We are pleased to announce that the next distinguished specialist to join the list of speakers at the Futurist of The Year 2024 Science Congress, is Dr. Michael L. Brodie – a scientist with more than 45 years of research experience in the fields of data science, databases, artificial intelligence and multidisciplinary problem solving, associated with numerous scientific institutions around the world, including currently DASlab, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard University.
Dr. Michael L. Brodie has authored more than 200 scientific publications on advanced technologies, many in collaboration with Michael Stonebraker (Turing laureate). He gained practical industrial knowledge as chief scientist at Verizon, one of the world’s largest companies, where he was responsible for emerging technologies, architectures and technology strategies for more than 25 years. He has carried out scientific, research and academic activities in the field of information technology in Canada, the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, or Ireland.
He has served on scientific advisory boards of many national and international companies and research organizations including US National Academy of Science and 20 start-ups. From 2013 to 2019, he chaired the Scientific Advisory Committee of Science Foundation Ireland Research Center for Data Analytics.
At the Futurist of The Year 2024 Science Congress in Warsaw, Dr. Michael Brodie will introduce the audience to the concept of artificial intelligence as expanding and narrowing databases, that enables knowledge discovery of scope, scale, complexity and power beyond science, our previously most powerful knowledge discovery paradigm.
For more information about the Futurist Of The Year 2024 Science Congress, visit www.futuristoftheyear.com.
Dr. Michael L. Brodie – BIO
Dr. Michael L. Brodie has over 45 years of research and industry experience in data science, databases, artificial intelligence and multidisciplinary problem solving. For the past five years, his research goal has been to better understand and define data science – its philosophical aspects and data as such, as well as the problem-solving paradigm in data science.
He is a visiting professor at DASlab, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard University. From 2013 to 2019, he was a research fellow at the MIT Data Systems Group. He holds a PhD in databases and AI from the University of Toronto and a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from the National University of Ireland.
He has authored over two hundred articles and seven books on advanced technologies, often collaborating with Turing Laureate Michael Stonebraker. He has worked as computer science professor in Canada, USA, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, and Ireland.
For over 25 years, Dr. Brodie worked as Chief Scientist of Verizon, one of the world’s largest enterprises, where he was responsible for emerging technologies – architectures, methodologies, and strategies, including the largest installation of SAP R3 ERP outside Europe.
Since 1980, he has served on Scientific Advisory Boards of national and international research organizations including US National Academy of Science. From 2013 to 2019, he chaired the Scientific Advisory Committee of Science Foundation Ireland Research Center for Data Analytics, Europe’s first and largest data science research institute, where he helped to define the fascinating new field of data science.
