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CS Colloquium - Richard Snodgrass: Database Ergalics: Examining Suboptimality

Speaker: Richard Snodgrass, University of Arizona

Talk Title: Database Ergalics: Examining Suboptimality

Series: CS Colloquium

Abstract: In this talk I apply the methodology of ergalics (the science of
computing) to database management systems, by articulating a model of database suboptimality: when a DBMS picks the wrong query execution plan. Along the way, I develop a protocol for accurately measuring query time, a surprisingly difficult task. The goal is to make the case that computer science integrates three equally ascendant perspectives: mathematics, science, and engineering. I'll look at how these three perspectives interact and the sources of endurance of ergalic theories.

Biography: Richard T. Snodgrass joined the University of Arizona in 1989, where he is a Professor of Computer Science. He holds a B.A. degree in Physics from Carleton College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He is an ACM Fellow.

Rick's research foci are ergalics, compliant databases, and temporal databases.

Rick was Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Transactions on Database Systems from 2001 to 2007, was ACM SIGMOD Chair from 1997 to 2001, and has chaired the ACM Publications Board, the ACM History Committee, the ACM SIG Governing Board Portal Committee, the ACM Outstanding Award Committee, and program committees for SIGMOD and VLDB. His web page is at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/rts

Host: Shahram Ghandeharizadeh

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Assistant to CS chair