The Data Systems Group at the University of Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science builds innovative, high-impact platforms, systems, and applications for processing, managing, analyzing, and searching the vast collections of data that are integral to modern information societies — colloquially known as “big data” technologies.
Our capabilities span the full spectrum from unstructured text collections to relational data, and everything in between including semi-structured sources such as time series, log data, graphs, and other data types. We work at multiple layers in the software stack, ranging from storage management and execution platforms to user-facing applications and studies of user behaviour.
Our research tackles all phases of the information lifecycle, from ingest and cleaning to inference and decision support.
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Professor Jimmy Lin and his colleagues create a new AI-powered search engine that makes it easier to find information in the fight against COVID-19
Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Jimmy Lin has spearheaded the creation of a dedicated search engine for those who are engaged in the fight against COVID-19.
AI should not leave structured data behind!
The following is an article written by Professor Ihab Ilyas, a faculty member of the Data Systems Group and the Thomson Reuters Research Chair in Data Cleaning from Theory to Practice.
Amine Mhedhbi awarded coveted 2020 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
PhD candidate Amine Mhedhbi is one of 10 recipients across North America and the only recipient from Canada to receive a 2020 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. Established in 2008, these prestigious fellowships have supported more than 150 exceptional doctoral students to date.