Overview: If you are interested in database research, you are welcome to join us in our weekly database seminar. Every week a local or visiting researcher gives a talk on his/her research topic.
	Location/Time: The seminar is held on Fridays at 2-3:30pm in EBU3B 3217
	Course Number: If you are a student and plan to attend, please enroll in CSE 239A.
	Mailing List: Announcements about the seminar are sent to the DBTalks mailing list. To (un)subscribe, please click here.
	Organization: The seminar in Winter 2010 is organized by Victor Vianu.

Feb 12

Kevin Keliang Zhao (UCSD) TBA Abstract

Feb 19	Todd J. Green (UC Davis) TBA Abstract
Feb 26	Alden King (UCSD) TBA Abstract
Mar 12	Spyros Zoupanos (INRIA) Materialized views for P2P XML warehousing Abstract
Apr 9	Chen Li (UC Irvine) TBA Abstract

2010
Jan 29	Liang (Jeff) Chen (UCSD) Supporting Top-K Keyword Search in XML Databases Abstract
Jan 22	Christos Kozanitis (UCSD) Compressing Genomic Sequence Fragments Using SlimGene Abstract
Jan 15	Automatic Verification of Data-Centric Business Processes Alin Deutsch (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 8	Automatic Verification of Database-Driven Systems: A New Frontier Victor Vianu (UCSD) Abstract
2009
Oct 23	Safely Analyzing Sensitive Network Data Gerome Miklau (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst) Abstract
Sep 25	Do-It-Yourself Custom DB-driven Web applications Yannis Papakonstantinou (UCSD)
May 22	A Compiler for Data-Centric Business Processes Specification Piero Cangialosi (Sapienza University of Rome & UCSD) Abstract
May 15	Analysis of Scoring Practice in Semi-Structured Content Retrieval Systems Nathan Bales (UCSD) Abstract
May 08	A Computational Database Alden King (UCSD) Abstract
May 01	MayBMS - A Probabilistic Database Management System Christoph Koch (Cornell) Abstract
Apr 24	Policy-Aware Sender Anonymity in Location Based Services Avinash Vyas (UCSD) Abstract
Apr 17	Principled Research in Database Systems Jennifer Widom (Stanford) Abstract, Slides
Apr 10	Join-based Algorithm for XML Keyword Search Jeff Chen (UCSD) Abstract
Apr 03	Overview of Do-It-Yourself Database-Driven Web Application Research Kian Win Ong (UCSD) Abstract
Mar 13	Querying Data Sources That Export Infinite Sets of Views Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract
Mar 06	Optimizing Semistructured Queries with Full Text Predicates and User Defined Scoring Nathan Bales (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 27	Scalable semantic search of service contracts Elio Damaggio (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 25	Special brainstorming session on financial data Alan Nash Abstr act
Feb 20	Uncovering the Full Potential of Data Services Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 13	Scalable and Democratic Publishing in Online Communities Emiran Curtmola (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 06	Research project on performance evaluation of dynamic provisioning strategies for data intensive applications Chaitan Baru(SDSC/Calit2) Abstract
Jan 30	Modeling and Querying Probabilistic XML Benny Kimelfeld (IBM Almaden) Abstract
Jan 16	Static Analysis of Active XML Systems Victor Vianu (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 09	Data Management in the Cloud Donald Kossmann (ETH Zurich) Abstract
2008
Nov 14	Automatic Data-Driven Schema Evolution Nikolaos Trogkanis (UCSD) Abstract
Nov 07	Cheap, Fast, Low-power Petabytes Steven Swanson (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 24	Resolve As You Go With Your Friends: Allowing Communities to Collaboratively Resolve Data Conflicts Yannis Katsis (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 17	Deep Typechecking and Refactoring Zach Tatlock (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 10	Scaling Reachability on Directed Acyclic Graphs Sandeep Gupta (SDSC) Abstract
Oct 03	Associative Information Science: TIE and GIA Jerzy Lewak (SpeedTrack Inc, UCSD) Abstract
Sep 26	Expressive Policy Analysis with Enhanced System Dynamicity Jorge Lobo (IBM T.J. Watson) Abstract
