M. Tamer Özsu - Publications by Topic

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Distributed Data Management

• R. Wang, J. Wang, S. Idreos, M.T. Özsu, W. G. Aref. The Case for Distributed Shared-Memory Databases with RDMA-Enabled Memory Disaggregation, Proc. VLDB Endowment, 16(1): 15-22, 2022.
• P. Valduriez, R. Jimenez-Peris, and M. T. Özsu. Distributed database systems: The case for NewSQL. In Abdelkader Hameurlain and A. Min Tjoa, editors, Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, pages 1–15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2021.
• M. T. Özsu and P. Valduriez. Principles of Distributed Database Systems, 4th edition, Springer, 2020; ; ISBN 978-3-030-26252-5; eText ISBN: 978-3-030-26253-2.
• M. T. Özsu and P. Valduriez. Distributed and Parallel Database Systems. In Computing Handbook, Third Edition: Information Systems and Information Technology, 3rd edition, Heikki Topi and Allen Tucker (editors), Chapter 13, CRC Press, 2014.
• P. Chairunnanda, K. Daudjee, and M. T. Özsu. ConfluxDB: Multi-Master Replication for Partitioned Snapshot Isolation Databases. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 7(11): 947-958, 2014.
• F. Li, M. T. Özsu, G. Chen, and B.C. Ooi. R-Store: A Scalable Distributed System for Supporting Real-time Analytics. Proc. 30th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, 2014, pages 40-51.
• Distributed data management using MapReduce

  Feng Li, Beng Chin Ooi, M. Tamer Özsu, Sai Wu
  ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2014
• G. Chen, H. T. Vo, Sai Wu, B. C. Ooi, and M. T. Özsu. A Framework for Supporting DBMS-like Indexes in the Cloud. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 4(11): 702-713, 2011.
• L. Golab and M. T. Özsu. Data Stream Management, Morgan & Claypool, 2010.
• Q. Wang, K. Daudjee, and M. T. Özsu. Popularity-aware Prefetch in P2P Range Cashing. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 3(2): 145-160.
• A partial-order based active cache for recommender systems

  Umar Qasim, Vincent Oria, Yi-Fang Brook Wu, Michael E. Houle, M. Tamer Özsu
  RecSys '09 Proceedings of the third ACM conference on Recommender systems, 2009
• Y. Li, M. T. Özsu, and K-L. Tan. XCube: Processing XPath Queries in a Hypercube Overlay Network. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 2(2): 128-145, 2009.
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• Speed up semantic search in p2p networks

  Qiang Wang, Rui Li, Lei Chen, Jie Lian, M. Tamer Özsu
  CIKM '08 Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Information and knowledge management, 2008
• Q. Wang, K. Daudjee, and M. T. Özsu. Popularity-aware Prefetch in P2P Range Caching . In Proc. Eighth IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2008, pages 53-62.
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• Potential-driven load distribution for distributed data stream processing

  Weihan Wang, Mohamed A. Sharaf, Shimin Guo, M. Tamer Özsu
  SSPS '08 Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Scalable stream processing system, 2008
• Q. Wang and M. T. Özsu. An efficient Eigenvalue-based P2P XML routing framework. In Proc. 7th IEEE International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P'07), 2007, pages 105-112.
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• In-network execution of monitoring queries in sensor networks

  Xiaoyan Yang, Hock Beng Lim, M. Tamer Özsu, Kian Lee Tan
  SIGMOD '07 Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2007
• C. Plattner, G. Alonso, and M. T. Özsu. Extending DBMSs with Satellite Databases. VLDB Journal, 17: 657-682.
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• C. Plattner, G. Alonso, and M. T. Özsu. DBFarm: A Scalable Cluster for Multiple Databases. In Proc. ACM/IFIP/USENIX 7th International Middleware Conference (Middleware), November-December 2006, pages 180-200.
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• Q. Wang, A. K. Jha, and M. T. Özsu. An XML Routing Synopsis for Unstructured P2P Networks. In Proc. 1st International Workshop on XML, Web, and Internet Contents Technologies (XWICT'06), June 2006, pages 176-183.
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• M. H. S. Attar and M. T. Özsu. Alternative Architectures and Protocols for Providing Strong Consistency in Dynamic Web Applications. World Wide Web Journal, 9(3): 215-251, October 2006.
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• J. Lian, L. Chen, K. Naik, M T. Özsu, and G. B. Agnew. BBS: An Energy-efficient Localized Routing Scheme for Query Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2(1): 23--54, 2006.
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• Ş. Gündüz-Ögüdücü and M. T. Özsu. Incremental Click-Stream Tree Model: Learning From New Users for Web Page Prediction. International Journal on Distributed and Parallel Databases, 19(1): 5- 27, January 2006.
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• E. Paciti, C. Coulon, P. Valduriez, and M.T. Özsu. Preventive Replication in a Database Cluster. International Journal on Distributed and Parallel Databases, 18(3): 223-251, November 2005.
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• Localized routing trees for query processing in sensor networks

  Jie Lian, Lei Chen, Kshirasagar Naik, M. Tamer Özsu, G. Agnew
  CIKM '05 Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management, 2005
• K. Voruganti, M.T. Özsu, and R. Unrau. An Adaptive Data-Shipping Architecture for Client Caching Data Management Systems. Distributed and Parallel Databases, 15 (2): 137-177, March 2004.
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• M. T. Özsu. Distributed Database Systems. In Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Hossein Bidgoli (ed.), Academic Press, 2003, pages 673-682.
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• Ş. Gündüz and M. T. Özsu. A Poisson Model for User Accesses to Web Pages. In Proceedings of 18th International Symposiumon Computer and Information Sciences (ISCIS), November 2003, pages 332 - 339. Published as Springer LNCS Volume 2869 / 2003.
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• A Web page prediction model based on click-stream tree representation of user behavior

  Şule Gündüz, M. Tamer Özsu
  KDD '03 Proceedings of the ninth ACM SIGKDD international conference on Knowledge discovery and data mining, 2003
• E. Pacitti, M. T. Özsu, and C. Coulon. Preventive Multi-Master Replication in a Cluster of Autonomous Databases. In Proceedings of International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2003), Klagenfurt, Austria, August 2003, pages 318-327.
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• Ş. Gündüz and M. T. Özsu. A User Interest Model for Web Page Navigation. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Data Mining for Actionable Knowledge (DMAK), Seoul, Korea, April 2003, pages 46-57.
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• Ş. Gündüz and M.T. Özsu. Recommendation Models for User Accesses to Web Pages. In Proc. 13 Int. Conf. Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2003, pages 1003-1010. (Invited paper).
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• L. Cao and M.T. Özsu. Evaluation of Strong Web Caching Techniques. World Wide Web Journal, 5(2): 95-123, 2002.

