DBMS Research at a Crossroads: The Vienna Update
Michael R Stonebraker, Rakesh Agrawal, Umeshwar Dayal, Erich J. Neuhold, Andreas Reuter · 1993
On April 23, 1993 a panel discussion was held at the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering in Vienna, Austria, at which five members of the data base research community discussed future research topics in the DBMS area. This paper summarizes the discussion which took place. The panel followed a similar format to that used at Laguna Beach four years earlier, and four of the five panelists attended the earlier conference. As such, we contrast the recommendations of the Laguna Beach participants with those obtained four years later by a similar group. 1. INTRODUCTION In February 1989, an informal workshop was held in Laguna Beach, California, attended by 7 senior DBMS researchers from Germany and 9 from the USA. This workshop was organized by Erich Neuhold of GMD and Michael Stonebraker of Berkeley, and sponsored by the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI). The purpose of that workshop was to discuss what DBMS topics deserve research attention in the future. Durin...