[IP] Information Integration and XML: creation of the next generation * 4:15PM, Wed February 26, 2003 in Gates B03

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

              COMPUTER SYSTEMS LABORATORY COLLOQUIUM
               4:15PM, Wednesday, February 26, 2003
       NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
                   http://ee380.stanford.edu[1]
                   
Topic:    Information Integration and XML: creation of the next generation
          database systems

Speaker:  Hamid Pirahesh
          IBM Corporation

About the talk:

Abstract to be provided. Check the class website for talk
details as they become available.

About the speaker:

Hamid Pirahesh, Ph.D., is an IBM fellow and a senior manager
responsible for the exploratory database department at IBM
Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. He is also the
manager of DataBase Technology Institute (DBTI) at IBM research.
He has direct responsibilities in various aspects of IBM DB2
product, including architecture, design and development. He
received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los
Angeles in the area of database systems. He is an IBM master
inventor and a member of IBM Academy. He is also an associate
editor of ACM Computing Surveys and has served on program
committee of major computer conferences. He was a principle
member of the original team that designed the query processing
architecture of the IBM DB2 UDB relational DBMS and delivered the
product to the marketplace. He has made major contributions to
query language industry standards. His work on query optimization
using aggregate data caching has resulted in dramatic performance
improvement. This feature is now considered to be an essential
for processing of complex data analysis and OLAP queries in large
databases. His research areas include OLAP and aggregate data
management, query optimization, data warehousing, Web services,
management of semi-structured and unstructured XML data,
Information integration in web based federated and distributed
systems. He also serves as a consultant to various IBM product
divisions, including the software division and IBM Global
Services.

Contact information:

Hamid Pirahesh
650 Harry Road
San Jose CA 95120
408-927-1754
pirahesh@almaden.ibm.com[2]


Embedded Links:
[ 1 ]    http://ee380.stanford.edu
[ 2 ]    mailto:pirahesh@almaden.ibm.com


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