His research interests
include database access optimization, multidimensional indexing for large-scale
data warehouses and performance optimization of parallel and distributed systems
(data grids). Previously, Kurt was leading the Optimization Task of the European
DataGrid Project managed by CERN. He was also a visiting researcher at the
California Institute of Technology where he worked on object-oriented databases
for high energy physics applications. Kurt studied computer science and business
administration at the University of Vienna, Austria, and the Royal Holloway College,
University of London, England. He received a PhD in computer science and
business administration from the University of Vienna, Austria, under supervision
of CERN??™s Database Group.
Aris Tsois received a diploma in electrical and computer engineering from the
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 1995 and a PhD in
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computer science from the same university in 2005. In September 2005 he started
working at the Joint Research Center in Italy on data warehousing and data mining
projects. His research interests include on-line analytical processing technology, data
warehouses, query optimization, and artificial intelligence.
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