He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. Johannes' research interests are in the areas of data mining, data stream processing, distributed data management for sensor networks and peer-to-peer networks, and applications of database and data mining technology to the sciences. Johannes has received a National Science Foundation Career Award, an Arthur P. Sloan Fellowship, an IBM Faculty Award, the Cornell College of Engineering James and Mary Tien Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Cornell University Provost's Award for Distinguished Scholarship. He is serving as Program co-Chair of the 2004 ACM SIGKDD Conference. More information can be found at http://www.cs.cornell.edu/johannes.