What does Jeff Dean do?

Jeff Dean is with at Discovery Loop.

Where did Jeff Dean study?

Jeff Dean studied Bachelor of Science at University of Minnesota (1990).

What are Jeff Dean's skills?

distributed computing, information retrieval, machine learning, compiler, computer architecture, informatics.

When was Jeff Dean born?

Jeff Dean was born on 1968-07 in Hawaii.

What awards has Jeff Dean received?

honorary member, ACM Prize in Computing, ACM Fellow, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mark Weiser Award, and 1 more.

Public figure, Engineering, Research

Jeff Dean Silver

American computer scientist

Discovery Loop1968-07Information and communication

Jeff Dean is an American computer scientist. Born 1968 in Hawaii. Associated with Google, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq.

Current organisations: Discovery Loop, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq
Function: Engineering, Research
Industries: Information and communication

Quick answers

Common questions

Who is Jeff Dean?: Jeff Dean is an American computer scientist. Born 1968 in Hawaii. Associated with Google, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq.
What does Jeff Dean do?: Jeff Dean is with at Discovery Loop.
Where did Jeff Dean study?: Jeff Dean studied Bachelor of Science at University of Minnesota (1990).
What are Jeff Dean's skills?: distributed computing, information retrieval, machine learning, compiler, computer architecture, informatics.
When was Jeff Dean born?: Jeff Dean was born on 1968-07 in Hawaii.
What awards has Jeff Dean received?: honorary member, ACM Prize in Computing, ACM Fellow, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mark Weiser Award, and 1 more.

Journey

Career and education

Silver

Education Work

Career

Google 1999 to 2026
Digital Equipment Corporation now
Compaq now
Discovery Loop 2026 to now

Education

Bachelor of ScienceUniversity of Minnesota 1990
doctorateUniversity of Washington 1996
Master of ScienceUniversity of Washington
The Paideia School 1986
doctorateUniversity of Washington

Public record

Public life

Gold

Born: 1968-07, Hawaii
Citizenship: United States
Occupations: computer scientist, software engineer, artificial intelligence researcher
Affiliations: National Academy of Engineering, Association for Computing Machinery, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Also known as: Jeffrey Adgate Dean, J. Dean

Awards, work, projects

Achievements

Silver

Awards

honorary member 2016
ACM Prize in Computing 2012
ACM Fellow 2009
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2016
Mark Weiser Award
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2013

Notable work

Web search for a planet: the google cluster architecture
MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters

Languages and interests

Profile

Languages: English
Expertise: distributed computing, information retrieval, machine learning, compiler, computer architecture, informatics, health informatics, computer science

What we have, and what we might have wrong

This page is assembled from the sources below. Each section carries its own grade. Gold 1 section Silver 2 sections

Wikidata, as of 3 Oct 2026. Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)
Wikimedia Commons. Photo, see the file page for licence

Last rebuilt 3 Oct 2026. We may be wrong: names get matched to the wrong record, people change jobs, companies change status. What gets seen and reported gets fixed. How grades work.

Suggest a correction

This is me: claim this profile

Request removal