We consider the problem of constructing an erasure code for storage over a network when the data sources are distributed. Specifically, we assume that there are n storage nodes wit...
Alexandros G. Dimakis, Vinod M. Prabhakaran, Kanna...
At a fundamental level, the key challenge in data integration is to reconcile the semantics of disparate data sets, each expressed with a different database structure. I argue th...
This paper introduces an efficient algorithm for Producing Early Results in Multi-join query plans (PermJoin, for short). While most previous research focuses only on the
case of ...
Justin J. Levandoski, Mohamed E. Khalefa, Mohamed ...
To effectively support today's global economy, database systems need to manage data in multiple languages simultaneously. While current database systems do support the storag...
The MapReduce distributed programming framework has become popular, despite evidence that current implementations are inefficient, requiring far more hardware than a traditional r...
Eaman Jahani, Michael J. Cafarella, Christopher R&...