SeeDB: Visualizing Database Queries Efficiently

Summary: SeeDB extends DBMS optimization to jointly explore the space of query plans and possible result visualizations. It outputs recommended visualizations paired with suitable execution plans, automating visualization discovery and outlining a research agenda for future work. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 11098
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2014
Pagerank: 6.2634965e-05
Overall Rank: 5,329 | 63.44%
DOI: 10.14778/2732240.2732248

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Authors

1. Aditya Parameswaran (Stanford University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
2. Neoklis Polyzotis (Google; University of California Santa Cruz)
3. Hector Garcia-Molina (Stanford University)

BibTeX Citation

@article{parameswaran_vldb14,
        title = {{SeeDB: Visualizing Database Queries Efficiently}},
        author = {Parameswaran, Aditya and Polyzotis, Neoklis and Garcia-Molina, Hector},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '14},
        volume = {7},
        number = {4},
        pages = {325--336},
        doi = {10.14778/2732240.2732248},
        url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/2732240.2732248},
        year = {2014}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 8 of 8 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
410	SeeDB: Efficient Data-Driven Visualization Recommendations to Support Visual Analytics	2015	VLDB	0.0001890421
1,198	Overview of Data Exploration Techniques	2015	SIGMOD	0.00011706307
1,634	Rapid Sampling for Visualizations with Ordering Guarantees	2015	VLDB	0.00010163938
4,345	ASAP: Prioritizing Attention via Time Series Smoothing	2017	VLDB	6.7513816e-05
4,864	SeeDB: Automatically Generating Query Visualizations	2014	VLDB	6.4736789e-05
5,056	The Case for Data Visualization Management Systems	2014	VLDB	6.3823595e-05
6,391	Fast-Forwarding to Desired Visualizations with zenvisage	2017	CIDR	5.8893647e-05
11,775	AUDITOR: A System Designed for Automatic Discovery of Complex Integrity Constraints in Relational Databases	2020	SIGMOD	5.093636e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 9 of 9 cited papers.

Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
9	Online Aggregation	1997	SIGMOD	0.00077458002
255	Distinct Sampling for Highly-Accurate Answers to Distinct Values Queries and Event Reports	2001	VLDB	0.00023174541
307	Approximate Query Processing Using Wavelets	2000	VLDB	0.00021792475
700	Explaining differences in multidimensional aggregates	1999	VLDB	0.00014871032
915	Intelligent Rollups in Multidimensional OLAP Data	2001	VLDB	0.00013243386
965	User-adaptive exploration of multidimensional data	2000	VLDB	0.00012933878
1,064	Scalable Approximate Query Processing With The DBO Engine	2007	SIGMOD	0.00012336248
1,098	Google Fusion Tables: Web-Centered Data Management and Collaboration	2010	SIGMOD	0.00012179025
2,632	DEVise: Integrated Querying and Visual Exploration of Large Datasets	1997	SIGMOD	8.3225941e-05

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