cse291-: Topics in Databases

CSE 291-D

This course will focus on current research topics in databases. Evaluation is based on presentations and class participation.

April 3: Victor Vianu: Current research topics on databases and the Web.
References:
- V. Vianu: "A Web Odyssey: From Codd to XML", PODS 2001 (ps)
- Murata, Lee, Mani: "Taxonomy of XML Schema Languages Using Formal Language Theory", Extreme Markup Languages 2000 (ps)
April 10: Andrei Balmin
April 17: Bertram Ludaescher: From Syntactic to Conceptual XML Queries and Knowledge-Based Information Integration.
References: http://www.sdsc.edu/~ludaesch/cse291-02.html
April 24: Min Qian: State-based workflow models. References (ps)
May 1: Pratik Mukhopa
May 8: Xu Yu
May 15: Ilkay Altintas
May 22: Liying Sui
May 29: Pratik and Vagelis practice VLDB talks