Peter Haas has been a Research Staff Member at the IBM Almaden
Research Center since 1987, and is also a Consulting Associate
Professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at
Stanford University. He has received a number of awards from both ACM
SIGMOD and the IBM Research Division for his work on sampling-based
exploration of massive datasets, automated relationship discovery in
databases, query optimization methods, and technology for autonomic
computing. Many of his techniques have been incorporated into IBM's
DB2 database product. He has also developed theory and methods for
modelling and simulation of complex discrete-event stochastic systems,
and his monograph on stochastic Petri nets (Springer, 2002) received
an Outstanding Publication Award from the INFORMS College on
Simulation. He has served on numerous editorial boards and program
committees, and is the author of over 80 conference publications,
journal articles, and books.