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• S.K.S. Lam and M. T. Özsu. Querying Web Data - The WebQA Approach. In Proc. 3^rd International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, Singapore, December 2002, pages 139-148.
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• M. T. Özsu and B. Yao. Building Component Database Systems Using CORBA. In Component Databases, K. Dittrich and A. Geppert (eds.), Morgan Kaufmann, 2001, pages 207-236.
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• M. T. Özsu. Distributed Data Management Issues in a Changing Environment. In Proc. Int. Workshop on Foundations of Models for Information Integration (FMII-2001), Viterbo, Italy, September 2001 (Keynote address).
• K. Voruganti, M.T. Özsu, and R. Unrau. An Adaptive Hybrid Server Architecture for Client Caching Object DBMSs. In Proc. 25th. International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'99), Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1999, pages 150-161.
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• L. L. Yan and M. T. Özsu. Conflict Tolerant Queries in AURORA. In Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'99), Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1999, pages 279-290.
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• Distributed object computing platforms

  Asuman Dogac, Cevdet Dengi, M. Tamer Özsu
  Communications of the ACM, 1998
• M. T. Özsu, K. Voruganti, and R. Unrau. An Asynchronous Avoidance-Based Cache Consistency Algorithm for Client Caching DBMSs. In Proc. 24th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'98), New York, N.Y., August 1998, pages 440-451.
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• L. Liu, L. Yan, and M. T. Özsu. Interoperability in Large-Scale Distributed Information Delivery Systems. In Advances in Workflow Systems and Interoperability, A. Dogac, L. Kalinichenko, M.T. Özsu and A. Sheth (eds.), Springer-Verlag, 1998, pages 246-280.
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• L. L. Yan, M. T. Özsu, L. Liu. Accessing Heterogeneous Data Through Homogenization and Integration Mediators. In Proc. Second IFCIS Int. Conf. on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'97), Kiawah Island, North Carolina, June 1997, pages 130-139.
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• L. L. Yan, M. T. Özsu, L. Liu. Mediator Join Indices. In Proc. 7th Int. Workshop on Research Issues in Data Engineering, Birmingham, UK, April 1997, pages 51-59.
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• M. T. Özsu. The Push/Pull Effect - Can Distributed Database Technology Meet The Challenges of New Applications?" Database Programming & Design, April 1997.
• Distributed and parallel database systems

  M. Tamer Özsu, Patrick Valduriez
  ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 1996
• M. T. Özsu, U. Dayal and P. Valduriez. An Introduction to Distributed Object Management. In Distributed Object Management, M.T. Özsu, U. Dayal and P. Valduriez (eds.), Morgan-Kaufmann, 1994, pages 1-24.
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• M. T. Özsu and P. Valduriez. Distributed Data Management: Unsolved Problems and New Issues. In Readings in Distributed Computing Systems, T. Casavant and M. Singhal (eds.), IEEE/CS Press, 1994, pages 512-544.
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• J. Shillington and M. T. Özsu. Permeable Transactions and Semantics-Based Concurrency Control for Multidatabases. In Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Research Issues in Data Engineering: Interoperability in Multidatabase Systems, Vienna, Austria, April 1993, pages 245-248.
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• M. T. Özsu. The promise and reality of distributed database systems. The Relational Journal, 5(1), February/March 1993.
• P. Valduriez and M. T. Özsu. Systèmes de Gestion de Bases de Données Répartis et Parallèles. Canadian Information Processing/Informatique Canadienne, July/August 1992.
• A. Buchmann, M. T. Özsu, M. Hornick, D. Georgakopoulos, and F.A. Manola. A Transaction Model for Active Distributed Object Systems. In Transaction Models for Advanced Database Applications, A. Elmagarmid (ed.), Morgan Kaufmann, 1992, pp. 123-158.
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• M. T. Özsu and Y. Niu. Effects of Network Protocols on Distributed Concurrency Control Performance. In Proc. International Conference on Computing and Information, Toronto, Canada, May 1992, pages 274-279.
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• K. Barker and M. T. Özsu. Reliable Transaction Execution in Multidatabase Systems. In Proc. 1st International Workshop on Interoperability in Multidatabase Systems, Kyoto, Japan, April 1991, pages 344-347.
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• M. T. Özsu and P. Valduriez. Distributed Database Systems: Where Are We Now? Database Programming & Design, March 1992 and April 1992 issues. Originally appeared in IEEE Computer, 24(8): 68-78, August 1991.
• K. Barker and M. T. Özsu. Concurrent Transaction Execution in Multidatabase Systems. In Proc. COMPSAC'90, Chicago, Illinois, October 1990, pages 282-288.
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• M. T. Özsu and K. Barker. Architectural Classification and Transaction Execution Models of Multidatabase Systems. In Proc. International Conference in Computing and Information, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 1990, pages 275-279. Also in Advances in Computing and Information - ICCI '90, S.G. Akl, F. Fiala, W.W. Koczkokaj (eds.), pages 285-294, Springer-Verlag, 1990.
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• M. T. Özsu. Architectural Models for Distributed Database Operating Systems. In Computing and Information, R. Janicki and W.W. Koczkodaj (eds.), North-Holland Publishing Co., 1989, pages 343-349.
• M. T. Özsu and T.M. Koon. Evaluation of the Reliability Mechanisms in Distributed Database Systems. In Proc. CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) Edmonton '87 Conference, Edmonton, Canada, November 1987, pages 246-255.
• T. M. Koon and M. T. Özsu. Performance Comparison of Resilient Concurrency Control Algorithms for Distributed Databases. In Proc. 2nd International Conference on Data Engineering, Los Angeles, California, February 1986, pages 565-573.
• M. T. Özsu. Modeling and Analysis of Distributed Database Concurrency Control Algorithms Using an Extended Petri Net Formalism. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-11(10): 1225-1240, October 1985.
• M. T. Özsu. Performance Comparison of Distributed vs. Centralized Locking Algorithms in Distributed Database Systems. In Proc. 5th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Denver, Colorado, May 1985, pages 254-261.
• M. T. Özsu. A Net Simulator as a Performance Evaluation Tool for Distributed Database Systems. In Proc. Convention Informatique, Vol. A., Paris, France, 1984, pages 154-159.
• M. T. Özsu. An Introduction to Distributed Database Systems. In Proc. UNESCO Regional Workshop on Microcomputers and Local Area Networks, Ankara, Turkey, 1982, pages 305-319.
• M. T. Özsu and B. W. Weide. Modeling of Distributed Database Concurrency Control Algorithms Using a Generalized Petri Net Formalism. In Proc. 3rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, September 1982, pages 660-665.

