Research Bio
Matei Zaharia is an associate professor in the Division of Computer Science, EECS, and a Cofounder and CTO of Databricks. He started the Apache Spark open source project during his PhD at UC Berkeley in 2009, and has worked broadly on other widely used data and AI software, including Delta Lake, MLflow, and ColBERT. He currently works on projects in cloud computing, AI, database management and information retrieval. Matei’s research was recognized through the 2014 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, an NSF CAREER Award, and the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Research Expertise and Interest
operating systems & networking, artificial intelligence, database management systems
In the News
Matei Zaharia Awarded ACM Prize in Computing
Teaching
Supervised Independent Study [COMPSCI 199]
Individual Research [COMPSCI 299]
Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Computer Science [COMPSCI 399]
Operating Systems and System Programming [COMPSCI 162]
Supervised Independent Study [COMPSCI 199]
Supervised Independent Study [COMPSCI 199]
Individual Research [COMPSCI 299]
Field Studies in Computer Science [COMPSCI 297]
Operating Systems and System Programming [COMPSCI 162]
Supervised Independent Study [COMPSCI 199]
Individual Research [COMPSCI 299]
Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Computer Science [COMPSCI 399]