Dr. Stan Zdonik is a Professor on the Computer Science faculty at Brown University where he has led the Advanced Data Management Research Group since 1983. He and his team have been involved in a diverse set of topics including object-oriented database systems, semantic query optimization, transaction management, network information systems, data management for mobile systems, data dissemination, and stream processing. Support for this work has come from many government agencies and industrial sources including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Projects, Research Agency (DARPA), IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Apple Computer, Intel, and Sun Microsystems. Zdonik has written over 100 research papers that have been published in highly-competitive database conferences and journals, and he has played an active role in the Aurora and Borealis stream processing engine projects. He is a member of the VLDB Endowment, an editor of several academic journals, and has been Program Chair for both the VLDB and the ICDE database conferences. His work has been featured in Scientific American, and he was the sole recipient of the prestigious Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in computer science in 1986. In the mid-seventies, Zdonik worked on an advanced data management system for pharmacologists at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Inc. in Cambridge, MA. He has been a consultant to many major US corporations including Verizon, Xerox, DEC, Object Design, and Computer Corporation of America. He received two S.B. degrees (Electrical Engineering and Industrial Management), an Sc.M, an E.E degree (Electrical Engineer), and a Ph.D., all from MIT