems, data management, machine learning researchers focused on large-scale data analytics. Professor Franklin is an ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
Fellow as well as SIGMOD Test of Time Award recipient. Professor Franklin is in the 2009 inaugural group of UMass' Alumni receiving achievement award from the CS Department at University of Massachusetts at Amherst for Outstanding Achievement in Research.
Professor Franklin received a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1983 and a master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
from the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies in 1986. He earned a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
in 1993 with his thesis Caching and memory management in client-server database systems.