NEW ITEM:   Interview video as part of the ACM SIGMOD Distinguished Profiles in Databases series.

NEW ITEM:   Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory, by Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Series on Foundations and Trends in Theoretical Computer Science, now Publishers, Hanover, MA, 2008.

NEW ITEM:   Dr. Vitter and his former PhD student Dr. Min Wang are recipients of the 2009 Test of Time Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD) for their 1999 SIGMOD paper, "Approximate Computation of Multidimensional Aggregates of Sparse Data Using Wavelets." The award acknowledges the paper of the SIGMOD conference held 10 years prior that has had the most impact in terms of research, products, and methodology over the past decade.

NEW ITEM:   Dr. Vitter was elected a Fellow of the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) for distinguished contributions to the design and analysis of efficient computer algorithms and data structures, particularly those involving massive amounts of data.

Welcome to Jeff Vitter's Purdue home page. Dr. Vitter is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he previously served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics. From 2002 to 2008, Dr. Vitter served as the Frederick L. Hovde Dean of Science and Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University.

You can access Dr. Vitter's professional information, curriculum vitæ, and online publications on his Texas A&M University home page.

For family and academic genealogy information about Dr. Vitter, please visit vitter.org.