Peter P. Chen

Award Recipient

The Data Resource Management Technology Award from the Data Administration Management Association (NYC) in 1990.

The Achievement Award in Information Management in 2000 from DAMA International, an international professional organization of data management professionals, managers, and Chief Information Officers (CIO's).

Inductee, the Data Management Hall of Fame in 2000.

The Stevens Award in Software Method Innovation in 2001.

Dr. Chen is scheduled to receive the ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award at the ACM Award Banquet in San Diego, June 2003.

He was recognized as a "software pioneer" in the "Software Pioneers" Conference, Bonn, Germany,27–28 June 2001, together with a group of very distinguished scientists including winners of President's Medals of Technology, ACM Turing Awards, or IEEE distinguished awards such as Harry Goode Awards. The Entity-Relationship model is described in most textbooks on databases, software engineering, and information systems analysis. It is included as a fundamental topic in the ACM/IEEE recommended curriculum on computer science and information systems. Today, it is very likely to find at least one chapter on the ER model when a person randomly picks up a college textbook on information system design or databases. It is also very likely to walk into a college classroom to attend a class on information management and see that the ER modeling is being taught there. For example, at LSU, the ER model is being taught in 3 different colleges: the Computer Science department in College of Basic Sciences, the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department in College of Business, and the Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Systems Department in the College of Engineering. In other universities, the ER model is also taught in a variety of departments and colleges. For example, at Berkeley, the ER model is being taught in 2 or 3 courses at the School of Information Management. As another example, the ER model is being taught in the Computational-Biology/bioinformatics programs at University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, University of Virginia, and Hong Kong University. At MIT, UCLA, and Harvard, Dr. Chen taught various courses in Information Systems and Computer Science. At LSU, he has taught courses in database management systems, software engineering, database design, and Object-Oriented programming. Since 1994, Dr. Chen has been doing research and teaching on Internet/Web, Java, XML, Data Warehousing, E-commerce (B2B and B2C), and Internet Security.