Graph Databases

• A. Sheshbolouki and M. T. Özsu. sGrow: Explaining the Scale-Invariant Strength Assortativity of Streaming Butterflies. ACM Trans. Web, 2022. Accepted for publication
• L. Zheng, L. Zou and M. T. Özsu. SGSI – A Scalable GPU-friendly Subgraph Isomorphism Algorithm. IEEE Trans. Knowledge and Data Eng., 2022. Accepted for publication
• Y. Li, L. Zou, M.T. Özsu, and D. Zhao. Space-efficient subgraph search over streaming graph with timing order constraint. IEEE Trans. Knowl. and Data Eng., 34(9): 4453-4467, 2022.
• K. Ammar, S. Sadhu, S. Salihoglu and M. T. Özsu. Optimizing Differentially-Maintained Recursive Queries on Dynamic Graphs. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 15(11): 3186 - 3198, 2022.
• A. Pacaci, A. Bonifati, M. T. Özsu. Evaluating Complex Queries on Streaming Graphs. In Proc. 38th IEEE Int. Conf. on Data Eng., pages 272-285, 2022.
• A. Shesbolouki and M. T. Özsu. sGrapp: Butterfly Approximation in Streaming Graphs. ACM Trans. Knowledge Discovery from Data,16(4): Article 76, 2022.
• D. Yan, G. Guo, J. Khalil, M. T. Özsu, Wei-Shinn Ku, and John C.S. Lui. G-thinker: A general distributed framework for finding qualified subgraphs in a big graph with load balancing. VLDB J., 31: 287–320, 2022.
• Regular Path Query Evaluation on Streaming Graphs

  Anil Pacaci, Angela Bonifati, M. TamerÖzsu
  SIGMOD '20 Proceedings of the 2020 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2020
• G. Guo, D. Yan, M. T. Özsu, Z. Jiang, and J. Khalil. Scalable mining of maximal quasi-cliques: An algorithm-system codesign approach. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 14(4):573 – 585, 2020.
• D. Yan, G. Guo, M. R. Chowdhury, M. T. Özsu, W-S. Ku, and J. C. S. Lui. G-thinker: A distributed framework for mining subgraphs in a big graph. In Proc. 36th Int. Conf. on Data Engineering, pages 1369-1380, 2020.
• X. Zhang, M. T. Özsu, and L. Chen. ELite: cost-effective approximation of exploration-based graph analysis. In Proc. 3rd Joint Int. Workshop on Graph Data Management Experiences & Systems (GRADES) and Network Data Analytics (NDA), pages 6:1–6:10, 2020.
• L. Zeng, L. Zou, M. T.Özsu, L. Hu, and F. Zhang. GSI: GPU-friendly Subgraph Isomorphism. Proc. 36th International Conference on Data Engineering, pages 1249-1260, 2020.
• Y. Li, L. Zou, M. T.Özsu and D. Zhao. Time Constrained Continuous Subgraph Search over Streaming Graphs. Proc. 35th International Conference on Data Engineering, pages 1082-1093, 2019.
• X. Zhang and M. T.Özsu. Correlation Constraint Shortest Path over Large Multi-Correlation Graphs. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 12(5): 488-501, 2019.
• Analysis of Streaming Algorithms for Graph Partitioning

  Anil Pacaci, M. Tamer Özsu
  SIGMOD '19 Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2019
• Y. Li, L. Zou, M. T.Özsu and D. Zhao. Time Constrained Continuous Subgraph Search over Streaming Graphs. Proc. 35th International Conference on Data Engineering, pages 1082-1093, 2019.
• Distribution-Aware Stream Partitioning for Distributed Stream Processing Systems

  Anil Pacaci, M. TamerÖzsu
  BeyondMR'18 Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Algorithms and Systems for MapReduce and Beyond, 2018
• K. Ammar and M. T.Özsu. Experimental Analysis of Distributed Graph Systems. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 11(10): 1151-1164, 2018.
• A. Sahu, A. Mhedhbi, S. Salihoglu, J. Lin, M. T.Özsu. The Ubiquity of Large Graphs and Surprising Challenges of Graph Processing. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 11(4): 420-431, 2018.
• S. Salihoglu and M. T. Özsu. Response to `Scale Up or Scale Out for Graph Processing?', IEEE Internet Comput., 22(5):18–24, 2018.
• Do We Need Specialized Graph Databases?: Benchmarking Real-Time Social Networking Applications

  Anil Pacaci, Alice Zhou, Jimmy Lin, M. Tamer Özsu
  GRADES'17 Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Graph Data-management Experiences & Systems, 2017
• D. Yan, J. Cheng, M. T.Özsu, F. Yang, Y. Lu, J. C.S. Liu, Q. Zhang, and W. Ng. A General-Purpose Query-Centric Framework for Querying Big Graphs. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 9(7):564 – 575, 2016.
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• B. Bislimovska, G. Aluç,, M. T. Özsu and P. Fraternali. Graph Search of Software Models Using Multidimensional Scaling. Proc. EDBT/ICDE Joint Conference Workshops (4th International Workshop on Querying Graph Structured Data), 2015, pages 163-170.
• M. Han, K. Daudjee, K. Ammar, M. T.Özsu, X. Wang, T. Jin. An Experimental Comparison of Pregel-like Graph Processing Systems. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 7(12): 1047-1058, 2014.
• K. Ammar and M. T.Özsu. WGB: Towards a Universal Graph Benchmark. Proc. 4th Workshop on Big Data Benchmarking, 2013, pages 58-72.
• L. Zou, L. Chen, M. T.Özsu, and D. Zhao. Answering pattern match queries in large graph databases via graph embedding. VLDB Journal, 21(1): 97-120, 2012.
• J. Cheng, Y. Ke, S. Chu, and M. T.Özsu. Efficient Core Decomposition in Massive Networks. In Proc. 27th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, 2011, pages 51-62..
• L. Zou, L. Chen, M. T.Özsu, and D. Zhao. Dynamic Skyline Queries in Large Graphs. In Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, April 2010, Part II, pages 62-78.
• L. Zou, L. Chen, and M. T.Özsu. Distance-Join: Pattern Match Query in a Large Graph Database. In Proc. 35th Int. Conf. on Very Large Data Bases, August 2009, pages 886-897.
• L. Zou, L. Chen, and M.T.Özsu. K-Automorphism: A General Framework for Privacy Preserving Network Publication. In Proc. 35th Int. Conf. on Very Large Data Bases, August 2009, pages 946-957.

