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David J. DeWitt is the John P. Morgridge Professor (Emeritus) 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 then joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison and started the Wisconsin Database Group, which he led for more than 30 years.

Professor DeWitt is known for his pioneering research in the areas of parallel databases, benchmarking, object-oriented databases, and XML databases. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.

He received the ACM SIGMOD Innovations Award (now renamed SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award) in 1995 for his contributions to the database systems field. In 2009, ACM recognized the seminal contributions of his Gamma parallel database system project with the ACM Software System Award. Also in 2009, he received the IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award for his contributions to the database systems field.

Currently, he is a technical fellow at Microsoft, leading the Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab at Madison, Wisconsin.

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-'''David J. DeWitt''' is the [[John P. Morgridge]] Professor (Emeritus) 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 then joined the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] and started the [[Wisconsin Database Group]], which he has been leading for more than 30 years.
+'''David J. DeWitt''' is the [[John P. Morgridge]] Professor (Emeritus) 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 then joined the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] and started the [[Wisconsin Database Group]], which he led for more than 30 years.
 Professor DeWitt is known for his pioneering research in the areas of [[parallel databases]], [[benchmarking]], [[object-oriented databases]], and [[XML databases]]. He is a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]], and a Fellow of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].
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 He received the ACM SIGMOD Innovations Award (now renamed [[SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award]]) in 1995 for his contributions to the database systems field. In 2009, ACM recognized the seminal contributions of his Gamma parallel database system project with the [[ACM Software System Award]]. Also in 2009, he received the [[IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award]] for his contributions to the database systems field.
-Currently, he is a technical fellow at [[Microsoft]], leading the Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab at [[Madison, Wisconsin]], and is one of the leaders of the [[Wisconsin Database Group]].
+Currently, he is a technical fellow at [[Microsoft]], leading the Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab at [[Madison, Wisconsin]].
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