Joseph M. Hellerstein’s work focuses on data-centric systems and the way they drive computing. He is the Jim Gray Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Recognitions of his research contributions include the ACM SIGMOD Codd Innovations Award, ACM Fellow and Sloan Fellowship, and six “Test of Time” awards. Fortune Magazine has included him in their list of 50 smartest people in technology, and MIT’s Technology Review magazine included his work on cloud programming in their TR10 list of the 10 technologies “most likely to change our world”. Hellerstein is also a longtime participant in the computing industry: a co-founder of startups including Aqueduct and Trifacta, a Faculty Fellow at Sutter Hill Ventures, former Director of Intel Research, Berkeley, and technical advisor to startups and established tech firms.