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Luis Gravano is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Columbia University's Data Science Institute, where he has been a faculty member since 1997. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Stanford University, having completed his B.S. degree at the Escuela Superior Latinoamericana de Informática in Argentina. His research interests focus primarily on databases, information retrieval, and web search. Throughout his career, Luis has contributed significantly to the field of computer science, receiving multiple accolades, including the NSF CAREER award and various paper awards from prestigious conferences such as ACM SIGMOD and IEEE ICDE. Additionally, he has been recognized for his teaching excellence, being awarded the Distinguished Teacher Award by Columbia's Computer Science Department in 2011 and the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award by the Columbia Engineering Alumni Association in 2012. He has also served as a Senior Research Scientist at Google and has held visiting faculty researcher positions.
Columbia University • New York, NY
Luis joined Columbia as a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science.
Google •
Conducted advanced research in computer science as part of the Google research team.
Columbia University • New York, NY
Engaged in collaborative research projects with students and faculty.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)