Andrew Pavlo, best known as Andy Pavlo, is an associate professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He conducts research on database management systems and is especially interested in "main memory systems, self-driving / autonomous architectures, transaction processing systems, and large-scale data analytics".[2] Pavlo is also a co-founder and CEO of OtterTune, a database startup that provides automatic database tuning services.
Andrew Pavlo | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1981[1] |
| Other names | Andy Pavlo |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology, BS (2005) and MS (2006) Brown University, MS (2009) and PhD (2013) |
| Known for | Research on Databases |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | On Scalable Transaction Execution in Partitioned Main Memory Database Management Systems (2014) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Zdonik Michael Stonebraker |
| Website | www |
Education and career edit
Pavlo was born in Baltimore and went to Mt. Hebron High School.[1][3][4]
Pavlo received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2005 and a Master of Science degree in 2006. He then went to Brown University, obtaining his second Master of Science degree in 2009.[3] Supervised by Stanley Zdonik and Michael Stonebraker,[5] Pavlo obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Brown with his dissertation On Scalable Transaction Execution in Partitioned Main Memory Database Management Systems, which won the 2014 SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award.[6]
Pavlo became an assistant professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in 2013 and an associate professor in 2019.[3]
In March 2020, Pavlo and his two PhD students Dana Van Aken and Bohan Zhang co-founded OtterTune, a company focused on automatically optimizing cloud databases.[7] He has been the company's CEO in addition to his professorship at Carnegie Mellon University.[3] OtterTune launched in May 2021 and, in 2022, raised 12 million dollars in its series A round.[7][8]
Awards and recognitions edit
Pavlo received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2018 and a NSF CAREER Award in 2019.[9][10] He has also received research grants from companies such as Google and Facebook.[11][12]
Pavlo won the 2014 SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award for his PhD dissertation On Scalable Transaction Execution in Partitioned Main Memory Database Management Systems.[6] His PhD students Joy Arulraj and Huanchen Zhang received this award under his supervision in 2019 and 2021, respectively.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b Pavlo, Andrew (2022-08-31). 01 - Relational Model & Relational Algebra (CMU Intro to Database Systems / Fall 2022). Carnegie Mellon University. Event occurs at 7:57. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ Pavlo, Andrew. "Andy Pavlo". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b c d Pavlo, Andrew. "Andy Pavlo - Cirriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Andrew Pavlo - MD Cross Country Bio". Athletic.net. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ^ Pavlo, Andrew. "Andy Pavlo's bio". Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ a b "2014 SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award". SIGMOD. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b Ehrlich, Chris (2021-05-12). "Database-Tuning Platform OtterTune Launches". Datamation. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Burkholder, Sophie (2022-05-10). "AI-powered database management startup OtterTune closed a $12M Series A". Technical.ly. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Five CMU Scientists Receive 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships". Carnegie Mellon University. 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "CAREER: Self-Driving Database Management Systems". US National Science Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Faculty Research Awards Program". Google Research. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Research Reward Recipients". Meta Research. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award". SIGMOD. Retrieved 2023-12-28.