Winds from Seattle: Database Research Directions
Summary: A Seattle workshop report and VLDB panel distilling future database research directions, combining technical opportunities with community organization and impact. Extends the field’s tradition of self-assessment and agenda setting. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time
Authors
- 1. Joseph M. Hellerstein (University of California Berkeley)
- 2. Peter Bailis (Stanford University)
- 3. Magda Balazinska (University of Washington)
- 4. Xin Luna Dong (Amazon)
- 5. Juliana Freire (New York University)
- 6. Raghu Ramakrishnan (Microsoft)
- 7. Michael Stonebraker (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
BibTeX Citation
@article{hellerstein_vldb20,
title = {{Winds from Seattle: Database Research Directions}},
author = {Hellerstein, Joseph M. and Bailis, Peter and Balazinska, Magda and Dong, Xin Luna and Freire, Juliana and Ramakrishnan, Raghu and Stonebraker, Michael},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '20},
volume = {13},
number = {12},
pages = {3516--3516},
doi = {10.14778/3415478.3415573},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3415478.3415573},
year = {2020}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,121 | The Cosmos Big Data Platform at Microsoft: Over a Decade of Progress and a Decade to Look Forward | 2021 | VLDB | 5.9688569e-05 |
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,743 | The Next 5 Years: What Opportunities Should the Database Community Seize to Maximize its Impact? | 2020 | SIGMOD | 5.227679e-05 |
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