Multimedia Databases

• I. Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, V. Oria, and M. TamerÖzsu. Flexible Integration of Multimedia Sub-Queries with Qualitative Preferences. Multimedia Tools & Applications Journal, 33(3): 275-300, June 2007.
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• L. Chen, Ş. Gündüz-Ögüdücu and M. T.Özsu. Mixed Type Audio Classification with Support Vector Machine. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2006, pages 781-784.
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• I . Bartolini, P. Ciaccia, V. Oria, M. T.Özsu. Integrating the Results of Multimedia Sub-Queries Using Qualitative Preferences. In Proc. 10th International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems (MIS'04), Washington, DC, August 2004, pages 66-75.
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• Symbolic representation and retrieval of moving object trajectories

  Lei Chen, M. TamerÖzsu, Vincent Oria
  MIR '04 Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGMM international workshop on Multimedia information retrieval, 2004
• L. Chen, M.T.Özsu, V. Oria. MINDEX: An Efficient Index Structure for Salient Object-based Queries in Video Databases . ACM Multimedia Systems, 10: 56-71, 2004.
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• V. Oria, M.T.Özsu, P.J. Iglinski. Foundations of the DISIMA Image Query Languages. Multimedia Tools & Applications, 23: 185-201, 2004.
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• V. Oria and M.T.Özsu. Views or Points of View on Images. International Journal of Image and Graphics, 3(1): 55-80, January 2003.
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• L. Chen, M. T.Özsu, and V. Oria. Modeling Video Data for Content Based Queries: Extending the DISIMA image data model. In Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Multi-Media Modeling, Taiwan, January 2003, pages 169-189.
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• L Chen, S. J. Rizvi, and M. T.Özsu. Incorporating Audio Cues into Dialog and Action Scene Extraction. In Proceedings of SPIE Storage and Retrieval for Media Databases, San Jose, CA, January 2003, pages 252-264.
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• L. Chen, V. Oria, and M. T.Özsu. A Multi-Level Index Structure for Video Databases. In Proceedigs of the 8th International Workshop on Multimedia Information System , Tempe, Arizona, USA, October 2002, pages 28-37.
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• L. Chen and M. T.Özsu. Rule-Based Scene Extraction from Video. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Rochester, NY, September 2002, pages 737-740.
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• L. Chen and M. T.Özsu. Modeling of Video Objects in a Video Database. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 2002, pages 217-221.
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• V. Oria, M. T.Özsu, and P. J. Iglinski. Querying Images in the DISIMA DBMS". In Proc. 7th International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems, Capri, Italy, November 2001, pages 89-98.
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• Similarity queries in the DISIMA image DBMS

  Vincent Oria, M. TamerÖzsu, Shu Lin, Paul J. Iglinski
  MULTIMEDIA '01 Proceedings of the ninth ACM international conference on Multimedia, 2001
• S. Lin, M. T.Özsu, V. Oria and R. Ng. An Extendible Hash for Multi-Precision Similarity Querying of Image Databases. In Proc. 27th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'01), Rome, Italy, September 2001, pages 221-230.
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• S. Hollfelder, V. Oria and M. T.Özsu. Mining User Behavior for Resource Prediction in Interactive Electronic Malls. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, New York City, July-August 2000, pages 863-866.
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• DISIMA: a distributed and interoperable image database system

  Vincent Oria, M. TamerÖzsu, Paul J. Iglinski, Shu Lin, Bin Yao
  ACM SIGMOD Record, 2000 (SIGMOD 2000 Conference Demo Paper)
• M.T.Özsu and P. Iglinski. An Interoperable Multimedia Catalog System for Electronic Commerce. IEEE Q. Bull. Data Eng., 23(1): 17-22, March 2000.
• M.T.Özsu. Issues in Multimedia Database Management. In Proc. Int. Conf. On Database Eng. and Applications, Montreal, Canada, August 2-4, 1999, pages 452-459. (Invited paper and presentation)
• V. Oria, M. T.Özsu, L. I. Cheng, P.J. Iglinski and Y. Leontiev. Modeling Shapes in an Image Database System''. In Proc. 5th International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems , Indian Wells, Palm Springs Desert, California, USA, October 1999, pages 34-40.
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• V. Oria, M.T.Özsu, B. Xu, L. I. Cheng, and P. Iglinski. VisualMOQL: The DISIMA Visual Query Language. In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS'99), Florence, Italy, June 1999, Volume 1, pages 536-542.
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• Y. Niu, M.T.Özsu, X. Li. 2-D-S Tree: An Index Structure for Content-Based Retrieval of Images. In Proc. SPIE Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Networking, San Jose, CA, January 1999, pages 110-121.
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• V. Oria, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron, and P. Iglinski. Defining Views in an Image Database System. In Proc. 8th IFIP 2.6 Working Conference on Data Semantics: Semantic Issues in Multimedia (DS-8), Rotorua, New Zealand, January 1999, pages 231-250.
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• V. Oria, P. Iglinski, and M.T.Özsu. A Framework for Multimedia Database Systems. In Proc. 4th African Conference on Research in Computer Science, Dakar, Senegal, October 1998, 293-304.
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• H. Thimm and M.T.Özsu. A Generic Scheme and Sample Implementation Architecture for Graceful Service Adaptation in Multimedia Database Systems. In Proc. IEEE International Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Systems, Austin, Texas, June-July 1998, pages 241-244.
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• V. Oria, B. Xu, M. T. V. Oria, B. Xu, M. T.Özsu. VisualMOQL: A Visual Language for Image Databases. In Proc. 4th IFIP 2.6 Working Conference on Visual Database Systems , L'Aquila, Italy, May 1998, pages 186-191.
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• J.W. Wong, K.A. Lyons, D. Evans, R.J. Velthuys, G.v. Bochmann, E. Dubois, N.D. Georganas, G. Neufeld, M.T.Özsu, J. Brinskelle, A. Hafid, N. Hutchinson, P. Iglinski, B. Kerherve, L. Lamont, D. Makaroff, and D. Szafron. Enabling Technology for Distributed Multimedia Applications. IBM Systems Journal, 36(4), 1997, pages 489-507.
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• J.Z. Li and M.T.Özsu. Point-Set Topological Relations Processing in Multimedia Databases. In Proc. First International Forum on Multimedia and Image Processing, Anchorage, Alaska, May 1998, pages 54.1-54.6.
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• V. Oria, M.T.Özsu, L. Liu, X. Li, J.Z. Li, Y. Niu, and P. Iglinski. Modeling Images for Content-Based Queries: The DISIMA Approach. Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Visual Information Systems, San Diego, CA, December 1997, pages 339-346.
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• J.Z. Li and M. T.Özsu. STARS: A SpaTial Attributes Retrieval System for Images and Videos. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM'97), Singapore, November 1997, pages 69-84.
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• Y. Niu, M.T.Özsu, X. Li. 2D-h Trees: An Index Scheme for Content-Based Retrieval of Images in Multimedia Systems. IEEE International Conference On Intelligent Processing Systems 1997 (IEEE ICIPS'97), Beijing, China, October 1997, pages 1710-1715.
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• J. Z. Li, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron, V. Oria. MOQL: A Multimedia Object Query Language. The Third International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems, Como, Italy, September 1997, pages 19-28.
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• J. Z. Li, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron, Modeling of Moving Objects in a Video Database , Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems, Ottawa, Canada, June 1997, pages 336-343.
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• J.Z. Li, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron. Modeling Video Temporal Relationships in an Object Database Management System. In Proc. Multimedia Computing and Networking , San Jose, California, February 1997, pages 80-91.
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• J.Z. Li, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron. Spatial Reasoning Rules in Multimedia Management System. In Proc. International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, Toulouse, France, November 1996, pages 119-133.
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• J.Z. Li, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron. Modeling of Video Spatial Relationships in an Objectbase Management System. In Proc. International Workshop on Multimedia DBMS, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, 1996, pages 124-133.
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• M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron, G. El-Medani, and C. Vittal. An Object-Oriented Multimedia Database System for a News-on-Demand Application. ACM Multimedia Systems, 3: 182-203, 1995.
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Object Databases

