Name: Michael Stonebraker

Born: October 11, 1943

  • Computer scientist, and one of the world’s foremost experts in database technology.
  • Noted for his insight in operating systems and expert systems.
  • Developer of the database systems Ingres, Postgres, Vertica, Streambase, Illustra, and VoltDB.

Significant publications

  • Object-Relational DBMSs (1998).

Honors and awards

  • Elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1997).
  • Inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (1994).
  • IEEE John von Neumann Medal.
  • SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award.

Websites

  • Michael Stonebraker personal website