Humanized Database Systems

人性化的数据库系统

• 批准号: 341822-2012
• 负责人: Pu, Ken
• 金额: $ 1.24万
• 依托单位: University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=572373
• 关键词: Humanized; Database; Systems

The objective of the proposed research program is to investigate algorithms, user interface (UI) design and system level implementation toward a {\em humanized database system}. In particular, we propose to revisit many aspects of the database technology for the next generation of personal computing environment from an user-centric approach. We are interested in aspects including, but not limited to, query interfaces, visualization and summarization of data, automatic schema inference, information extraction and integration of data sources in the runtime environments of mobile devices and servers in the cloud. We envision that the humanized database provides an expressive querying interface allowing user inputs to include touch, gestures, and speech in addition to the tradition methods. Furthermore, the humanized database organizes data feeds with minimal manual intervention. It should infer and maintain the database schema and provides visual summaries of the meta data and the data of the database. Thus, the database serves as an autonomous agent which interacts with the end user directly.

拟议研究计划的目标是研究算法、用户界面（UI）设计和系统级实现，以实现{\em人性化数据库系统}。 特别是，我们建议从以用户为中心的方法重新审视下一代个人计算环境的数据库技术的许多方面。 我们感兴趣的方面包括但不限于查询接口、数据可视化和汇总、自动模式推理、移动设备和云服务器运行时环境中的信息提取和数据源集成。 我们设想人性化数据库提供一个富有表现力的查询界面，允许用户输入除了传统方法之外还包括触摸、手势和语音。 此外，人性化的数据库以最少的人工干预来组织数据源。 它应该推断和维护数据库模式，并提供元数据和数据库数据的可视化摘要。 因此，数据库充当直接与最终用户交互的自主代理。