RECENT Ph.d. Dissertations and MS Theses in DSRG Research Group.

GENERAL: All Ph.d. dissertations and MS thesis documents can be found online here.

2006

Dr. Yali Zhu
Dynamic Optimization and Migration of Continuous Queries Over Data Streams
Ph.d. Dissertation,
August 2006, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor), (Phd. Committee: Prof Murali Mani, Prof. George Heineman, and Dr. Volker Markl, IBM Almanden),
URN ETD-082306-133807, electronic version.
(Keywords: query optimization, data streams, runtime query adaptations, continuous queries, plan migration, distributed query processing, window constraints).

Dr. Aparna Varde
Graphical Data Mining for Computational Estimation in Materials Science Applications
Ph.d. Dissertation,
August 2006, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor), (Phd. Committee: Prof. David C. Brown, Prof. Carolina Ruiz, Prof. Neil T. Heffernan, and Prof. Richard D. Sisson Jr., Material Sciences),
URN ETD-081506-152633/ electronic version.
(Keywords: Classification, Data Mining, Domain Semantics, Graphical Data, Clustering)

Dr. Ling Wang
Updating XML Views,
Ph.d. Dissertation,
August 2006, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor), (Phd. Committee: Prof. Murali Mani, Prof. Dan Dougherty, and Prof. Susan Davidson, Univ. of Pennsylvania),
URN ETD-082406-013940, electronic version.
(Keywords: View Updating, XML, XQuery)

2005

Dr. Hong Su
Automaton Meet Algebra: A Hybrid Paradigm for Efficiently Processing XQuery over XML Stream
Ph.d. Dissertation,
Jan. 2006, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor), (Phd. Committee: Prof Murali Mani, Prof. George Heineman, and Prof. Mitch Cherniack, Brandeis University),
URN ETD-013006-135526, electronic version.
(Keywords: Database, XML Stream, Algebra, Automaton, Query Optimization )

Dr. Songting Chen
Efficient Incremental View Maintenance for Data Warehousing
Ph.d. Dissertation,
December 2005, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor, and M. Mani, Phd Co-Advisor), (Carolina Ruiz, WPI, and Latha S. Colby IBM Almaden Research Center),
URN EDT-122005-193617,
(Keywords: View matching, view maintenance, materialized view, data warehouse, information integration)

Dr. Maged El-Sayed
Incremental Maintenance of Materialized XQuery Views
Ph.d. Dissertation,
August 2005, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor, and M. Mani, Phd Co-Advisor), (Carolina Ruiz, WPI, and Jayavel Shanmugasundaram, Cornell University, Phd. Committee),
URN ETD-0129104-174457,
(Keywords: XML, XQuery Views, Semantic Identifiers, Order-senstive View Maintenance, Distributivity of Operators)

Dr. Bin Liu
Scalable Integration View Computation and Maintenance with Parallel, Adaptive and Grouping Techniques,
Ph.d. Dissertation,
August 2005, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor), (Phd. Committee: Prof. David Finkel, Prof Murali Mani, and Dr. Paul Larson, Microsoft Research),
URN ETD-081905-093754, electronic version.
(Keywords: parallel multi-join computation, state level adaptation, materialized view maintenance, grouping maintenance, cyclic join views, distributed data sources)

Rimma Nehme
Continuous Query Processing on Spatio-Temporal Data Streams
MS Thesis,
August 2005, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(Prof. E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor; Prof. M. Gennert, Reader),
URN ETD-082305-154035: electronic version.
(Keywords: continuous queries, moving objects)

2004

Timothy Michael Sutherland
D-CAPE: A Self-Tuning Continuous Query Plan Distribution Architecture
MS Thesis,
May 2004, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor; M. Mani Reader),

Venkatesh Raghavan
VAMANA : A High Performance, Scalable and Cost-Driven XPath Engine
MS Thesis,
May 2004, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor; M. Hofri, Reader),
URN ETD-0527104-223456 electronic version.
(Keywords: XML, XPATH, Query Optimizer).

Asima Silva
Multiple Continuous Query Processing with Relative Window Predicates "Juggler"
MS Thesis,
May 2004, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner and G. Heineman, Advisors; D. Finkel, Reader),
URN ETD-0527104-223456 electronic version.
(Keywords: Reordering predicates, multi-join operator, sliding windows, window predicates, join algorithm, and continuous queries ).

