XLDB


XLDB is a yearly conference about databases, data management and analytics. The definition of extremely large refers to data sets that are too big in terms of volume, and/or velocity, and/or variety to be handled using conventional solutions. This conference deals with the high-end of very large databases.

History

In October 2007, data experts gathered at SLAC National Accelerator Lab for the . As a result, the XLDB research community was formed to meet the rapidly growing demands of the largest data systems. In addition to the original invitational workshop, an open conference, tutorials, and annual satellite events on different continents were added. The main event, held annually at Stanford University gathers over 300 attendees. XLDB is one of the data systems events catering to both academic and industry communities. For 2009, the workshop was co-located with VLDB 2009 in France to reach out to non-US research communities. XLDB 2019 followed Stanford's Conference on Systems and Machine Learning.

Goals

The main goals of this community include:
As of 2013, the community consisted of above one thousand members including:
  1. Scientists who develop, use, or plan to develop or use XLDB for their research, from laboratories.
  2. Commercial users of XLDB.
  3. Providers of database products, including commercial vendors and representatives from open source database communities.
  4. Academic database researchers.

    XLDB Conferences, Workshops and Tutorials

The community meets annually at Stanford University where the main event is held each Spring. Those who live too far from California to attend have the opportunity to attend occasional satellite events either in Asia or Europe.
A detailed report or videos are produced after each workshop.
YearPlaceLinkReportComments
2019Stanford12th XLDB Conference
2018Stanford11th XLDB Conference
2017Clermont-Ferrand10th XLDB Conference
2016Stanford9th XLDB Conference
2015Stanford8th XLDB Conference
2014, Rio_de_JaneiroSatellite XLDB Workshop in South America
2014Stony_Brook_UniversityXLDB-Healthcare Workshop
2013Stanford7th XLDB Conference
2013CERN, Geneva/SwitzerlandSatellite XLDB Workshop in Europe
2012Stanford6th XLDB Conference, Workshop & Tutorials
2012Beijing, ChinaSatellite XLDB Conference in Asia
2011SLAC5th XLDB Conference and Workshop
2011Edinburgh, UKnot availableSatellite XLDB Workshop in Europe
2010SLAC4th XLDB Conference and Workshop
2009Lyon, France3rd XLDB Workshop
2008SLAC2nd XLDB Workshop
2007SLAC1st XLDB Workshop

Tangible results

XLDB events led to initiating an effort to build a new open source, science database called .
The XLDB organizers started defining a for scientific data management systems called SS-DB.
At the XLDB organizers announced that two major databases that support arrays as first-class objects have formed a working group in conjunction with XLDB. This working group is proposing a common syntax for manipulating arrays, including array creation and query.