Karen Works

 

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Contact Info

Karen Works
15 Ridgewood Dr.
West Suffield, CT 06093.
kworks@wpi.edu

Education

Ph.D. Candidate,

Computer Science Dept., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA

Dissertation Committee:

Prof. Elke A. Rundensteiner, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, (Advisor)

Prof. Matthew O. Ward, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Prof. Emmanuel Agu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

?         M.S. Computer Science (May 1995)

Union College- Schenectady, NY

?         B.S., Computer Science (June 1992),

State University of New York @ Geneso- Geneso, NY

 

Research Interests

·         adaptive multi-route query processing

·          query optimization

·         online index tuning

·         online resource allocation to support query preferences

I am a member of the Database Systems Research Group (DSRG) @ WPI. In addition, I am an active contributor to the Query Mesh (Adaptive Multi-Route Query Processing) and CAPE (Continuous Stream Processing Engine) projects.

 

Publications

Conference, Workshop, Demonstration, and In-Submission Publications

  1. R. V. Nehme, K. Works, E. A. Rundensteiner, and E. Bertino, 2009. “Query mesh: multi-route query processing technology”. Proc. VLDB Endow. 2, 2 (Aug. 2009), 1530-1533. (pdf)
  2. K. Works,  E. A. Rundensteiner, and E. Agu, "Index Tuning for Adaptive Multi-Route Data Stream Systems'', International Workshop on Scalable Stream Processing Systems (SSPS) held in conjunction with IPDPS 2010 (pdf) (slides).
  3. L. Ding, K. Works, and E. A. Rundensteiner, ``Semantic Stream Query Optimization Exploiting Dynamic Metadata'', ICDE, 2011.
  4. K. Works, and E. A. Rundensteiner, ``Proactive Promotion Framework'', ICDE, 2011.
  5. R. V. Nehme, K. Works, E. A. Rundensteiner, and C. Lei ``Query Mesh: An Efficient Multi-Route Approach to Query Processing'', in submission.
  6. K. Works,  E. A. Rundensteiner, and E. Agu, ``Optimizing Adaptive Multi-Route Query Processing via Time-Partitioned Indices'', in submission.
  7. K. Works, and E. A. Rundensteiner, ``Proactive Promotion: Preferential Resource Allocation'', in submission.

Posters:

·  K. Works and E. A. Rundensteiner, Proactive Promotion Framework,  W.P.I. Grad Day '10

·  K. Works and E. A. Rundensteiner, Proactive Promotion Framework, NEDBDay '10

·  K. Works and E. A. Rundensteiner, Index System for Adaptive Multi-Route Data Stream Systems,  W.P.I. Grad Day '09

·  K. Works and E. A. Rundensteiner, Index System for Adaptive Multi-Route Data Stream Systems, NEDBDay'09

·  R. V. Nehme, K. Works and E. A. Rundensteiner, An Efficient Multi-Route Approach to Query Processing, W.P.I. Grad Day'08

Technical Documents:

  1. K. Works, E. A. Rundensteiner, and E. Agu, ``Index tuning for adaptive multi-route data stream systems'', Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Technical Report WPI-CS-TR-10-05, 2010. (pdf)

 

Awards

·  Second place: W.P.I. Graduate Research Achievement Day 2008 Poster "An Efficient Multi-Route Approach to Query Processing" 

·  Scholarship: CRA-W Grad Cohort for Women Program; March 2008

·  Scholarship: Google Anita Borg Finalist; March 2008

·  Honorable Mention Ford Predoctoral Fellowship 2008

·  GAANN fellowship D term 2008

·  GAANN fellowship A & B term 2009

·  Scholarship: CRA-W Grad Cohort for Women Program; April 2009

·  GAANN fellowship May- July 2010

·  Scholarship: Tuition Assistance for Certificate in College Teaching Courses from W.P.I. Class of 1957; Spring 2010

·  Scholarship: SIGMOD 2010 DataBase MEntoring workshop

·  Scholarship: ACM-W 2010 $500 to attend SSPS 2010