Web and Semi
Structured Data
Work in this area covers design and
implementation issues in storing and retrieving web
data/documents. Specific areas of interest include
XML Query Optimization, Indexing, Performance
Evaluation, XML Update and Consistency maintenance, Transaction
processing and management in web environment, Web content
management system, Information extraction techniques for web
based semi-structured data, XML data warehouse and XML Mining ,
XML document warehouse and integration of requirement
engineering with document warehouse,
Integrated data
warehouse for XML data and traditional databases,
XML database conceptual modeling, metrics for XML Schema design,
and Software process representation using XML Schema.
Contact: Dr. Zhen He
Phone: +61 3 9479
3036
Email:
z.he@latrobe.edu.au
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New Generation
DB Technology and Environment
Research in this area
primarily covers
novel database access/storage techniques that are influenced by
new environment/technology such as wireless environment, grid
computing, etc. Specific topics include but are not limited to
Mobile database transaction management, mobile database query
and data allocation, Query Optimization in Mobile Network,
Farming industry Data synchronization in Wireless environment,
Data Backup mechanism in Mobile Devices, Ontology based Database
management in Semantic Grid environment, Parallel database
indexing and query optimization.
Contact: Dr. Jinli Cao
Phone: +61 3 9479
3035
Email:
j.cao@latrobe.edu.au
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Specialized
Domain Data Management
Specialized domain data management covers
domain-oriented database design and implementation
issues including medical domain, bioinformatics domain,
commerce, etc. Currently, are actively involved in work relevant
to
Information Retrieval in the Medical Domain, Ontology View in
Medical domain, Health Information management system, View-based
Genome Database creation, integration, and query mechanism,
Bioinformatics Database integration and visualization technique
to enable comparative study.
Contact:
Dr. Dennis Wollersheim
Phone: +61 3 9479
3034
Email:
D.Wollersheim@latrobe.edu.au
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Data-Centric
Knowledge Management
Data-centric knowledge management encompasses
knowledge management techniques that are
influenced by or integrated with existing database techniques.
Specific application areas that we are working on include
Mapping of Natural Language to XML query, Extracting knowledge
from natural language for SE process recording, Ontology based
web services discovery and integration, Synthetic environment
(SE) representational semantics using web-based ontologies,
Sub-ontology extraction techniques and optimization, Product
manufacturing domain design knowledge management, RDF query
operators, and RDF Schema.
Contact Person
Dr. Hongen Lu
Phone: +61 3 9479
3681
Email:
helu@cs.latrobe.edu.au
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