:: Research of the Department

Research Areas

The department primarily investigates the issues arising from the usage and development of database management systems (DBMS). Apart from traditional relational DBMS (RDBMS), we are also concerned with object-oriented and XML database management systems (OODBMS and XBMS).

Areas of interest

Logical and physical database design
Deployment of DBMS in the following areas:
- Administrative applications
- Engineering applications (mechanical engineering)
- Scientific applications
  - Genetic Research
  - Biochemistry
  - CNMR-Spectroscopy
- Data Warehousing/Decision Support Systems (OLAP)
Data Mining in the World Wide Web (querying the Web)
Performance analysis of DBMS
Development of

query languages and optimizers
index structures
super-scalable Data Warehouse Management Systems
Embedded DBMS
XML-Repositories
Web Services and declarative message processing

Our focus is always on performance improvements.

Current Projects

Previous Projects

PHEASANT: PHysicist EASier ANalisys Tool