Volker Markl

Implicit Parallelism through Deep Language Embedding

2015

The appeal of MapReduce has spawned a family of systems that implement or extend it. In order to enable parallel collection processing with User-Defined Functions (UDFs), these systems expose extensions of the MapReduce programming model …

The Beckman report on database research

2016 · Communications of the ACM

Database researchers paint big data as a defining challenge. To make the most of the enormous opportunities at hand will require focusing on five research areas.

The Power of Nested Parallelism in Big Data Processing Hitting Three Flies with One Slap

2021

Many common data analysis tasks, such as performing hyperparameter optimization, processing a partitioned graph, and treating a matrix as a vector of vectors, offer natural opportunities for nested-parallel operations, i.e., launching parallel operations from inside …

Artificial intelligence to advance Earth observation: : A review of models, recent trends, and pathways forward

2023 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Earth observation (EO) is a prime instrument for monitoring land and ocean processes, studying the dynamics at work, and taking the pulse of our planet. This article gives a bird's eye view of the essential …