Email: duschka@cs.stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-3110
Fax: (650) 725-4671
Office: Gates Building 4B, Room 490
Mailing Address: Computer Science Department
Gates Building 4B, Room 490
Stanford CA 94305-9045

Education

1994 - 1997 Ph.D. Program in Computer Science.
Stanford University, Stanford California.
Dissertation title: Query Planning and Optimization in Information Integration.
Advisor: Prof. Michael R. Genesereth.
1993 - 1994 M.S. in Computer Science.
Stanford University, Stanford, California.
1990 - 1993
B.S. in Business Administration and Computer Science.
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.

Employment Experience

1998-present Socratix Systems, Inc.
Director of Integration Technologies.
1994 - 1997 Stanford University.
Teaching and research assistant. Worked on the Infomaster project, an Information Integration project headed by Prof. Michael R. Genesereth. Assisted in teaching of computer science classes ``Logic and Automated Reasoning'' and ``Introduction to Databases''.
Summer 1995 McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Summer Associate. Collaborated in a team of management consultants on a project to streamline a public transportation company.
1988 - 1991 Vogelsberger Silo- und Behälterbau GmbH
Part-time programmer. Developed a software system for cost estimation of construction projects.

Honors

1997 Best Newcomer Paper Award, ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems (PODS).
1997 Schlumberger Fellowship.
1993 - 1994 Fulbright Grant.
1990 - 1995 Scholar of German National Scholarship Foundation.

Other Interests

1994 - 1998 Dancing: in Vintage Dance Ensemble, a performing group at Stanford.
1988 - 1991 Journalism: Part-time journalist for local newspaper.
1989 - 1991 Politics: Elected in local general election to city counselor in the city of Lauterbach, Germany.




Oliver M. Duschka, Stanford University, duschka@cs.stanford.edu