May 23	WIRE: Wikipedia Infobox Record Extractor Andrey Balmin (IBM Almaden) Abstract
May 22	Processing XML Data in the Presence of Side-Effects Jerome Simeon (IBM T.J. Watson) Abstract
May 09	Handling Data Skew in Parallel Joins in Shared-Nothing Systems Yu Xu (Teradata) Abstract
May 02	Privacy in data publishing: a unified view Avinash Vyas (UCSD) Abstract
Apr 11	Disambiguation of textual and web data Dmitri V. Kalashnikov (UCI) Abstract
Apr 04	Private Queries in Location Based Services: Anonymizers are not Necessary Gabriel Ghinita (National University of Singapore) Abstract
Feb 29	Making Text Search More Powerful by Supporting Fuzzy String Matching Chen Li (UC Irvine) Abstract
Feb 22	Querying XML Peers Emiran Curtmola (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 15	Versatile and Efficient Keyword Search on Large-Scale Graph-Structured Data Heasoo Hwang (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 08	Automatic Composition of Services Fabio Patrizi ("La Sapienza" University of Rome) Abstract
Jan 25	Processing Web-Scale Data with Pig Chris Olston (Yahoo! Research) Abstract
Jan 18	Modelling Real P2P Networks: The Effect of Altruism Vasilis Vassalos (AUEB and UCSD) Abstract
Jan 11	ChemXSeer: A Digital Library for Chemical Kinetics Data & Scientific Literature Prasenjit Mitra (Penn State) Abstract
2007
Nov 30	Community-oriented Information Integration Yannis Katsis (UCSD) Abstract
Nov 16	Learning in Query Optimization Volker Markl (IBM Almaden Research Center) Abstract
Nov. 2	ZeroX: XQuery Enabled Workflows Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 19	Scientific Data Management: The Quest for More Abstraction Kai Lin (SDSC) Abstract
Oct 12	SQL Log Analysis: An Exploration of XQuery as a Tool to Analyze SQL Parse Trees Nathan Bales (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 5	Faster XPath processing on commodity relational systems Vasilis Vassalos (AUEB and UCSD) Abstract
June 8	Provenance Semirings Val Tannen (Univ. of Pennsylvania) Abstract
May 25	Evaluating Queries on Mystiq, a Probabilistic Database Nathan Bales (UCSD) Abstract
May 17	Sequencing Paradigm for XML Twig Pattern Matching Praveen Rao (Univ. of Arizona) Abstract
May 11	Query reformulation under constraints Alin Deutsch (UCSD) Abstract
Apr 27	Computing Joins via Fractional Edge Covers Martin Grohe (Univ. Humbolt, Berlin) Abstract
Apr 13	Views and queries: determinacy vs. rewriting Victor Vianu(UCSD) Abstract
Apr 06	Querying biological databases Vineet Bafna (UCSD) Abstract
Mar 09	Talk by Yu Xu (Teradata)
Feb 23	Optimizing Queries Using Inverse Functions Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 16	A Framework for XML-based Integration of Data visualization and Analysis in a Biomedical Domain Nathan Bales (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 09	Querying Inconsistent Databases: A Survey Yannis Katsis (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 02	Optimized Execution of Continuous Queries over Distributed Data: A Cost-based Approach Ravi Vijay (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 26	Strongly-coupled semantic data integration in P2P settings Elio Damaggio (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 19	Query Decomposition: A Survey Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract, Slides
2006
Nov 17	app2you: Build a Database-Driven Web Application in Just Minutes Kian Win Ong (UCSD) Abstract
Nov 03	Finding Frequent Items in Data Streams Alexander Loukissas (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 27	XTreeNet: A Scalable Unified Overlay Network with Efficient XML Content Access Methods in Distributed Networks Emiran Curtmola (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 20	Automated Verification and Testing of Legacy Web Applications Using WAVE Dayou Zhou (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 13	XML Query Optimizations in the Presence of Side Effects Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 03	How Could We All Get Along on the Web 2.0? (The Power of Structured Data on the Web) Sihem Amer-Yahia (Yahoo! Research) Abstract
