Michael Stonebraker: November 2007 Archives

"Big science" has problems with current database systems, including maintaining the consistency between the data and metadata, differing requirements for various projects, and the lack of automated lineage support. In this post, Michael Stonebraker discusses the underlying issues, notes previous attempts to solve the problems, and asks scientists to help the database research community develop a better DBMS that can support the needs of big science. Continue reading "Database management for "big science" applications" »