Professor Dr. Michael Franklin

Biography

Michael J. Franklin is the Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also serves as Senior Advisor to the Provost for Computing and Data Science and as Faculty Co-Director of the Data Science Institute. He has a rich background in computer science, having previously held the inaugural Liew Family Chair in Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he co-founded the Algorithms, Machines, and People Laboratory (AMPLab), which became a leading center for big data analytics research and was recognized with the National Science Foundation's CISE Expeditions in Computing award in 2012. Franklin's contributions to the field include the development of the open-source big data software Apache Spark. Aside from his academic roles, he has served as the chief technology officer of Truviso, a data analytics company acquired by Cisco Systems. He is actively involved in technical advisory boards in the tech industry and has received multiple awards for his work, including recognition from the Association for Computing Machinery.

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