Oliver Kennedy
Associate Professor
Buffalo, New York, United States
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Top SchoolOliver Kennedy is an Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo with 17 years of experience advancing database research and systems. His work spans probabilistic databases, query optimization, distributed systems, and network policy/security, with a practical focus on making scientific data management and analytics more powerful and accessible. He blends theoretical rigor from a Cornell PhD with hands-on systems-building, addressing real-world problems like distributed aggregation and cloud-scale query processing. Based in Buffalo, he pursues interdisciplinary projects that bridge compilers, distributed computing, and database theory. Known for exploring unconventional intersections—such as applying probabilistic techniques to network policy reasoning—he aims to broaden the toolbox available to data practitioners and researchers alike.
17 years of coding experience
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at New York UniversityMS, PhD, Computer Science, MS, PhD, Computer Science at Cornell UniversityBE, Computer Engineering, BE, Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of TechnologyStuyvesant High School
English, Polish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (141)
notebook10
probabilistic-programming10
python10
lorem-ipsum10
uncertainty10
plsql10
flink-sql10
sql10
data-wrangling10
relational-algebra10
database10
analytics10
ocaml10
scala10
kernel10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
sophieyoung717/mimir
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:27 commits, 1 PR in 4 months
probabilisticmimirdatabaseoverlay
okennedy/jitd
Aug 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:119 commits, 58 pushes, 1 issue in 1 year
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