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'''David J. DeWitt''' is the Professor of [http://www.cs.wisc.edu Computer Sciences] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]. Professor DeWitt received a B.A. degree from [[Colgate University]] in 1970, and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1976. He is a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]], and a Fellow of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].
'''David J. DeWitt''' is the [[John P. Morgridge]] Professor of [http://www.cs.wisc.edu Computer Sciences] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]. Professor DeWitt received a B.A. degree from [[Colgate University]] in 1970, and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1976. He is a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]], and a Fellow of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].


Professor DeWitt is known for his pioneering research in the areas of [[parallel databases]], [[benchmarking]], [[object-oriented databases]], and [[XML databases]].
Professor DeWitt is known for his pioneering research in the areas of [[parallel databases]], [[benchmarking]], [[object-oriented databases]], and [[XML databases]].

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David J. DeWitt is the John P. Morgridge Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Professor DeWitt received a B.A. degree from Colgate University in 1970, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1976. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Professor DeWitt is known for his pioneering research in the areas of parallel databases, benchmarking, object-oriented databases, and XML databases.

Currently, he is a technical fellow at Microsoft's Jim Gray Systems Lab and one of the leaders of the Wisconsin Database Group.