Michael J. Carey (computer scientist)
Michael J. Carey is an American computer scientist. He currently serves as Bren Professor of Information and Computer Science in the Donald Bren School at the University of California, Irvine.Education
Carey earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1983. He also holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University.Life and career
From 1983 to 1995, Carey taught in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After which, he worked as Research Staff Member/Manager at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. He has been a Donald Bren Professor of Computer and Information Sciences in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine since 2007.
Carey has published over 200 research papers, journal articles, book chapters and other publications that primarily focus on Big Data management, database management systems, information integration, middleware, parallel and distributed systems, and computer system performance evaluationAwards and honors
- Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2017
- IEEE TCDE Computer Science, Engineering, and Education Impact Award, 2016.
- Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, UC Irvine, 2010.
- ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award, 2005.
- Test of Time Paper Award, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 2004.
- Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2002.
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, EECS Department, UC Berkeley, 2002.
- Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery, 2000.
Patents
Carey holds 11 patents in the United States.
