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Valter Uotila defends his PhD thesis on Quantum Computing Methods for Query Optimization in Relational Databases

On Friday the 13th of March 2026, M.Sc. Valter Uotila defends his PhD thesis on Quantum Computing Methods for Query Optimization in Relational Databases. The thesis is related to research done in the ...
Communications of the ACM

Orchestrating the Schema

An agent can produce a mathematically elegant, third-normal-form schema that is functionally irrelevant because it fails to capture the political or operational nuances of the organization. Deploying ...
IEEE

LSM HB-Tree: An LSM Tree Augmented With Hierarchical B-Tree for Efficient Range Query Processing on Blockchain Data

With the rapid proliferation of blockchain technology, the volume of stored data has increased dramatically. Existing blockchain systems typically employ a key–value storage model, which is efficient ...
IEEE

Using Project-Based Learning in the Course "Databases" on the Topic "Relational Algebra"

Abstract: The paper presents the results of the application of the project-based learning approach during the last academic year (2020-2021), in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the course ...
GitHub

Replaces multi-branch controller logic with a single bounded update operator that enforces magnitude constraints by construction.

Problems: dead zone produces steady-state error. Boundary oscillation between bands. Thresholds require tuning. Adding a mode requires a new branch. Three scenarios ...
GitHub

BigQuery Extension for Visual Studio Code

A full-featured Google BigQuery extension for VS Code. Authenticate with GCP, browse projects/datasets/tables, run queries with live diagnostics, visualize results, use notebooks, and get schema-aware ...