73 research outputs found
Message from the ICDE 2015 Program Committee and general chairs
Since its inception in 1984, the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) has become a premier forum for the exchange and dissemination of data management research results among researchers, users, practitioners, and developers. Continuing this long-standing tradition, the 31st ICDE will be hosted this year in Seoul, South Korea, from April 13 to April 17, 2015. It is our great pleasure to welcome you to ICDE 2015 and to present its proceedings to you
INGREX: An Interactive Explanation Framework for Graph Neural Networks
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are widely used in many modern applications,
necessitating explanations for their decisions. However, the complexity of GNNs
makes it difficult to explain predictions. Even though several methods have
been proposed lately, they can only provide simple and static explanations,
which are difficult for users to understand in many scenarios. Therefore, we
introduce INGREX, an interactive explanation framework for GNNs designed to aid
users in comprehending model predictions. Our framework is implemented based on
multiple explanation algorithms and advanced libraries. We demonstrate our
framework in three scenarios covering common demands for GNN explanations to
present its effectiveness and helpfulness.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, This paper is under review for IEEE ICDE 202
SAP HANA Database: Data Management for Modern Business Applications
The SAP HANA database is positioned as the core of the SAP HANA Appliance to support complex business analytical processes in combination with transactionally consistent operational workloads. Within this paper, we outline the basic characteristics of the SAP HANA database, emphasizing the distinctive features that differentiate the SAP HANA database from other classical relational database management systems. On the technical side, the SAP HANA database consists of multiple data processing engines with a distributed query processing environment to provide the full spectrum of data processing -- from classical relational data supporting both row- and column-oriented physical representations in a hybrid engine, to graph and text processing for semi- and unstructured data management within the same system.
From a more application-oriented perspective, we outline the specific support provided by the SAP HANA database of multiple domain-specific languages with a built-in set of natively implemented business functions. SQL -- as the lingua franca for relational database systems -- can no longer be considered to meet all requirements of modern applications, which demand the tight interaction with the data management layer. Therefore, the SAP HANA database permits the exchange of application semantics with the underlying data management platform that can be exploited to increase query expressiveness and to reduce the number of individual application-to-database round trips
Efficient Transaction Processing in SAP HANA Database: The End of a Column Store Myth
The SAP HANA database is the core of SAP's new data management platform. The overall goal of the SAP HANA database is to provide a generic but powerful system for different query scenarios, both transactional and analytical, on the same data representation within a highly scalable execution environment. Within this paper, we highlight the main features that differentiate the SAP HANA database from classical relational database engines. Therefore, we outline the general architecture and design criteria of the SAP HANA in a first step. In a second step, we challenge the common belief that column store data structures are only superior in analytical workloads and not well suited for transactional workloads. We outline the concept of record life cycle management to use different storage formats for the different stages of a record. We not only discuss the general concept but also dive into some of the details of how to efficiently propagate records through their life cycle and moving database entries from write-optimized to read-optimized storage formats. In summary, the paper aims at illustrating how the SAP HANA database is able to efficiently work in analytical as well as transactional workload environments
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