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Visiting Scholar, Data Systems Laboratory, The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University (2019-present)

Mentor/Advisor, Canadian Mentoring Service, Canadian Technology Accelerator, Canadian Consulate General in Boston, United States (2014-)

Research Scientist, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013-)

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Insight Center for Data Analytics, Ireland, (2013-2019)

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (2014-)

Advisor, Tamr.com, Cambridge, MA, USA (2013-)

Adjunct Professor, National University of Ireland, Galway (2006-)

Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Science of Sensor System Software (S4) Programme, University of Glasgow (2016-2018)

Application-Database Co-Evolution: A New Design and Development Paradigm

How we teach CS2All, and what to do about database decay

Database decay and how to avoid it

Hephaestus: Data Reuse for Accelerating Scientific Discovery.

What versus Why. Towards Computing Reality

This book celebrates Michael Stonebraker's accomplishments that led to his 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award "for fundamental contributions to the concepts and practices underlying modern database systems." The book describes, for the broad computing community, the unique nature, significance, and impact of Mike's achievements in advancing modern database systems over more than forty years. Today, data is considered the world's most valuable resource, whether it is in the tens of millions of databases used to manage the world's businesses and governments, in the billions of databases in our smartphones and watches, or residing elsewhere, as yet unmanaged, awaiting the elusive next generation of database systems. Every one of the millions or billions of databases includes features that are celebrated by the 2014 Turing Award and are described in this book. Why should I care about databases? What is a database? What is data management? What is a database management system (DBMS)? These are just some of the questions that this book answers, in describing the development of data management through the achievements of Mike Stonebraker and his over 200 collaborators. In reading the stories in this book, you will discover core data management concepts that were developed over the two greatest eras (so far) of data management technology. The book is a collection of 36 stories written by Mike and 38 of his collaborators: 23 world-leading database researchers, 11 world-class systems engineers, and 4 business partners. If you are an aspiring researcher, engineer, or entrepreneur you might read these stories to find these turning points as practice to tilt at your own computer-science windmills, to spur yourself to your next step of innovation and achievement.

Making Databases Work: The Pragmatic Wisdom of Michael Stonebraker (ACM Books)

Dr. Michael L. Brodie has over 45 years of experience in research and industrial practice in data science, databases, distributed systems, integration, artificial intelligence, and multidisciplinary problem solving. Since 2013, he has focused on strategic aspects of data and data science. He is a Visiting Scholar in the DASlab, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University; advises startups; serves on Advisory Boards of national and international research organizations; is an adjunct professor at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and at the University of Technology, Sydney; and has served on several US National Academy of Sciences committees.

In 2013-2019, he was a Research Scientist in the Data Systems Group at MIT and chaired the Scientific Advisory Committee of Insight, Ireland, one of Europe’s largest data science research institutes. As Chief Scientist of Verizon IT for 20 years, he was responsible for emerging technologies, architectures, IT methodologies and strategies, and guiding industrial-scale deployments of emerging technologies. 
Dr. Brodie holds a Ph.D. in databases, AI, and programming languages from the University of Toronto and a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from the National University of Ireland.

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