Thomas Neumann
German computer scientist (born 1977)
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Thomas Neumann (born 1977[1]) is a German computer scientist and full professor for Data Science and Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).[4]
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Thomas Neumann | |
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Neumann in 2023 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Mannheim[2] |
| Known for | RDF-3X in-memory databases |
| Awards | Leibniz Prize[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Technical University of Munich Saarland University |
| Thesis | Efficient generation and execution of DAG-structured query graphs[3] (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Guido Moerkotte |
Education and career
Thomas Neumann finished his studies in business informatics, at the University of Mannheim in 2001.[2] He received his doctor's degree in computer science under the supervision of Guido Moerkotte, in 2005,[3] and then worked as a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science in Saarbrücken, with Gerhard Weikum. During this time, Neumann developed RDF-3X,[5] a system for graph databases. He habilitated in 2010 at Saarland University.[1] In the same year, he joined the group for database systems at TUM under Alfons Kemper as associate professor.[1] In 2017, he became a full professor for Data Science and Engineering, also at TUM.[2]
Research
His research areas are query optimisation and efficient query processing by just-in-time compilation.[6] As part of this research, he developed the main memory database system HyPer, which was sold to Tableau Software in 2016,[7] and its successor system Umbra.[8] He was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation for his work on HyPer.[2]
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Awards
- 2025 VLDB Test of Time Award[9]
- 2025 VLDB Best Paper Award[10]
- 2021 VLDB Test of Time Award[11]
- 2021 ICDE Ten-Year Influential Paper Award[12]
- 2020 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize[2]
- 2016 ERC Consolidator Grant[13]
- 2014 Early Career Award of the VLDB Conference[14]
- 1994 International Olympiad in Informatics gold medal[15]