CSE 702 Rich Data and Queries

Registration #447430

Instructor

Time and location

Friday, 4-6:30pm, Bell 224

Schedule

Date Topics Presenter References

01/23/09 Discovering Relative Importance of Skyline Attributes Denis Mindolin B. Jiang et al.: Mining Preferences from Superior and Inferior Examples. KDD'08.

01/30/09 Preferences over Sets Xi Zhang X. Zhang, J. Chomicki: Profiling Sets for Preference Querying. LID'08.

02/06/09 No talk None None

02/13/09, 02/20/09 Provenance in Relational and XML Databases Abhijith Kashyap

T. J. Green et al.: Provenance Semirings. PODS'07.
J. N. Foster: Annotated XML: Queries and Provenance. PODS'08.

02/27/09 Answering Top-k Queries Using Views Amrit Singh G. Das et al.: Answering Top-k Queries Using Views. VLDB'06

03/06/09 Foundations of Preference Queries Jan Chomicki TBA

03/20/09 Progressive Skyline Computation Chaitrali Agashe D. Papadias et al.: Progressive Skyline Computation in Database Systems. TODS'05

03/20/09 - 03/27/09 Annotated Databases Vinay Bhamidipati D. Bhagwat et al.: An Annotation Management System for Relational Databases. VLDB journal, 2005.

Date	Topics	Presenter	References
01/23/09	Discovering Relative Importance of Skyline Attributes	Denis Mindolin	B. Jiang et al.: Mining Preferences from Superior and Inferior Examples. KDD'08.
01/30/09	Preferences over Sets	Xi Zhang	X. Zhang, J. Chomicki: Profiling Sets for Preference Querying. LID'08.
02/06/09	No talk	None	None
02/13/09, 02/20/09	Provenance in Relational and XML Databases	Abhijith Kashyap	T. J. Green et al.: Provenance Semirings. PODS'07. J. N. Foster: Annotated XML: Queries and Provenance. PODS'08.
02/27/09	Answering Top-k Queries Using Views	Amrit Singh	G. Das et al.: Answering Top-k Queries Using Views. VLDB'06
03/06/09	Foundations of Preference Queries	Jan Chomicki	TBA
03/20/09	Progressive Skyline Computation	Chaitrali Agashe	D. Papadias et al.: Progressive Skyline Computation in Database Systems. TODS'05
03/20/09 - 03/27/09	Annotated Databases	Vinay Bhamidipati	D. Bhagwat et al.: An Annotation Management System for Relational Databases. VLDB journal, 2005.

Summary

The seminar will focus on new research problems and results in data models, query languages, and foundations of databases. Topics to be discussed include some of the following: preference queries, ranking, annotated databases, provenance, probabilistic databases, dataspaces, data integration, conditional dependencies and data cleaning, foundations of the Semantic Web, database security and privacy.

Each student will give a class presentation based on one or more current research papers, and prepare a report based on the class discussion. There will also be presentations by the instructor and invited speakers. Class attendance and participation are mandatory. Students can register for 1-3 credits.

A solid background in database management systems and some knowledge of logic are required.

Possible topics

List of topics

Previous offering of this seminar (as CSE 720)

Rich Data and Queries (Fall 2007)