Showing papers by "Michael J. Pazzani published in 2005"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose research into several important new directions for database management systems, driven by the Internet and increasing amounts of scientific and sensor data, and propose new approaches for database needs are changing.
Abstract: Database needs are changing, driven by the Internet and increasing amounts of scientific and sensor data. In this article, the authors propose research into several important new directions for database management systems.
179 citations
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The current generation of recommendation systems exhibits little if any common sense, while adept at finding patterns in purchase data, such systems are plateauing well below the goal of having intelligence agents be analogous to human concierges.
Abstract: The current generation of recommendation systems exhibits little if any common sense. While adept at finding patterns in purchase data, such systems are plateauing well below the goal of having intelligence agents be analogous to human concierges.
4 citations
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: This article summarizes the discussion and conclusions of the sixth such meeting in Lowell, MA, in May 2003, and recommends that database researchers increase their focus on the integration of text, data, code, and streams; fusion of information from heterogeneous data sources; reasoning about uncertain data; unsuper-vised data mining for interesting correlations; information privacy; and self-adaptation and repair.
Abstract: Database needs are changing, driven by the Internet and increasing amounts of scientific and sensor data. In this article, the authors propose research into several important new directions for database management systems. A group of senior database researchers gathers every few years to assess the state of database research and to point out problem areas that deserve additional focus. This article summarizes the discussion and conclusions of the sixth such meeting in Lowell, MA, in May 2003. It follows a number of earlier reports with similar goals, including [1, 2, 5–7]. Continuing this tradition, 25 senior database researchers representing a broad cross section of the field in terms of research interests , affiliations, and geography gathered in Lowell for two days of intensive discussion on where the database field is and where it should be going. Several important observations came out of this meeting. Information management continues to be a critical component of most complex software systems. We recommend that database researchers increase their focus on the integration of text, data, code, and streams; fusion of information from heterogeneous data sources; reasoning about uncertain data; unsuper-vised data mining for interesting correlations; information privacy; and self-adaptation and repair. Our community focuses on information storage, organization, management, and access. It is driven by new applications, technology trends, new synergies with related fields, and innovation within the field itself. The nature and sources of information are changing. Everyone is aware that the Internet, the Web, science, and e-commerce are enormous sources of information and information processing demands. Another big source is coming soon: inexpensive microsensor technology that will enable most things to report their state in real time. This information will support applications whose main purpose is to monitor the reporting objects' state or location. Sensor information processing will raise many of the most interesting database issues in a new environment, with a new set of constraints and opportunities. The Internet is currently the main driving force
3 citations