Database Systems

Research Staff

Academics: Dr. Xuemin Lin (PhD, Uni of Queensland 1992), Dr. Raymond Wong (PhD, Hong Kong Uni of Science & Technology 1997)

PhD Students: 16

Research MSc Students: 2

Honours Students: 15

Visitors: Prof Marie-Christine Fauvet, Prof Athman Bouguettaya, Viginia Tech (US), Dr. Sam Choi, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HK), Prof Peter Eades, University of Sydney (AUS), Prof. Jiawei Han, Simon Fraser University (CA), Prof Hasan Jamil, Mississipi State University (US), Dr. Patrick Healy, University of Limerick (Ireland), Prof Jiajin Le, Donghua University (China), Dr. Xiaofang Zhou, University of Queensland (AUS)

Capability

General research area(s):

• bioinformatics
• corporate knowledge bases
• data mining
• eCommerce technology
• information visualization
• spatial database systems
• web-based database systems
• workflow systems
• XML database systems

List of specific topics:

• Approximation Algorithms
• Graph Visualization
• Database Access Methods
• Database Evolution Techniques
• Database Query Processing
• Distributed and Parallel Databases
• Efficient Data Mining Processing
• Heterogeneous Information Integration and Exchange
• Interactive Video Server
• Information Extraction
• Mobile Databases
• Object Databases
• Semistructured/Web Databases
• Spatial Query Processing
• Text Document Categorisation
• Type theory and semantics of object-based languages
• Web Databases

Track Record (1997-2001)

Research Grants:

• ARC Large
  - $160,000
• ARC Small
  - 6 grants totaling $98,000
• ARC SPIRT
  - 2 grants totaling $296,000
• Others
  - UNSW Grant $48,000
  - Sydney University Research Infrastructure Grant $150,000
  - UNSW Gold-Star Maintenance Grant $60,000

National Collaborations:

Research Collaborations: University of Sydney, University of Queensland, Australian National University, University of Western Australia, Macquarie University, University of South Australia, University of South Queensland.

International Collaborations:

Research Collaboration: IBM Almaden Research Centre, Brown University, Virginia Tech, Kyoto University, Mississipi State University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Donghua University.

International Links: Computer Science Department, Stanford University; Computer Science Department, Fudan University.

Journal Papers: 20

Refereed Conference Papers: 60

Patents: 3 provisional patents

PhD Completions: 2

Research MSc Completions: 6

Consulting:

Martsoft, California e-Catalog, consultant, 1998
ITIS, China B2B startup, 1999-2000
UniDB, Object and web database applications, 1999-2001
Innovit, e-Catalog Schema Design, Dec1999-March 2000

Artifacts:

Database-backed prolog engine
DOOR object database system
SODA semistructured/XML database system

Facilities:

Multiple multi-CPU servers with large amount of memory, handheld computers with wireless network capability.