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| Date | Topics | Presenter | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/14/05 | Sensor networks and databases | Murat Demirbas | S. Madden et al.:
The Design of an Acquisitional Query Processor for Sensor Networks, SIGMOD'03.
Journal version
(ACM TODS). M. Demirbas, H. Ferhatosmanoglu: Peer-to-Peer Spatial Queries in Sensor Networks, P2P Computing'03. |
| 09/21/05 | Contexts and their Uses in the SNePS Knowledge Representation and Reasoning System | Stu Shapiro | To be distributed. |
| 09/28/05 | NO SEMINAR | None | None |
| 10/05/05 | High Fan-in Systems | Denis Mindolin | M. Franklin et al.: Design Considerations for High Fan-In Systems: The Hi-Fi Approach, CIDR'05. |
| 10/12/05 | Logics of Context | Slawek Staworko | L. Serafini, P. Bouquet: Comparing Formal Theories of Context in AI, AI Journal, 2004 (available also through UB subscription to ScienceDirect). |
| 10/19/05 | Privacy-Preserving Location-Based Services | Sheng Zhong | S. Zhong et al.: Privacy-Preserving Location-Based Services for Mobile Users in Wireless Networks, Yale CS TR 1297. |
| 10/26/05 | Moving Objects and Moving Queries | Huang-Chun Yu | M. Mokbel, X. Xiong, W. Aref: SINA: Scalable Incremental Processing of Continuous Queries in Spatio-temporal Databases, SIGMOD'04. |
| 11/02/05 | Efficient Query Evaluation on Probabilistic Databases | Xi Zhang | N. Dalvi, D. Suciu: Efficient Query Evaluation on Probabilistic Databases, VLDB'04 |
| 11/09/05 | Data Management for Location-Based Services | Amit Sharma | C. Hage et al.:
Integrated Data Management for Mobile Services in the Real World, VLDB'03. A. Civilis et al.: Techniques for Efficient Road-Network-Based Tracking of Moving Objects, IEEE TKDE, May 2005. |
| 11/16/05 | Representing context in pervasive applications | Pejus Das | J. Krumm, S. Shafer: Data Store Issues for Location-Based Services., Data Eng. Bull., 2005. |
| 11/30/05 | Build Your Own Sensor Networks: from Networking to Data Management | Yong Yao (Cornell) | The Cougar Project: A Work-In-Progress Report. SIGMOD Record, Volume 34, Number 4, December 2003. |
The seminar will study the notions of CONTEXT as they appear in different areas of computer science: databases, artificial intelligence, and distributed systems.
The students will be required to give a class presentation and prepare a report. Those will be based on an original research or survey paper, an implementation project, or an article review. Class attendance and participation are mandatory. Prerequisite: CSE 562 or equivalent, and some background in logic. It is possible to register for 1-3 credits and/or obtain a letter grade. The course project can be used to satisfy the M.S. project requirement.
The seminar is not suitable for incoming graduate students, unless they already have a strong background in databases, AI or distributed systems, and some grasp of logic.