Laura M. Haas is an American computer scientist noted for her research in database systems and information integration.
Laura also led the Clio project, inventing the concept and basic algorithms for schema mapping, and embodying them in the first tool to compute necessary transformations to bring data from diverse sources into a common format automatically.
[8] In 2006, Haas was named an ACM Fellow "for research leadership, and contributions to federated database systems".
[9] In 2010, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering "for innovations in the design and implementation of systems for information integration".
[10] In 2010, Haas received the ABIE Technical Leadership Award at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.