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Verena Kantere
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa

Big Data analytics in science and industry are performed on a range of heterogeneous data stores, both traditional and modern, and on a diversity of query engines. Workflows are difficult to design and implement since they span a variety of systems. To reduce development time and processing costs, some automation is needed.

Christian Gorenflo, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Blockchain technologies are expected to make a significant impact on a variety of industries. However, one issue holding them back is their limited transaction throughput, especially compared to established solutions such as distributed database systems.