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Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley and Director of the Sky Computing Lab.
Professor of Computer Science / Executive Chairman of Databricks
Ion Stoica is a distinguished Romanian-American computer scientist, serving as a Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley and Director of the Sky Computing Lab. He is a highly successful entrepreneur, having co-founded and served as Executive Chairman for the multi-billion dollar data and AI company Databricks, as well as co-founding Anyscale and Conviva. His research focuses on distributed systems, cloud computing, and big data, and he is a key architect of the Apache Spark and Ray projects.
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Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley and Director of the Sky Computing Lab.
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Databricks (valued at $100B) and Anyscale.
Creator of foundational open-source projects including Apache Spark, Apache Mesos, and Ray.
Specializes in distributed systems, cloud computing, computer networking, and AI infrastructure.
Ion Stoica is a highly influential figure at the intersection of academia and industry, known for co-founding multiple billion-dollar companies based on his pioneering research in distributed systems and cloud computing.