• On type systems for object-oriented database programming languages

  Yuri Leontiev, M. TamerÖzsu, Duane Szafron
  ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2002
• I. Goralwalla, Y. Leontiev, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron, and C. Combi. Temporal Granularity: Completing the Puzzle. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 16: 41-63, 2001.
  • Prepublication version (PDF) (329KB)
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• I. Goralwalla, M.T.Özsu, and D. Szafron. An Object-Oriented Framework for Temporal Data Models. In Temporal Databases: Research and Practice, O. Etzion, S. Jajodia, and S. Sripada (eds.), Springer-Verlag, 1998, pages 1-35.
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• Y. Leontiev, D. Szafron, and M.T.Özsu. On Separation Between Interface, Implementation,a nd Representation in Object DBMSs. In Proc. 26th Conf. on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems , July 1998, pages 155-167.
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• An axiomatic model of dynamic schema evolution in objectbase systems

  Randel J. Peters, M. TamerÖzsu
  ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS), 1997
• M.T.Özsu, R.J. Peters, D. Szafron, B. Irani, A. Lipka, and A. Munoz. TIGUKAT: A Uniform Behavioral Objectbase Management System. The VLDB Journal, 4: 100-147, August 1995.
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• D.D. Straube and M.T.Özsu. Query Optimization and Execution Plan Generation in Object-Oriented Database Systems. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 7(2): 210-227, April 1995.
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• An extensible query optimizer for an objectbase management system

  M. TamerÖzsu, Adriana Muñoz, Duane Szafron
  CIKM '95 Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Information and knowledge management, 1995
• R.J. Peters and M.T.Özsu. Axiomatization of Dynamic Schema Evolution in Objectbases. In Proc. 11th International Conference on Data Engineering, Taiwan, March 1995, pages 156-164.
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• M.T.Özsu, U. Dayal and P. Valduriez. An Introduction to Distributed Object Management. In Distributed Object Management, M.T.Özsu, U. Dayal and P. Valduriez (eds.), Morgan-Kaufmann, 1994, pages 1-24.
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• M.T.Özsu and J. Blakeley. Query Optimization and Processing in Object-Oriented Database Systems. In Modern Database Management - Object-Oriented and Multidatabase Technologies, W. Kim (ed.), Addison-Wesley/ACM Press, 1994, pages 146-174 .
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• M.T.Özsu, D.D. Straube and R. Peters. Query Processing Issues in Object-Oriented Knowledge Base Systems. In Emerging Landscape of Intelligence in Database and Information Systems, F.E. Petry and L.M. Delcambre (eds.), JAI Press, 1994, pages 79-144.
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• R.J. Peters and M.T.Özsu. Reflection in a Uniform Behavioral Object Model. In Proc. 12th International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Dallas, Texas, December 1993, pages 37-49.
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• M.T.Özsu, U. Dayal, and P. Valduriez. Workshop Report - International Workshop on Distributed Object Management. ACM SIGMOD Record, 22(1): 40-54, March 1993.
• I. Goralwalla and M.T.Özsu. Temporal Extensions to a Uniform Behavioral Object Model. In Proc. 12th International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Dallas, Texas, December 1993, pages 115-127.
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• M.T.Özsu, R.J. Peters, B. Irani, A. Lipka, A. Munoz and D. Szafron. TIGUKAT Object Management System: Initial Design and Current Directions. In Proceedings of CASCON'93, Toronto, Canada, October 1993, pages 595-611.
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• An extensible query model and its languages for a uniform behavioral object management system

  Randal J. Peters, Anna Lipka, M. TamerÖzsu, Duane Szafron
  CIKM '93 Proceedings of the second international conference on Information and knowledge management, 1993
• A. Buchmann, M.T.Özsu, M. Hornick, D. Georgakopoulos, and F.A. Manola. A Transaction Model for Active Distributed Object Systems. In Transaction Models for Advanced Database Applications, A. Elmagarmid (ed.), Morgan Kaufmann, 1992, pp. 123-158.
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• M.T.Özsu and D.D. Straube. Query Optimization and Issues in Query Model Design in Object-Oriented Database Systems. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 13: 157-167, 1991.
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• D.D. Straube and M. T.Özsu. Execution Plan Generation for an Object-Oriented Data Model. In Proc. 2nd International Conference on Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases, Munich, Germany, December 1991, pages 43-67.
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• M.T.Özsu. Query Processing Issues in Object-Oriented Database Systems - Preliminary Ideas. In Proc. 1991 IEEE Symp. on Applied Computing, Kansas City, MO, April 3-5, 1991, pages 312-324. (Invited paper and presentation)
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• Queries and query processing in object-oriented database systems

  David D. Straube, M. TamerÖzsu
  ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), 1990
• Type consistency of queries in an object-oriented database system

  Dave D. Straube, M. TamerÖzsu
  OOPSLA/ECOOP '90 Proceedings of the European conference on object-oriented programming on Object-oriented programming systems, languages, and applications, 1990
• D.D. Straube and M.T.Özsu. A Model for OODB Queries. In Proc. Object-Oriented Database Task Group Workshop, Atlantic City, N.J., 22 May 1990, NIST Technical Report NISTIR 4503, pages 126-135.

