Jennifer Widom

Jennifer Widom
Alma mater	Cornell University (Ph.D., M.S.) Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (B.S.)
Known for	Semi-structured data model Data stream management system Active database
Awards	Erna Hamburger Prize (2018) ACM-W Athena Lecturer Award (2015) American Academy of Arts & Sciences Member (2009) National Academy of Engineering Member (2005) ACM Fellow (2005) Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (2000)
Scientific career
Institutions	Stanford University IBM Almaden Research Center Cornell University Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Thesis	Trace-Based Network Proof Systems: Expressiveness and Completeness  (1987)
Doctoral advisor	David Gries
Doctoral students	Parag Agrawal
Website	cs.stanford.edu/people/widom/

Jennifer Widom is an American computer scientist known for her work in database systems and data management. She is notable for foundational contributions to semi-structured data management and data stream management systems. Since 2017, Widom is the dean of the School of Engineering and professor of computer science at Stanford University. Her honors include the Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science and multiple lifetime achievement awards from the Association for Computing Machinery.^[1][2]