Sep 29	External Memory Algorithms for Shortest Distance Queries Sandeep Gupta (San Diego Supercomputing Center) Abstract
Sep 22	Efficiently Representing and Querying Sensor Network Readings on Data Grids Elio Masciari (Univ. of Calabria, Italy) Abstract
May 26	Access Control Mechanisms in Distributed XML Publishing Environments Bogdan Cautis (INRIA) Abstract
May 19	Querying and Mining in Graph Databases Ambuj Singh (UC Santa Barbara) Abstract
May 12	Indexing Shared Content in Information Retrieval Systems Marcus Fontoura (Yahoo! Research) Abstract
May 11	Models for Incomplete and Probabilistic Information Val Tannen (University of Pennsylvania) Abstract
Apr 21	Efficient query processing on XML streams Yi Chen (Arizona State University) Abstract
Mar 10	An XML-based architecture for Web 2.0 applications Daniela Florescu (Oracle) Abstract
Mar 03	Survey on OLAP Kian Win Ong (UCSD), Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract, Slides, Demo in Excel
Feb 24	Survey on privacy in data publishing Yannis Katsis (UCSD), Avinash Vyas (UCSD) Abstract, Slides
Feb 17	Survey on quality-based integration Heasoo Hwang (UCSD) Abstract, Slides
Feb 10	Specification and Verification of Interactive, Data-Driven Web Applications Liying Sui (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 03	Data Integration, Data Exchange, and Privacy Alan Nash (UCSD)
Jan 27	Query reformulation under constraints (Part 2) Alin Deutsch (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 20	Query reformulation under constraints (Part 1) Alin Deutsch (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 13	Efficient Native XML Storage Vagelis Hristidis (Florida International University) Abstract
2005
Nov 04	Exception Handling in Workflow-Driven Web Applications Marco Brambilla (Politecnico di Milano) Abstract
Oct 21	Stack-based Algorithms for Pattern Matching on DAGs Li Chen (SDSC) Abstract
Oct 14	A Logical Framework for XML Full-Text Search Emiran Curtmola (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 07	XML Tools for Wireless Configuration Data Migration Avinash Vyas (UCSD) Abstract
Sep 23	The NEXT+ Framework for Logical XQuery Optimization Yu Xu (UCSD) Abstract
Jun 03	Views and Queries: Determinacy and Rewriting Victor Vianu (UCSD) Abstract
May 20	WAVE: A Verifier for Interactive, Data-driven Web Applications Alin Deutsch (UCSD) Abstract
May 13	Talk on Liquid Data Vinayak Borkar (BEA)
May 06	Determining Source Contribution in Integration Systems Yannis Katsis (UCSD) Abstract
Apr 22	Efficient Keyword Search for Smallest LCAs in XML Databases Yu Xu (UCSD) Abstract
Apr 15	Active XML: A Data-Centric Perspective on Web Services Omar Benjelloun (Stanford) Abstract
Apr 01	XQuery Midflight: Emerging Database-Oriented Paradigms and a Classification of Research Advances Ioana Manolescu (INRIA), Yannis Papakonstantinou (UCSD) Abstract
Mar 04	How to be a Successfull Graduate Student Yannis Papakonstantinou (UCSD) Collection of thoughts of multiple advisors, filtered and presented by Yannis
Feb 18	XML Data Services: Data Modeling in the Web Services Era Mike Carey (BEA Systems) Abstract
Feb 14	Toward Large-Scale Integration: Building a MetaQuerier for the Deep Web Kevin Chang (UIUC) Abstract
Feb 11	Exporting and Utilizing Database Interfaces on the Web (Interview practice talk) Michalis Petropoulos (UCSD)
Feb 04	Grouping in XML Yu Xu (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 28	Self-tuning and Agent-based Databases Sergio Lifschitz (PUC-Rio) Abstract
Jan 21	Composition of mappings given by embedded dependencies Alan Nash (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 14	Some Database Research Problems in Bioinformatics Sergio Lifschitz (PUC-Rio) Abstract
2004
Nov 12	Rewriting RDF Queries Using a Relational Model Nicola Onose (UCSD) Abstract