RDF Data Management

• P. Peng, M. T. Özsu, L. Zou, C. Yan, C.Liu. MPC: Minimum Property-Cut RDF Graph Partitioning. In Proc. 28th IEEE Int. Conf. on Data Eng., pages 192-204, 2022.
• P. Peng, Q. Ge, L. Zou, M. T. Özsu, Z. Xu, and D. Zhao. Optimizing Multi-Query Evaluation in Federated RDF Systems. IEEE Trans. Knowledge and Data Eng., 33(4):1692–1707, 2021.
• G. Aluç, M. T. Özsu, and K. Daudjee. Building self-clustering RDF databases using Tunable-LSH. VLDB Journal, 28(2): 173-195, 2019.
• Stream WatDiv: A Streaming RDF Benchmark

  Libo Gao, Lukasz Golab, M. TamerÖzsu, Güneş Aluç
  SBD'18 Proceedings of the International Workshop on Semantic Big Data, 2018
• P. Peng, L. Zou, M. T. Özsu and D. Zhao. Multi-query Optimization in Federated RDF Systems. Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, pages 745–765, 2018.
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• L. Zou and M. T.Özsu. Graph-based RDF Data Management. Data Science and Engineering, 2017.
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• O. Hartig and M. T.Özsu. Walking without a Map: Ranking-Based Traversal for Querying Linked Data. Proc. 15th International Semantic Web Conference, pages 305–324, 2016.
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• M. T.Özsu. A Survey of RDF Data Management Systems. Front. Comp. Sci., 10(3): 418-432. DOI: 10.1007/s11704-016-5554-y
  • Pre-print on arXiv (arxiv:1601.00707)
  • Officlal publisher's version
  • Access to read-only version using Springer's SharedIt
• P. Peng, L. Zou, M. T.Özsu, L. Chen, D. Zhao. Processing SPARQL Queries Over Distributed RDF Graphs. VLDB Journal, 25(2):243–268, 2016.
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• G. Aluç, M. T.Özsu, K. Daudjee and O. Hartig. Executing Queries over Schemaless RDF Databases. Proc. 31st International Conference on Data Engineering, 2015, pages 807 - 818.
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• X. Shen, L. Zou, M. T.Özsu, Y. Li, S. Han, D. Zhao. A Graph-based RDF Triple Store. Proc. 31st International Conference on Data Engineering, pages 1508–1511, 2015. System demonstration paper
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• L. Zou, M. T.Özsu, L. Chen, X. Sheng, R. Huang, and D. Zhao. gStore: A Graph-based SPARQL Query Engine. VLDB Journal, 23(4): 565-590, 2014.
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• G. Aluç, O. Hartig, M. T.Özsu, and K. Daudjee. Diversified Stress Testing of RDF Data Management Systems. Proc. 13th International Semantic Web Conference, 2014, pages 197-212.
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• O. Hartig and M. T.Özsu. Reachable Subwebs for Traversal-Based Query Execution. Proc. 23rd International World Wide Web Conference (Companion Volume), 2014, pages 541–546.
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• G. Aluç, M. T.Özsu, and K. Daudjee. Workload Matters: Why RDF Databases New a New Design. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 7(10): 837 - 840, 2014.
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• L. Zou, J. Mo, D. Zhao, L. Chen, and M. T.Özsu. gStore:Answering SPARQL queries via subgraph matching. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 4(8): 482-493, 2011.
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Spatial Data Management

• R. C-W. Wong, M. T.Özsu, A. W-C Fu, P. S. Yu, L. Liu, Y. Liu. Maximizing Bichromatic Reverse Nearest Neighbor for Lp-Norm in Two- and Three-Dimensional Space. VLDB Journal, 20(6): 893-919, 2011.
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• R. C-W. Wong, M. T.Özsu, P. S. Yu, A. Fu, and L. Liu. Efficient method for maximizing bichromatic reverse nearest neighbor. In Proc. 35th Int. Conf. on Very Large Data Bases, August 2009, pages 1126-1149.
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• Q. Wan, R. C-W. Wong, I. F. Ilyas, M. T.Özsu and Y. Peng. Creating Competitive Products. In Proc. 35th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, August 2009, pages 898-909.
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• L. Chen and M. T.Özsu. Using Multi-Scale Histograms to Answer Pattern Existence and Shape Match Queries. In Proc. 17th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, Santa Barbara, CA, June 2005, pages 217-226.
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• Robust and fast similarity search for moving object trajectories

  Lei Chen, M. TamerÖzsu, Vincent Oria
  SIGMOD '05 Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2005
• L. Chen and M. T.Özsu. Multi-Scale Histograms for Answering Queries over Time Series Data. In Proc. 20th. International Conference on Data Engineering, Boston, MA, March 2004, page 838 (poster paper).
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Stream Data Management

• Y. Yang, L. Golab and M. T.Özsu. ViewDF: Declarative Incremental View Maintenance for Streaming Data. Information Systems, 71: 55-67, 2017.
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• Adaptive input admission and management for parallel stream processing

  Cagri Balkesen, Nesime Tatbul, M. TamerÖzsu
  DEBS '13 Proceedings of the 7th ACM international conference on Distributed event-based systems, 2013
• T. Chen, L. Chen, M. T.Özsu, N. Xiao, and N. Zhang. Optimizing multi-top-k queries over uncertain data streams. IEEE Trans. Knowledge and Data Eng., 25(8): 1814 - 1829, 2013.
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• Mining data streams with periodically changing distributions

  Yingying Tao, M. TamerÖzsu
  CIKM '09 Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Information and knowledge management, 2009
• Mining frequent itemsets in time-varying data streams

  Yingying Tao, M. TamerÖzsu
  CIKM '09 Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Information and knowledge management, 2009
• Efficient decision tree construction for mining time-varying data streams

  Yingying Tao, M. Tamer Özsu
  CASCON '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research, 2009
• Multi-query optimization of sliding window aggregates by schedule synchronization

