Jennifer Widom
Jennifer Widom | |
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| Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Education | Cornell University (Ph.D., M.S.) Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (B.S.) |
| Known for | |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Harold Widom |
| Relatives | Benjamin Widom (uncle) |
| Awards | Erna Hamburger Prize (2018) ACM-W Athena Lecturer Award (2015) American Academy of Arts & Sciences Member (2009) National Academy of Engineering Member (2005) ACM Fellow (2005) Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford University IBM Almaden Research Center Cornell University Xerox Palo Alto Research Center |
| Thesis | Trace-Based Network Proof Systems: Expressiveness and Completeness (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Gries |
| Doctoral students | Parag Agrawal |
| Website | cs |
Jennifer Widom (born 1960 or 1961) is an American computer scientist known for her work in database systems and data management. She is notable for foundational contributions to semi-structured data management and data stream management systems. Since 2017, Widom is the dean of the School of Engineering and professor of computer science at Stanford University. Her honors include the Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science and multiple lifetime achievement awards from the Association for Computing Machinery.