Dr. Li Chen
Semantic Caching for XML Queries
Ph.d. Dissertation,
January 2004, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor),
URN ETD-0129104-174457, electronic version.
(Keywords: Replacement Strategy, Query Rewriting, Query Containment, Semantic Caching, and XML)

Maged F. El-Sayed
An Efficient and Incremental System to Mine Contiguous Frequent Sequences
MS Thesis,
Jan 2004, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(C. Ruiz, Advisor; E. A. Rundensteiner, Reader),
Electronic version: URN ETD-0130104-115506
(Keywords: frequent patterns, traveral patterns.).

Bradford Charles Pielech
Adaptive Scheduling Algorithm Selection in a Streaming Query System
MS Thesis,
Jan 2004, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor; B. Kinicki, Reader),
Electronic version: URN ETD-0113104-194126
(Keywords: streaming query, query processing, database, adaptive).

2003

Jinhui Jian
Efficient XML Stream Processing with Automata and Query Algebra
MS Thesis,
Aug 2003, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
electronic version: URN ETD-0827103-152442
(Keywords: stream, runtime optimization, xml, automata, xquery, and query algebra).

Katica Dimitrova
Order-sensitive View Maintenance of Materialized XQuery Views
MS Thesis,
May 2003, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
electronic version: URN ETD-0505103-151827
(Keywords: XML algebra, order, view maintenance, propagation rules, XML).

Kane, Bintou
Consistently Updating XML Documents Using Incremental checks With XQueries
MS Thesis,
May 2003, (2003-02) Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
electronic version: URN ETD-0429103-200545.
(Keywords: XML, XQuery, Schema and Data Evolution.)

Mukesh K Mulchandani
Updating XML Views of Relational Data
MS Thesis,
May 2003, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
electronic version: URN ETD-0429103-200545.
(Keywords: XML, Views, Updates, Rainbow.)

Brian R Murphy
Order-sensitive XML Query Processing Over Relational Sources
MS Thesis,
May 2003, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
electronic version: URN ETD-0505103-123753
(Keywords: computation pushdown, XML, Order-based Xquery processing, relational database, ordered SQL queries, data model mapping, XQuery, XML data mapping, SQL, XML algebra rewrite rules, XML document order).

Punit Rameshchandra Doshi
Adaptive Prefetching for Visual Data Exploration,
MS Thesis,
January 2003, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(Prof. E. A. Rundensteiner, MS Advisor and Prof. Ward, Co-Advisor ),
electronic version: ETD-0131103-203307
(Keywords: Adaptive prefetching, Large-scale multivariate data visualization, Semantic caching, Hierarchical data exploration, Exploratory data analysis)

2002

Dr. Kajal T. Claypool
Managing Schema Change in an Heterogeneous Environment
Ph.d. Dissertation,
Summer 2002, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor),
URN ETD-0617102-213436, electronic version.
(Keywords: Meta Modeling, Schema Change, Frameworks, Integration, Schema Heterogeniety, Schema Modeling)

Liu, Bin
Optimization Strategies for Data Warehouse Maintenance in Distributed Environments
MS Thesis,
May 2002, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
URN ETD-0430102-133814, electronic version.
(Keywords: Data Warehouse Maintenance, Distributed Data Sources, Batch View Maintenance, Concurrent Maintenance, Parallel Maintenance, Data Updates, Schema Changes, Integrated Materialized Data Repository.)

Deschler, Kurt W
"MASS: A Multi-Axis Storage Structure for Large XML Documents",
MS Thesis,
May 2002, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Advisor),
URN etd-0506102-113510, electronic version.
(Keywords: XML, path expression, axis, order, indexing, inlined, compression, XPath, lossless)

2001

Dr. Andreas Koeller
Integration of Heterogeneous Databases: Discovery of Meta-Information and Maintenance of Schema-Restructuring Views
Ph.d. Dissertation,
December 2001, Computer Science Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
(E. A. Rundensteiner, Phd Advisor),
URN ETD-0415102-133008, electronic version.
(Keywords: data integration, schema restructuring, schema changes, view maintenance, meta-data discovery, data mining, discovery of source interrelationships.)

Yang, Jing,
"Visual Hierarchical Dimension Reduction",
MS Thesis,
Dec 2001, Department Computer Science, WPI,
(M. O. Ward, Advisor and E. A. Rundensteiner, Co-Advisors),
URN etd-0109102-132821, electronic version.
(Keywords: multidimensional visualization, high dimensional data set, dimension reduction, sunburst, hierarchy, parallel coordinates, scatterplot matrices, star glyphs).

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