Database Architectures
A leading data systems research group, active in the broad area of data (management) systems and infrastructure for supporting data science.
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The Database Architectures (DA) research group of CWI is well known as a leading data systems research group, active in the broad area of analytical database management systems. Our research group has a strong international reputation in academia and industry for pioneering column store technology, fast compression methods, vectorized query execution, indexes for interactive data analysis, and analytical in-process database systems. We have spawned multiple spin-off companies (Data Distilleries, VectorWise, MonetDB Solutions and DuckDB Labs). We pride ourselves on revealing the real problems in our discipline and coming up with revolutionary solutions that are frequently ahead of their time.
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All newsDatabase startup MotherDuck raises $52 million to grow DuckDB-based platform
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Best paper award at International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
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Hannes Mühleisen gives keynote on DuckDB during global data event
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DuckDB: Introducing a new class of data management systems
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Members
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Azim Afroozeh
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Ilaria Battiston
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Peter Boncz
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Lotte Felius
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Thomas Glas
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Stefan Manegold
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Hannes Mühleisen
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Daniël ten Wolde
Associated members
Current projects with external funding
- Actian Research Grant II (ACTIAN II)
- Databricks CWI Research Agreement (Databricks)
- Databricks III (Databricks III)
- Lokale Digitale Competentie centra (DCC) (DCC-NWO-I)
- Facebook Research Grant (Facebook)
- Velox Optimizations and supporting new file formats (Meta)
- Responsible Decentralized Data Architecture (RDDA)
- RelationalAI-CWI Research Grant Agreement (RelationalAI)
