Frank Munz solves large-scale data and AI challenges at Databricks. He authored three computer science books, built up technical evangelism for Amazon Web Services in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and once upon a time worked as a data scientist with a group that won a Nobel prize.

Frank has presented at top-notch conferences on every continent (except Antarctica, due to its inhospitable climate). His speaking engagements include Devoxx, Kubecon, and Java One.

He is renowned for his world-class demos, which often showcase innovative and interactive applications of technology. Some notable examples include:

• Once Frank spit into a test tube, got his DNA analyzed and shared it with attendees using OSS Delta Sharing to let them explore his personal coffee metabolism snip.
• Last year at the Data+AI Summit, Frank created a crowd-sourced distributed earthquake detection system that ingested streaming data from 250 attendees’ phone motion sensors at a rate of 100 million IoT events per day.

He holds a Ph.D. with summa cum laude in Computer Science from TU Munich where he worked on Supercomputing in brain research (a system that allows better diagnosis for children with epilepsy possibly undergoing brain surgery)