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Jacek BeclaSLAC Technology Officer for Scientific DatabasesXLDB ChairmanLSST Database & Data Access Manager

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XLDB Goals & Focus1. Exchange information

Identify trends, commonalities and major roadblocks

2. Bridge gaps

Bridge the gap between users solution providers worldwide

3. Facilitate growth

Facilitate development and growth of practical technologies Main focus on practical aspects

data management & complex analytics at extreme scale

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XLDB1, SLAC, circa 2007

Events

Invitational workshops since 2007 Open conference since 2010

+Tutorials+Poster sessions+DemosInternationally

recognized300+ attendees

Satellite events

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XLDB Satellite Workshops

Location based− 2011: XLDB-Europe (Edinburgh, UK)− 2012: XLDB-Asia (Beijing, China)− 2013: XLDB-Europe (Geneva, Switzerland)− 2014: XLDB-South America (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Topical− 2014: XLDB-Healthcare (New York)

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Typical Attendance (2012 snapshot)

in-dus-tries; 50%

ven-dors; 15%

academia

; 15%

science; 15%others; 5%

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Activities

Doing• Yearly events

– Topics, agenda, speakers, logistics

– Workshop reports

• Satellite events– Heavy lifting by local

organizers

• Successful science-industry collaboration

Envisioning

• Defining benchmark(s)• Defining standards

(e.g. arrayQL)• Collecting use cases

• http://xldb.org/use• $100K grant from Moore Foundation

• Template solutions• Building a pool of experts• Reaching out to students

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Impact / Potential

• SciDB• Influencing technology directions• New standards• Cross-domain networking

• 1000+ relevant, technical people on mailing lists

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http://xldb.org