Michael Stonebraker 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award Lecture

[@paa5497]

A few years ago, I went on safari to the Serengeti and one stop was the remote eastern Serengiti outpost Namiri Plains that had just opened the prior year. At sundowners, I was talking with a couple of young ladies who were also guests at Namiri Plains and in our conversation, the women mentioned in passing that their dad was the "King of databases". I was skeptical but didn't challenge them. Coincidentally, their dad was seated next to me at dinner. I asked him what he did and he said he was an adjunct professor. I shared what I did and he showed lot of interest in what I did. So while the rest of the communal table - in remote Namiri Plains - were talking about the wildlife they saw that day, the 2 of us were talking about data and algorithms. I was doing a lot of the talking, telling this adjunct professor about the real world. But his interjections and questions in the first 10 minutes made me think that I should perhaps be listening to this person rather than talking. So I spent the next 10 minutes asking questions about what he did and after listening for the next 10 minutes, I was deeply ashamed about my talking most of the first 10 minutes. At the end of dinner, I asked if I could have his business card; he told me that he was on vacation and did not carry a business card, but (once, I reached a place with internet access) I could google his name, Michael Stonebraker.

[@nathanmartinez2630]

wow; nice!

[@mychannel8116]

Amazing lecture. The way he connected the dots by explaining his career and the bike ride side by side to give us the perspective is fantastic. Thanks Michael for inspiring us.

[@austinreynolds2554]

What can I say? I'm inspired!

[@cjf12harry]

Wonderful talk.

[@biaozhang1643]

make it happen👍