Nov 05	GalaTex, a full-text search extension to XQuery Emiran Curtmola (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 29	A Verifier for Interactive, Data-Driven Web Services Alin Deutsch (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 22	Integration and Portals Made Cheap Yannis Papakonstantinou (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 15	Application-driven Interactive Source Registration Yannis Katsis (UCSD)
Oct 08	CLIDE: Interactively Building Feasible Queries on Query Rewriting-Based Systems Michalis Petropoulos (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 01	Tutorial on Formal Models and Verification of Web Services Victor Vianu (UCSD)
Jun 09	Choreography Languages for Web Services and Business Processes: A survey Marco Brambilla (Politecnico di Milano) Abstract
May 26	Are We There Yet: A Closer Look at XQuery Fatma Ozcan (IBM Almaden Research Center) Abstract
May 12	A Survey of Algorithms for Checking Containment of Conjunctive Dayou Zhou (UCSD) The work will present and compare the Levy-Sagiv [VLDB'93] and the Lausen-Wei [ICDT'03] algorithms
May 05	Title Chen Li
Apr 12	Continuous Queries over Data Streams: facing up to the problems Carlo Zaniolo (UCLA) Abstract
Apr 07	Accelerating Symbolic Computation with Reconfigurable Hardware Eric Lemoine (Tarari) Abstract
Feb 16	Keyword Search in Structured and Semistructured Databases Vagelis Hristidis (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 11	Search Engines Considered Harmful (In Search of an Unbiased Web Ranking) Junghoo Cho (UCLA) Abstract
Feb 04	Actor-oriented Metaprogramming Steve Neuendorffer (UC Berkeley) Abstract
Jan 26	Generic Model Management: A Database Infrastructure for Schema Philip Bernstein (Microsoft Research) Abstract
Jan 22	Automated Verification = Graphs, Automata, and Logic Moshe Vardi (Rice University) Abstract
Jan 21	And Logic Begat Computer Science: When Giants Roamed the Earth Moshe Vardi (Rice University) Abstract
Jan 14	Pegasus: Mapping complex applications onto the Grid Ewa Deelman (USC) Abstract
2003
Dec 02	Interactive web services Liying Sui (UCSD)
Nov 18	Searching DAG databases Tulika Agrawal (UCSD)
Nov 11	Processing queries under limited access patterns Alan Nash (UCSD)
Nov 04	Privacy in databases Alin Deutsch (UCSD)
Oct 21	XQuery normalization Yu Xu (UCSD)
Oct 16	How to use XML for DB applications Murali Mani (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Oct 07	Validation of view updates Alan Nash (UCSD)
Mar 21	Title Amarnath Gupta (SDSC), Simone Santini (UCSD)
Feb 21	PIX: A System for Phrase Matching in XML Documents Yu Xu (UCSD) Abstract
Feb 14	MARS: A System for Publishing XML Alin Deutsch (UCSD)
Feb 07	Integrating Data by Integrating Meta-Data and Meta-Data Languages Joseph Goguen (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 31	Random Walks in Ranking Query Results in Semistructured Databases Vagelis Hristidis (UCSD) Abstract, Slides
Jan 24	Validating Streaming XML Documents Victor Vianu (UCSD) Abstract
Jan 15	A Transducer-Based XML Query Processor Pratik Mukhopadhyay (UCSD) Abstract, Slides of VLDB 2002
2002
Dec 13	The XML Stream Processing Problem: Automata and Stream Indexes Dan Suciu (Univ. of Washington) Abstract
Dec 12	Controlled Data Publishing Gerome Miklau (Univ. of Washington) Abstract
Nov 22	Incremental Validation of XML Documents Yannis Papakonstantinou (UCSD) Abstract
Nov 15	Information Filtering, Continuous Queries, and Adaptive Data Flow Processing Mike Franklin (UC Berkeley) Abstract
Nov 01	Exploring the combined potential of web applications and web services Ioana Manolescu (INRIA) Abstract
Oct 25	Efficient Validation of XML Updates Andrey Balmin (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 18	Optimization of nested XQueries using minimization Alin Deutsch (UCSD), Yannis Papakonstantinou (UCSD)
Oct 11	Efficient Keyword Search in Relational Databases Vagelis Hristidis (UCSD) Abstract
Oct 04	Looking at Local-As-View and Global-As-View Through Logic Programming Glasses Alin Deutsch (UCSD), Bertram Ludaescher (SDSC) Abstract
Sep 18	Statistics-based Query Relaxation for Semistructured Data Michalis Petropoulos (UCSD) Abstract

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