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The research papers & demo sessions kick off at the VLDB 2017 Conference tomorrow, August 29, in Munich. Check out some of the talks and demos being given by ISTC Researchers, starting with:

Intel's Stavros Papadopoulos and colleagues present “The TileDB Array Data Storage Manager,” a novel storage system that captures cases where the data are naturally modeled as multi-dimensional arrays, which typically arise in scientific applications. TileDB has been used in genomics as the storage layer of GenomicsDB, which is maintained by the Intel Health and Life Sciences group and is used in the Broad Institute‘s GATK 4.0 software. Both TileDB and GenomicsDB are available in open source. Wed, 8/30 13:30 .Read more about TileDB in this blog post. http://istc-bigdata.org/index.php/tiledb-and-genomicsdb-now-available-in-open-source/

Researchers in Brown University's Data Management Research Group will present “Revisiting Reuse for Approximate Query Processing.” They’ve developed a formulation for AQP that maximizes result reuse in order to improve interactivity for visual data exploration tasks. Their AQP formulation can provide low-error approximate results at interactive speeds, even for queries over rare sub-populations. Wed, 8/30 10:30

ISTC Researchers to Present Papers at VLDB 2017 Conference | Intel Science & Technology Center for Big Data

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ISTC researchers at Portland State University and University of Washington have been on the cutting edge of the Smart Cities movement in the Northwest, innovating in urban analytics and advocating for open data and responsible algorithmic decision making.

"Bill Howe, associate director of the eScience Institute at the UW, said the region can lead with policies that ensure 'responsible algorithmic decision making,' or data-driven models that take into account human observation. He called it a “huge opportunity.”

Read PSU Professor (and Smart Cities activist) Kristin Tufte's most recent blog post on how urban analytics can enable Smart Cities through improved transportation.

http://istc-bigdata.org/index.php/urban-analytics-for-smart-cities-connecting-data-to-people/

Why Seattle is poised to be a leader in ‘smart city’ technology and regulations New technology is helping local government create “smarter” cities in a variety of ways, from adaptive traffic lights to open data platforms to advanced utility meters. But with innovation comes…

At VLDB 2017 on Monday, August 28, the intriguingly titled FADS Workshop (Failed Aspirations in Database Systems) looks back at promising ideas in database systems technology that, for whatever reason, just didn't go - and possible lessons for computer scientists & researchers.

Impressive line-up, including Phil Bernstein of Microsoft Research and Professor Margo Seltzer of Harvard University (Berkeley DB/ Sleepycat Software). ISTC PI Andy Pavlo of Carnegie Mellon University is workshop chair.

Here's the full program line-up (10:30 - 17:00): http://fads.ws/program/

FADS@VLDB Workshop Failed Aspirations in Database Systems --VLDB Workshop (Aug 28th, 2017)