Randy Katz

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Randy H. Katz
Born1955 (age 68–69)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater Cornell University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields Computer science
Institutions University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Database Design and Translation for Multiple Data Models  (1980)
Doctoral advisor Eugene Wong
Doctoral students
Website people.cs.berkeley.edu/~randy/

Randy Howard Katz (born 1955) is an American computer scientist. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley of the electrical engineering and computer science department. [2] [3]

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Biography

Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. He was first exposed to computers in Canarsie High School. After graduating in 1973, Katz received an A.B. from Cornell University (May 1976), where he was a Cornell College Scholar [4] majoring in computer science and mathematics, an M.S. from UC Berkeley (June 1978), under the direction of Larry Rowe, and a Ph.D., from UC Berkeley (June 1980), under the direction of Eugene Wong. He was a member of the Ingres Project.

After working at BBN and CCA in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Katz was an assistant professor in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1981 to 1983. In 1983, he joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He was promoted to associate professor in 1985 and full professor in 1988. He was appointed the United Microelectronics Corporation Distinguished Professor in EECS in 1996. From 1996 to 1999, he served as chair of the EECS Department, the first computer scientist to do so. In 2015, he served as chair of the Department's Computer Science Division. In 2018, he was appointed Berkeley's vice chancellor for research. He retired from the university in December 2021. [5]

Katz is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to computer system design, engineering education, and government service, [6] the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2000) for "contributions to high-performance input/output systems, engineering education, and government service".

He has published over 350 refereed technical papers, book chapters, and books. His textbook, Contemporary Logic Design, has sold over 85,000 copies, and has been used at over 200 colleges and universities. His academic recognitions include the Computer Science Division's Diane S. McEntyre Award for Excellence in Teaching Award, the Jim and Donna Gray Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Berkeley Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, the ASEE Frederic E. Terman Award, [7] the IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal, [8] the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, the ACM Sigmobile Outstanding Contributor Award, [9] the IEEE Reynolds Johnson Information Storage Award, [10] the Outstanding Alumni Award of the Computer Science Division, [11] the CRA Distinguished Service Award, [12] the United States Department of the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, and the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat of the Government of Singapore.

Katz, along with David A. Patterson and Garth Gibson, developed the redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) concept for computer storage in their 1988 SIGMOD Conference paper. He also led the effort to connect the White House to the Internet in 1994. [13]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Randy Katz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ↑ Katz, Randy. "Personal Homepage" . Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "UC Berkeley Professor Homepage" . Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cornell College Scholar Program" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Randy Katz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  6. ↑ "IEEE Fellows 1996 | IEEE Communications Society".
  7. ↑ "EECS Faculty Teaching Awards" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ "IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  9. ↑ "EECS Faculty ACM Awards" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  10. ↑ "EECS Faculty IEEE Awards" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Computer Science Outstanding Alumni Award Winners". 22 April 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  12. ↑ "CRA awards presented to Katz and Lawler" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Professor Katz Goes To Washington". Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
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