This paper proposes techniques to query encrypted XML documents. Such a problem predominantly occurs in “Database as a Service” (DAS) architectures, where a client may outsour...
In data stream processing systems, Quality of Service (or QoS) requirements, as specified by users, are extremely important. Unlike in a database management system (DBMS), a query...
Metadata are widely used in order to fully exploit information resources available on corporate intranets or the Internet. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) aims at facilit...
Sofia Alexaki, Vassilis Christophides, Gregory Kar...
This paper aims to improve the accuracy of query result-size estimations in query optimizers by leveraging the dynamic feedback obtained from observations on the executed query wo...
In this work, we research the suitability of the Cell Broadband Engine for database processing. We start by outlining the main architectural features of Cell and use microbenchmar...