{"id":418,"date":"2025-05-27T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:04:01","slug":"oliver-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/oliver-kennedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\"><strong>Oliver Kennedy, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/05\/oliver-square-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Oliver Kennedy\" class=\"wp-image-256\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:400px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/05\/oliver-square-1.jpg 968w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/05\/oliver-square-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/05\/oliver-square-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/clustllm4cer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/05\/oliver-square-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Personal Webpage: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/odin.cse.buffalo.edu\/people\/oliver_kennedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/odin.cse.buffalo.edu\/people\/oliver_kennedy.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Highlighted Project: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvizierdb.info%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Craktimmu%40buffalo.edu%7Cff17de8c0c4d496d3b7008dd89e876db%7C96464a8af8ed40b199e25f6b50a20250%7C0%7C0%7C638818353698446124%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fMRiOe%2BQheWHAtbzawl6SfCZnFfrADwTo6JgAg046rI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/vizierdb.info<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Oliver&nbsp;Kennedy&nbsp;is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo.&nbsp; He earned his PhD from Cornell University in 2011 and now leads the Online Data Interactions (ODIn) lab, which operates at the intersection of databases and programming languages.&nbsp;&nbsp;Oliver&nbsp;is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, an IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award, UB&#8217;s Exceptional Scholar Award, and several UB SEAS teaching awards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Oliver&nbsp;is also one of the founding board members of Breadcrumb Analytics. 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