Data structures and databases for Web-based applications

Speaker: Kaveendra Vithana

Affiliation: University of Western Sydney

Time: Friday 16/12/2011 from 10:00 to 10:30

Venue: Access Grid UWS. Presented from Parramatta (EB.1.32), accessible from Campbelltown (26.1.50) and Penrith (Y239).

Abstract:

Handing large amounts of data has become a necessity with popularity and advancement of internet based applications, such as social networking, eCommerce etc. The word 'database' is almost synonymous to Relational Databases in common reference, as sometimes it's easy to forget there are other types of Database Technologies still in existence. However, RDBMS is only a one subset of the class 'structured storage'. Another subset, NoSQL databases, gained focus and popularity over the past decade, as they are being used by industry leaders, such as Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. for its performance benefits. Continuous research into alternate database technologies were fuelled since internet base applications posses significant challenges on the underlying database systems, mainly in terms of 'storage' and 'exchange' of data. Experts believe that RDBMS is not the one-stop-shop for databases, and other technologies may prove better depending on the situation.

Information management for The Architecture, Engineering and Construction and Facility Management (AEC-FM) sector encounters similar problems dealing with large amounts of data, coming from various property parameters (dimensions, material, colour etc.) of objects, such as wash-room basins for an example. This paper takes the above scenario into consideration, investigating possible approaches in terms of 'Data Storage' and 'Data Exchange' aspects, and proposes possible solution to handle and store large amounts of data using available technologies.

Biography: Kaveendra is a Master of Information and Communication Technology student in the School of Computing and Mathematics, studying under the supervision of Dr. Yogesh Deshpande.