Research
I am associated with the Database Systems
Group at UC Santa Cruz. My research focuses on database
systems and more specifically on approximation techniques for semi-structured data, on-line database tuning, and data management in peer-to-peer systems.
Current projects:
Past projects:
Students I do research with:
Selected Recent Publications (Complete
list from DBLP)
- T. Condie, P. Mineiro, N. Polyzotis and M. Weimer, "Machine Learning on Big Data", Tutorial given at ICDE 2013.
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K. Schnaitter, N. Polyzotis, "Semi-Automatic Index Tuning:
Keeping DBAs in the Loop", to appear in VLDB 2012.
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M. Consens, K. Ioannidou, J. Lefevre, N. Polyzotis,
"Divergent Physical Design Tuning for Replicated
Databases", to appear in SIGMOD 2012.
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A. Parameswaran, H. Garcia-Molina, H.
Park, N. Polyzotis, A. Ramesh and J.
Widom, "CrowdScreen: Algorithms for Filtering
Data with Humans", in SIGMOD 2012.
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J. Buck, N. Watkins, J. LeFevre, K. Ioannidou,
C. Maltzahn, N. Polyzotis, S. Brandt, "SciHadoop:
Array-based Query Processing in Hadoop", in
SC 2011.
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A. Vlachou, C. Doulkeridis, N. Polyzotis, "Skyline
Query Processing over Joins", in SIGMOD 2011.
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D. Dash, N. Polyzotis, A. Ailamaki, "CoPhy: A
Scalable, Portable, and Interactive Index Advisor for
Large Workloads", in VLDB 2011.
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A. Parameswaran, A. Das Sarma, H. Garcia-Molina,
N. Polyzotis, J. Widom, "Human-Assisted Graph Search: It's
Okay to Ask Questions", in VLDB 2011.
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A. Parameswaran and N. Polyzotis, "Answering Queries using
Humans, Algorithms and Databases", in CIDR 2011.
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K. Schnaitter, N. Polyzotis, and L. Getoor, "Index Interactions in Physical Design Tuning: Modeling, Analysis, and Applications", in VLDB 2009.
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G. Candea, N. Polyzotis, and R. Vingralek, "A Scalable,
Predictable Join
Operator for Highly Concurrent Data Warehouses", in VLDB 2009.
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J. Finger and N. Polyzotis, "Robust and Efficient
Algorithms for Rank Join Evaluation", in
SIGMOD 2009.
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K. Schnaitter and N. Polyzotis, "Evaluating Rank Joins
with Optimal Cost", in PODS 2008. (Best newcomer award)
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S. Abiteboul and N. Polyzotis, "The Data Ring: Community
Content Sharing", in CIDR 2007.
Teaching (current academic year)
- CMPS 12A: Introduction to Programming (Winter 2013)
- CMPS 181: Database Systems II (Spring 2013)
- CMPS 278: Design and Implementation of Database Systems (Spring 2013)
Bio
Education:
- Ph.D. Computer Sciences, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2003.
- M.Sc. Computer Sciences, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2000.
- Diploma: Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece, 1997.
Service:
- Current/Upcoming
- VLDB 2013 -- PC Member
- SIGMOD 2013 -- PC Member
- PODS 2013 -- PC Member
- Past Service...
Here is a more detailed CV.
Misc
Note: This web-page does not include the parrot sketch
Last modified: March 2012
