Please answer the following question: Facts:   - caption: randy h. katz    - thesis year: 1980    - workplaces: university of california , berkeley    - doctoral advisor: eugene wong    - notable students: susan j. eggers hari balakrishnan      - thesis title: database design and translation for multiple data models    - name: randy h. katz    - image size: 300px    - alma mater: cornell university university of california , berkeley   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of randy katz .
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randy howard katz is a distinguished professor at university of california , berkeley of the electrical engineering and computer science department .katz received an a.b. from cornell university -lrb- may 1976 -rrb- , ms from uc berkeley -lrb- june 1978 -rrb- , and ph.d. from uc berkeley -lrb- june 1980 -rrb- all in computer science .katz is a fellow of both the association for computing machinery -lrb- acm -rrb- and institute of electrical and electronics engineers -lrb- ieee -rrb- , and a member of national academy of engineering and the american academy of arts and sciences .he has published over 250 refereed technical papers , book chapters , and books .his textbook , contemporary logic design , has sold over 85,000 copies , and has been used at over 200 colleges and universities .he was awarded the ieee james h. mulligan , jr. .education medal in 2010 .katz , along with david a. patterson and garth gibson , developed the redundant array of inexpensive disks -lrb- raid -rrb- concept for computer storage in their 1988 sigmod conference paper .