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Tomasz Imieliński

Also known as Tomasz Imielinski

Tomasz Imieliński is a professor of computer science at Rutgers University whose 1993 paper on association rules started association-rule mining. He completed a B.E./M.E. in electrical engineering at Politechnika Gdańska and a computer-science doctorate at the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1982, then joined Rutgers after a year at McGill University. The paper received the ACM SIGMOD Test of Time Award in 2003. He co-founded Connotate Technologies in 2000 and held roles at Ask.com from 2004 to 2010. As of October 2026, he is a former undergraduate co-director of the Rutgers data science program, and in 2024 he and Ananda Gunawardena received the Grossman Innovation Prize for work that includes CodeBench.

Works
164
Citations
30,673
h-index
45

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 17 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1982

    A doctorate in Poland

    He completes a B.E./M.E. in electrical engineering at Politechnika Gdańska in Gdańsk and, in 1982, a computer-science PhD at the Polish Academy of Sciences.

  2. 1983–2003

    From McGill to Rutgers

    He joins the faculty at McGill University in Montreal for one year, then joins Rutgers University in New Brunswick and chairs computer science there from 1996 to 2003.

  3. 1992–2002

    A VLDB ten-year award

    In 1992 he and Badri Nath publish “Querying in Highly Mobile Distributed Environments.” In 2002 the paper receives the VLDB 10-year award.

  4. 1993–2003

    Mining association rules

    In 1993 his paper on association rules starts association-rule mining. The paper receives the ACM SIGMOD Test of Time Award in 2003.

  5. 2000–2010

    Connotate and Ask.com

    In 2000 he co-founds Connotate Technologies, a web data-extraction company in New Brunswick. From 2004 to 2010 he works at Ask.com as vice president of data solutions, executive vice president of global search and answers, and chief scientist. He also serves as vice president of data solutions at IAC.

  6. 2018

    A Sendzimir award

    In 2018 he receives the Tadeusz Sendzimir award from PIASA.

  7. 2024

    The Grossman Innovation Prize

    In 2024 he and Ananda Gunawardena receive the Grossman Innovation Prize. Their work includes CodeBench, an AI-driven cloud-based system, and Data101, with some 1,500 Rutgers students enrolled in courses using them.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at Rutgers

    As of October 2026, he is a professor of computer science at Rutgers University and a former undergraduate co-director of the data science program.

Sources and credits

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  1. Tomasz Imieliński - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. Imielinski, Tomasz ds.sas.rutgers.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. Tomasz Imieliński – Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia pl.wikipedia.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. Rutgers Media Relations - A decade of accolades for Rutgers computer science pioneer people.cs.rutgers.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  5. Data 101 data101.cs.rutgers.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  6. SENDZIMIR Award Recipients sendzimiraward.org. Checked 16 October 2026.
  7. Two Professors Design a Learning Platform to Meet the Demand for Data Science Education sas.rutgers.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  8. Faculty ds.sas.rutgers.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.
  9. Directors' Message ds.sas.rutgers.edu. Checked 16 October 2026.