  Lukasz Golab, Kumar Gaurav Bijay, M. TamerÖzsu
  CIKM '06 Proceedings of the 15th ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management, 2006
• L. Golab, P. Prahladha, and M. T.Özsu. Indexing Time-Evolving Data With Variable Lifetimes. In Proc. 18th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'06), July 2006, pages 265-274.
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• L. Golab, K. G. Bijay, M. T.Özsu. On Concurrency Control in Sliding Window Queries over Data Streams. In Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Extending Database Technology (EDBT), March 2006, pages 608 - 626.
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• Update-pattern-aware modeling and processing of continuous queries

  Lukasz Golab, M. TamerÖzsu
  SIGMOD '05 Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2005
• L. Golab, S. Garg and M. T.Özsu. On Indexing Sliding Windows over On-line Data Streams. In Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Extending Database Technology (EDBT), March 2004, pages 712-729.
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• L. Golab and M. T.Özsu. Processing Sliding Window Multi-Joins in Continuous Queries over Data Streams. In Proc. 29th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'03), Berlin, Germany, September 2003, pages 500-511.
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• Issues in data stream management

  Lukasz Golab, M. TamerÖzsu
  ACM SIGMOD Record, 2003

Temporal Databases

• I. Goralwalla, Y. Leontiev, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron, and C. Combi. Temporal Granularity: Completing the Puzzle" Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 16: 41-63, 2001.
  • Prepublication version (PDF) (329KB)
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• I. Goralwalla, D. Szafron, M.T.Özsu, and R.G. Peters. A Temporal Approach to Managing Schema Evolution in Object Database Systems. Data & Knowledge Engineering , 28(1): 73-105, 1998.
  • Prepublication version (PDF) (209KB)
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• I. Goralwalla, M.T.Özsu, and D. Szafron. An Object-Oriented Framework for Temporal Data Models. In Temporal Databases: Research and Practice, O. Etzion, S. Jajodia, and S. Sripada (eds.), Springer-Verlag, 1998, pages 1-35.
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• Temporal granularity for unanchored temporal data

  Iqbal A. Goralwalla, Yuri Leontiev, M. TamerÖzsu, Duane Szafron, Carlo Combi
  CIKM '98 Proceedings of the seventh international conference on Information and knowledge management, 1998
• I. A. Goralwalla, M. T.Özsu and D. Szafron. Modeling Medical Trials in Pharmacoeconomics Using a Temporal Object Model. Computers in Biology and Medicine (Special Issue on Time Oriented Systems in Medicine), 27(5):369-387, 1997.
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• Modeling temporal primitives: back to basics

  Iqbal A. Goralwalla, Yuri Leontiev, M. TamerÖzsu, Duane Szafron
  CIKM '97 Proceedings of the sixth international conference on Information and knowledge management, 1997
• I. Goralwalla, D. Szafron, M.T.Özsu, R.J. Peters. Managing Schema Evolution Using a Temporal Object Model. in Conceptual Modeling - ER'97, pages 71-84, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, David Embley and Robert Goldstein (editors). (Proc. 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Los Angeles, California, 3-6 November 1997.)
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• I. Goralwalla, M.T.Özsu, D. Szafron. A Framework for Temporal Data Models: Exploiting Object-Oriented Technology. In Proc. of 1997 Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS USA 97), Santa Barbara, California, July 1997.
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• Experimenting with temporal relational databases

  Iqbal A. Goralwalla, Abudullah U. Tansel, M. TamerÖzsu
  CIKM '95 Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Information and knowledge management, 1995
• Towards an infrastructure for temporal databases: report of an invitational ARPA/NSF workshop

  Niki Pissinou, Richard Thomas Snodgrass, Ramez Elmasri, Inderpal S. Mumick, TamerÖzsu, Barbara Pernici, Arie Segev, Babis Theodoulidis, Umeshwar Dayal
  ACM SIGMOD Record, 1994
• I. Goralwalla and M.T.Özsu. Temporal Extensions to a Uniform Behavioral Object Model. In Proc. 12th International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Dallas, Texas, December 1993, pages 115-127.
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Transaction Processing

• J. Shillington and M.T.Özsu. Semipermeable Transactions and Semantics-Based Concurrency Control for Multidatabases. In Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Research Issues in Data Engineering: Interoperability in Multidatabase Systems, Vienna, Austria, April 1993, pages 245-248.
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• Using semantic knowledge of transactions to increase concurrency

  Abdel Aziz Farrag, M. TamerÖzsu
  ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS), 1989
• M.T.Özsu, K.L. Wong and T.M. Koon. System Modeling and Analysis Using Petri Nets. Journal of Systems Analysis - Modeling - Simulation, 5(1): 3-25, 1988.
• A.A. Farrag and M.T.Özsu. Towards a General Concurrency Control Algorithm for Database Systems. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 13(10): 1073-1079, October 1987.
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• M.T.Özsu. Modeling and Analysis of Distributed Database Concurrency Control Algorithms Using an Extended Petri Net Formalism. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, SE-11(10): 1225-1240, October 1985.
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• A.A. Farrag and M.T.Özsu. A General Concurrency Control for Database Systems. In Proc. National Computer Conference, Chicago, Illinois , July 1985, pages 567-573.
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XML/SGML Databases

