Susan B. Davidson
| Susan B. Davidson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Hector Garcia-Molina |
| Known for | Databases and Bioinformatics |
| Notable awards | ACM Fellow (2001) |
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Website www | |
Susan B. Davidson is an American Computer Scientist known for work in databases and bioinformatics. She is currently Weiss Professor of Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania.[1] Her dissertation work on distributed databases included results on statistical and mathematical techniques for data resolution as well as mechanisms to avoid database conflicts.[2]
Davidson has also done research in bioinformatics, where her work (with collaborators) on data integration [3] was commercialized by GeneticXChange.[4] She is also currently serving on the board of the Computing Research Association.
Biography
Susan B. Davidson received a B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University in 1978. She received M.S.E. and Master of Arts degrees in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1980 and a Ph.D in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1982.
Davidson joined the faculty at University of Pennsylvania as a Visiting Assistant Professor (1982), then served as an Assistant Professor (1983-1989), Associate Professor (1989-1998), and Professor (1998–present) in the Department of Computer and Information Science. From 2008-2013, she served as chair of the department. From 2000-2003, she also held a secondary appointment in Penn’s Genetics Department.
Awards
In 2001, Davidson was named an ACM Fellow.[5]
References
- ↑ UPenn Almanac | http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v51/n08/weiss.html
- ↑ Susan B. Davidson (1982). "An Optimistic Protocol for Partitioned Distributed Database Systems". Princeton University Doctoral Dissertation.
- ↑ Peter Buneman, Susan B. Davidson, Kyle Hart, G. Christian Overton, and Limsoon Wong (1995). "A Data Transformation System for Biological Data Sources.". Proceedings of the 21th [sic] International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB '95).
- ↑ geneticXchange Press Release | http://www.evaluategroup.com/Universal/View.aspx?type=Story&id=20509
- ↑ ACM Fellow page http://awards.acm.org/award_winners/davidson_2375392.cfm
External links
- Official website Davidson's webpage at University of Pennsylvania