[Crib-list] TODAY: Speaker: MICHAEL STONEBRAKER (MIT) -- Computational Research in Boston and Beyond Seminar -- Friday, May 6, 2011 -- TIME: 12:30 PM in Building 32, Room 144 (Stata Center) (fwd)

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T O D A Y . . .


 	COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH in BOSTON and BEYOND SEMINAR


DATE:		FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011
TIME:		12:30 PM
LOCATION:	Building 32, Room 144  (Stata Center)

(Pizza and beverages will be provided at 12:15 PM outside Room 32-144.)



TITLE:		SciDB: A DBMS Oriented Toward Scientific Needs


SPEAKER:	MICHAEL STONEBRAKER  (MIT)


ABSTRACT:

SciDB is an open-source DBMS oriented toward the data management needs of 
scientists.  As such it mixes statistical and linear algebra operations with 
data management ones, using a natural nested multi-dimensional array data 
model.  We have been working on the code for two years, most recently with the 
help of venture capital backing.  A preliminary version of the system (V 0.75) 
is currently downloadable from our web site (SciDB.org), and Version 1.0 is 
imminent.

This talk presents the main components of SciDB.  As such, it focuses on our 
high-level, SQL-like query language, the issues facing our query optimizer and 
executor and efficient storage management for arrays.  The paper also discusses 
implementation of features not usually present in DBMSs, including version 
control, uncertainty and provenance.  Lastly, we briefly discuss our 
integration with R.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA


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