• P. Kling, M. T.Özsu, and K. Daudjee. Scaling XML query processing: Distribution, localization and pruning. Distrib. Parall. Databases, 29(5-6): 445-490, 2011.
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• P. Kling, M. T.Özsu, and K. Daudjee. Generating efficient execution plans for vertically partitioned XML databases. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 4(1): 1-11, 2010.
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• N. Zhang and M. T.Özsu. Native XML Storage and Query Processing. In Advanced Applications and Structures in XML Processing: Label Streams, Semantics Utilization and Data Query Technologies, C. Li and T. W. Ling (editors), IGI Global, 2009, pages 1-17.
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• N. Tang, J. X. Yu, H. Tang, M. T.Özsu, and P. Boncz. Materialized View Selection in XML Databases. In Proc. 14th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA'09), 2009, pages 616-630.
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• Nan Tang, Jeffrey Xu Yu, M. TamerÖzsu, Kam-Fai Wong. Hierarchical Indexing Approach to Support XPath Queries. In Proc. 24th Int. Conf. on Data Engineering (ICDE’08), 2008, 2008, pages 1510–1512 (poster paper).
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• Nan Tang, Jeffrey Xu Yu, M. TamerÖzsu, Byron Choi, Kam-Fai Wong. Multiple Materialized View Selection for XPath Query Rewriting. In Proc. 24th Int. Conf. on Data Engineering (ICDE’08), 2008, pages 873–882.
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• B. Chen, T-W. Lin, M. T.Özsu, and Z. Zhu. On Label Stream Partition for Efficient Holistic Twig Join. In Proc. 12th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2007), Bangkok, Thailand, April 2007, pages 807-818.
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• N. Zhang, M. T.Özsu, I. Ilyas, and A. Aboulnaga. FIX: Feature-based Indexing Technique for XML Documents. In Proc. 32nd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'06), Seoul, Korea, September 2006, pages 259-270.
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• D. Phillips, N. Zhang, I. Ilyas, and M. TamerÖzsu. InterJoin: Exploiting Indexes and Materialized Views in XPath Evaluation. In Proc. 18th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM'06), Vienna, Austria, July 2006, pages 13-22.
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• N. Zhang, M. T.Özsu, A. Aboulnaga, and I. F. Ilyas. XSeed: Accurate and Fast Cardinality Estimation for XPath Queries”, In Proc. 22nd Int. Conf. on Data Engineering (ICDE’06), Atlanta, GA, April 2006.
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• D. Che, K. Aberer, and M.T.Özsu. Query Optimization in XML Structured Document Databases. VLDB Journal, 15(3): 263-289, 2006.
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• N. Zhang, S. K. Agrawal, and M. T.Özsu. BlossomTree: Evaluating XPaths in FLWOR Expressions. In Proc. 21st International Conference on Data Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, April 2005, pages 132-133 (poster paper).
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• N. Zhang, V. Kacholia, and M. T.Özsu. A Succinct Physical Storage Scheme for Efficient Evaluation of Path Queries in XML. In Proc. 20th International Conference on Data Engineering, Boston, MA, March 2004, pages 56-65.
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• B. B. Yao, M. T.Özsu, and N. Khandelwal. XBench Benchmark and Performance Testing of XML DBMSs. In Proc. 20th International Conference on Data Engineering, Boston, MA, March 2004, pages 621-632.
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• A comprehensive XQuery to SQL translation using dynamic interval encoding

  David DeHaan, David Toman, Mariano P. Consens, M. TamerÖzsu
  SIGMOD '03 Proceedings of the 2003 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2003
• K. Böhm, K. Aberer, M. T.Özsu, K. Gayer. Query Optimization for Structured Documents Based on Knowledge on the Document Type Definition. In IEEE Proc. Advances in Digital Libraries, Santa Barbara, CA, April 1998, pages 196-205.
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• An object-oriented SGML/HyTime compliant multimedia database management system

  M. TamerÖzsu, Paul Iglinski, Duane Szafron, Sherine El-Medani, Manuela Junghanns
  MULTIMEDIA '97 Proceedings of the fifth ACM international conference on Multimedia, 1997

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    Reminiscences on Influential Papers

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      University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

    July 2022pp 44-46 https://doi.org/10.1145/3552490.3552499

    This column was established by Richard Snodgrass in 1998 and was continued by Ken Ross from 1999 to 2005. It celebrated one of the key aspects that makes us grow as a research community: the papers that influence us. At each issue, different members of ...

• Y. Chen, G. Xiao, M. T. Özsu, C. Liu, A. Y. Zomaya, and T. Li. aeSpTV: An adaptive and efficient framework for sparse tensor-vector product kernel on a high-performance computing platform. IEEE Trans. Parall. Dist. Sys., 31(10):2329–2345, 2020.
• C. Balkesen, J. Teubner, G. Alonso, and M. T.Özsu. Main-memory hash joins on modern processor architectures. IEEE Trans. Knowl. and Data Eng., 27(7):1754–
  1766, 2015.
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• C. Balkesen, J. Teubner, G. Alonso, and M. T.Özsu. Multi-Core, Main-Memory Joins: Sort vs. Hash Revisited. Proc. VLDB Endowment, 7(1): 85 - 96, 2013.
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• C. Balkesen, J. Teubner, G. Alonso, and M. T.Özsu. Main-Memory Hash Joins on Multi-Core CPUs:Tuning to the Underlying Hardware. In Proc. 29th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, 2013, pages 362–373.
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• E. Lo, C. Binnig, D. Kossmann, M. T.Özsu and W-K Hon. A Framework for Testing DBMS Features. VLDB Journal, 19(2): 203--230, 2010.
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• L. Zou, L. Chen, and M.T.Özsu. K-Automorphism: A General Framework for Privacy Preserving Network Publication, In Proc. 35th Int. Conf. on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB'09), August 2009, pages 946-957.
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• QAGen: generating query-aware test databases

  Carsten Binnig, Donald Kossmann, Eric Lo, M. TamerÖzsu
  SIGMOD '07 Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data, 2007
• Paper and proposal reviews: is the process flawed?

  Henry F. Korth, Philip A. Bernstein, Mary Fernandez, Le Gruenwald, Phokion G. Kolaitis, Kathryn McKinley, Tamer Ozsu
  ACM SIGMOD Record, 2008
• An apples-to-apples comparison of two database journals

  Philip A. Bernstein, Elisa Bertino, Andreas Heuer, Christian S. Jensen, Holger Meyer, M. TamerÖzsu, Richard T. Snodgrass, Kyu-Young Whang
  ACM SIGMOD Record, 2005
• Data management issues in electronic commerce

  M. TamerÖzsu
  ACM SIGMOD Record, 1999 (Panel Statement at ACM SIGMOD Conference)
• Future of database systems: changing applications and technological developments

  M. TamerÖzsu
  ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) - Special issue: position statements on strategic directions in computing research, 1996
• M.T.Özsu and D. Meechan. Join Processing Heuristics in Relational Database Systems. Information Systems, 15(4): 429-444, 1990.
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• M.T.Özsu and D. Meechan. Finding Heuristics for Processing Selection Queries in Relational Database Systems. Information Systems, 15(3): 359-373, 1990.
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• K.L. Wong and M.T.Özsu. Distributed Simulation of Performance Petri Nets. In Proc. Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Calgary, Canada, July 1990, pages 141-152.
• M.T.Özsu. Distributed Simulation using Petri Nets. In Proc. Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 1987, pages 3-8.
• SYNGLISH - a high level query language for the RAP database machine

  M. TamerÖzsu, Esen A. Ozkarahan
  ACM SIGIR Forum, 1980 (Actually in Proc. 5th Workshop on Computer Architecture for Non-Numeric Processing)