Database Architectures
A leading data systems research group, active in the broad area of data (management) systems and infrastructure for supporting data science.
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The Database Architectures (DA) research group of CWI is well known as a leading data systems research group, active in the broad area of analytical database management systems. Our research group has a strong international reputation in academia and industry for pioneering column store technology, fast compression methods, vectorized query execution, indexes for interactive data analysis, and analytical in-process database systems. We have spawned multiple spin-off companies (Data Distilleries, VectorWise, MonetDB Solutions and DuckDB Labs). We pride ourselves on revealing the real problems in our discipline and coming up with revolutionary solutions that are frequently ahead of their time.
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Members
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Azim Afroozeh
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Ilaria Battiston
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Peter Boncz
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Connor de Bont
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Raufs Dunamalijevs
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Lotte Felius
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Florian Gerlinghoff
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Daniel Gomm
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Paul Gross
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Niclas Haderer
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Jeewon Heo
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Madelon Hulsebos
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Leonardo Xavier Kuffo Rivero
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Stefan Manegold
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Hannes Mühleisen
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Steffano Papandroudis
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Daniël ten Wolde
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Courses
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Big Data Infrastructures & Technology(1 Feb 2024 - 1 Apr 2024)
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Advanced Data Management for Data Analysis(1 Sep 2023 - 31 Oct 2023)
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Large Scale Data Engineering(1 Sep 2023 - 1 Nov 2023)
Current projects with external funding
- Databricks CWI Research Agreement (Databricks)
- Databricks III (Databricks III)
- Democratizing Insight Retrieval from (Semi-)Structured Data (DataLibra) (DataLibra)
- Lokale Digitale Competentie centra (DCC) (DCC-NWO-I)
- Facebook Research Grant (Facebook)
- Velox Optimizations and supporting new file formats (Meta)
- Motherduck Service Agreement (Motherduck)
- Responsible Decentralized Data Architecture (RDDA)
- RelationalAI-CWI Research Grant Agreement (RelationalAI)
