Erhard Rahm (born 1959) is a German

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and professor at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

. His research areas are

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and

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Biography

Rahm studied computer science at

Kaiserslautern University of Technology Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...

from 1979 to 1984 where he also earned his Ph.D. in 1988. From 1988 to 1989 he was a post-doc at the

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in Hawthorne. He was an assistant professor at Kaiserslautern University of Technology from 1989 to 1994 and received the

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in 1993. Since 1994 he is a full professor for databases at the University of Leipzig. He spent extended research visits at

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in Redmond (WA) and the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

Selected publications

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Selected awards

* VLDB 10-Year Best Paper Award 2011 with Jayant Madhavan and

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, * ICDE Influential Paper Award 2013 ICDE Influential Paper Awards
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References

External links

Homepage of Erhard Rahm at University of Leipzig

Publications
in the

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Publications
in

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Entry for Erhard Rahm in Mathematics Genealogy Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahm, Erhard Living people 1959 births German computer scientists Computer science educators Database researchers Academic staff of Leipzig University Technical University of Kaiserslautern alumni