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Jacek Becla SLAC Technology Officer for Scientific Databases XLDB Chairman

Jacek Becla SLAC Technology Officer for Scientific Databases XLDB Chairman LSST Database & Data Access Manager. XLDB Goals & Focus. 1. Exchange information. Identify trends, commonalities and major roadblocks. 2. Bridge gaps. Bridge the gap between users solution providers worldwide.

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Jacek Becla SLAC Technology Officer for Scientific Databases XLDB Chairman

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  1. Jacek Becla SLAC Technology Officer for Scientific Databases XLDB Chairman LSST Database & Data Access Manager

  2. XLDB Goals & Focus 1. Exchange information Identify trends, commonalities and major roadblocks • 2. Bridge gaps Bridge the gap between users solution providers worldwide • 3. Facilitate growth Facilitate development and growth of practical technologies Main focus on practical aspects data management & complex analytics at extreme scale

  3. Events • Invitational workshops since 2007 • Open conference since 2010 • Tutorials • Poster sessions • Demos • Internationallyrecognized • 300+ attendees • Satellite events XLDB1, SLAC, circa 2007

  4. XLDB Satellite Workshops • Location based • 2011: XLDB-Europe (Edinburgh, UK) • 2012: XLDB-Asia (Beijing, China) • 2013: XLDB-Europe (Geneva, Switzerland) • 2014: XLDB-South America (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) • Topical • 2014: XLDB-Healthcare (New York)

  5. Typical Attendance (2012 snapshot)

  6. … and many more

  7. Activities Doing • Yearly events • Topics, agenda, speakers, logistics • Workshop reports • Satellite events • Heavy lifting by local organizers • Successful science-industry collaboration Envisioning • Defining benchmark(s) • Defining standards (e.g. arrayQL) • Collecting use cases • http://xldb.org/use • $100K grant from Moore Foundation • Template solutions • Building a pool of experts • Reaching out to students

  8. Impact / Potential • SciDB • Influencing technology directions • New standards • Cross-domain networking • 1000+ relevant, technical people on mailing lists

  9. http://xldb.org

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