Datatype-generic programming (DGP) is the next step beyond abstracting over types using parametric polymorphism, which is often called "genericity" in object-oriented la...
An ever-increasing amount of data and semantic knowledge in the domain of life sciences is bringing about new data management challenges. In this paper we focus on adding the seman...
Decision support queries that scan large indexes can suffer significant degradation in I/O performance due to index fragmentation. DBAs rely on rules of thumb that use index size a...
Testing and debugging database software is often challenging and time consuming. A very arduous task for DB testers is finding a min-repro ? the "simplest possible setup"...
The ability to walk up to any computer, personalize it, and use it as one's own has long been a goal of mobile computing research. We present SoulPad, a new approach based on...