Nothing is certain, but death and taxes ... and, please don't forget, data! What drew me to the field of data management was, first, the possibility of managing data in all its nuances (think of data in a variety of data formats, often uncleaned or ambiguous), and, second, the unsurprising fact that, with the aid of models and algorithms, we can still manage to make very good use of it. My research focuses on developing techniques to support efficient and practical use of schema mappings in information integration, and in particular, on embracing incompleteness in the context of data-driven decision making. My dissertation work contributes to several areas, including information integration, data translation, and business intelligence.
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