Professor of electrical engineering and computer science with more than three decades of technology experience, including over a decade in industry, whose research has spanned many aspects of big data and data science. Recent research interests include data modeling, schema design, schema summarization, form generation, and natural language queries.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Career Highlights
- Awarded the rank of Fellow by both the ACM and AAAS
- During a thirteen-year career at a major technology company, ascended from an entry-level engineer to the division manager for database research
- Subject matter expert on data management, data science, and web technologies
- Author of more than two hundred journal papers, including several on "data provenance" (i.e., tracking the source of any data product) and more papers on very large databases (VLDB) than any other researcher
- Named inventor on more than three dozen issued U.S. patents, including for innovations in messaging systems, database technologies, telephone system billing, and data compression
- Creator of a popular online course on data science ethics
Expert Qualifications
- Retained as an expert in intellectual property litigation relating to technologies used by major companies including EchoStar, IBM, Microsoft, Monsanto, Oracle, SAP, and Teradata
- Served as an expert witness for patent owners as well as petitioners in U.S. PTAB Inter Partes Reviews (IPR) proceedings
- Testified as an expert in depositions and trials over twenty times
- Testified at deposition and trial in a trade secrets case brought by Mayo Clinic in U.S. District Court relating to natural language processing software specialized for applications in medical informatics and medical billing
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases can this expert support?
They've been retained as an expert witness in IP litigation involving databases, enterprise software, and telecommunications. Cases include work with major companies like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. They've testified for both patent owners and IPR petitioners in PTAB proceedings.
What is this expert's technical background?
They have a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford and spent 13 years at AT&T Bell Labs, rising from entry-level engineer to division manager for database research. ACM and AAAS fellow, author of over 200 papers, named inventor on 30+ patents. Three decades in technology, focused on data management and databases.
What technologies does this expert specialize in?
Databases are their core area—they've published more VLDB papers than any other researcher. They also specialize in data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, and web technologies. Patents cover messaging systems, database innovations, and data compression.
- Databases
- Database usability
- Data mining
- E-commerce systems
- Machine learning
- Natural language processing (NLP)
- Semantic web
- Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
- Web technologies
- U.S. District Courts
- Patent Trial and Appeal Board