Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Data:
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Name:          Meikel Poess
Address:       1511 Peregrino Way, San Jose, CA 95125, USA
Phone:         ++1-650-725-2602(University), ++1-650-917-9588 (private)
Email:         meikel@db.stanford.edu
WWW:           http://www-db.stanford.edu/~meikel
Date/Place
of birth:      10/19/69, Dinslaken, Germany
Family Status: Single
Nationality:   German

Interests:
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Database Technologies, Database Integration, Performance Analysis, Internet 
Technology, Software Agent Technologies, Distributed Computing

Education and Experience:
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From 2.1998:    Visiting Researcher at Stanford University: I am currently 
                working with Professor Mike Genesereth and Dr. Arthur Keller
                on the Infomaster project for integrating heterogeneous, 
                distributed database systems.
4.1997-4.1998:  Ph.D.-program in Computer Science at the Technical University
                of Berlin (Advisors are Professor Oliver Guenther and 
                Professor Hermann Krallmann).
1.1997-4.1997:  Visiting Researcher at Stanford University: I worked with 
                Professor Gio Wiederhold on the CHAIMS project (Compiling High
                -level Access Interfaces for Multi-site Software).
10.1990-1.1997: Masters in Computer Sciences (Diplom Informatiker) from the 
                University of Karlsruhe (Germany).
5.1996-12.1996: Master's Thesis Research at Stanford University: "Performance
                Evaluation of SQL*Cache: A Predicate-Based Caching System".
10.1994-9.1995: Exchange student at the Politecnico di Torino in Turin, Italy
                (CLUSTER Exchange Program of the European Community).
10.1990-9.1994: Study of Computer Sciences at the University of Karlsruhe. 
                Basic courses in: 
                Networks and Databases (Prof. Lockemann), Artificial 
                Intelligence(Prof. Waibel, Univ. Karlsruhe/ Carnegie Mellon),
                Logic (Prof. Deussen), Algorithms (Prof. Prautzsch) ,Operating
                Systems (Prof. Wettstein), Computer Architectures (Prof. 
                Ungerer), Software Engineering (Prof. Tichy), Real Time 
                Systems (Prof. Schweizer) 
                Graduate courses in:
                Information Systems (databases)/Software Engineering (Prof.
                Demartini/Prof. Bruno, Politecnico di Torino), System
                Analysis/Performance Analysis (Prof. Zorn, Univ. Karlsruhe),
                Business Administration (courses in Accounting, Organization,
                Operations Research) (Burdelski Ph.D., Univ. Karlsruhe)

Internships:
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6.1997-9.1997:  Oracle Corporation, USA: Summer intern in the Server 
                Technologies Group in Redwood Shores (California).
                Implementation of the TPC-C benchmark for Oracle 8 and 
                performance evaluation of Oracle 8's object relational 
                features regarding to the TPC-C benchmark requirements.
7.1995-9.1995:  Politecnico di Torino, Italy: Development of a WWW-Server
                for HP9000 (MPE) as an interface to the library system 
                (MINISIS DBMS).
10.1991-8.1994: University of Karlsruhe, Germany: Teaching Assistant at the 
                "Institute for Computer Application in Planning and Design"
                with Professor Hans Grabowski. Programming of CAD-functions 
                in C++.
8.1991-10.1991: Ruhrgas AG in Essen, Germany: Modeling and Implementation of 
                forms in dBASE.
2.1991-4.1991:  Siemens AG in Karlsruhe: Development of database applications
                in dBASE
Publications:
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Julie Basu, Meikel Poess, Arthur M. Keller," High Performance and Scalability
Through Associative Client-Side Caching" HPTS97, September 1997

Julie Basu, Arthur M. Keller, Meikel Poess, "Centralized versus Distributed
Index Schemes in OODBMS - A Performance Analysis," ADBIS97,March 1997

Julie Basu, Arthur M. Keller, Meikel Poess, "Performance Evaluation of
Centralized and Distributed Index Schemes for a Page Server OODBMS,"
Stanford Computer Science Technical Note: STAN-CS-TN-97-55, February 1997

Master's thesis: "Performance Evaluation of SQL*Cache: A Predicate-Based
Caching System." Completed 1996 at Stanford University (Advisor: Professor
Gio Wiederhold).

Midterm thesis: "Extension of an existing information-system for the 
administration of Professors' publications". Completed in 1995 for the library
at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) (Advisor: Professor Elena Baralis).

Computer Programming Knowledge:
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Programming Languages:  C++, C, Perl, Java, CORBA, Pascal, SQL, CSIM
Operating Systems:      UNIX, DOS, MPE
Database-Systems:       Oracle 8, MINISIS, dBASE
Platforms:              SUN, Apple Macintosh, IBM-PC

Military Service:
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1989-1990 as a geographer.

Language Skills:
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English, fluent in speaking and writing
Italian, fluent in speaking and writing
German, native speaker

References:
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Professor Gio Wiederhold: Stanford University, gio@cs.stanford.edu
Professor Michael R. Genesereth: Stanford University, genesereth@cs.stanford.edu
Dr. Arthur Keller: Stanford University, ark@db.stanford.edu
Dr. Julie Basu: Oracle Corporation (USA, Redwood Shores) jbasu@us.oracle.com
Professor Elena Baralis: Politecnico di Torino, baralis@polito.it