Guido Moerkotte

Guido Moerkotte is full professor of computer science at the University of Mannheim and known for his research on query optimization within database systems.^[2]

Guido Moerkotte
Citizenship	German
Alma mater	Universität Karlsruhe
Known for	Query Optimization
Scientific career
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	University of Mannheim University of Aachen
Thesis	Inkonsistenzen in deduktiven Datenbanken: Diagnose und Reparatur [1]  (1990)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Lockemann
Doctoral students	Thomas Neumann

Life

Moerkotte started studying computer science at the University of Dortmund in 1981^[3] and finished his doctoral studies under the supervision of Peter Lockemann at the Universität Karlsruhe in 1990.^[1] After positions as guest researcher at IBM and visiting researcher at Microsoft,^[4] he joined the University of Aachen as associate professor in January 1994.^[3] Since January 1996, he holds the chair of Practical Computer Science III as a full professor at the University of Mannheim.^[5]

Research

With more than 200 publications including three books, Moerkotte's research focuses on database systems, especially query optimization.^[2] In his early years, he conducted research on deductive databases^[1] and together with Alfons Kemper he worked on object-oriented databases when he was employed in Karlsruhe.^[6] Nowadays he is giving courses on query optimization^[7] and working on query compilers.^[8]

Books

• Konstruktion von Anfrageoptimierern für Objektbanken. Verlag Shaker, Aachen 1995, ISBN 3-8265-0869-6, 1994
• with Alfons Kemper: Object-Oriented Database Management: Applications in Engineering and Computer Science. Prentice-Hall 1994, ISBN 0-13-629239-9
• Building Query Compilers^[8]