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Spark SQL: Relational Data Processing in Spark

Summary: Relational processing integrated into Spark via DataFrame API, unifying SQL queries with Spark's functional workflow. Catalyst, a Scala-based extensible optimizer, enables composable rules, code generation, JSON schema inference, and federation to databases. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
5023
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
2015
Pagerank
0.00055280049
Overall Rank
25 | 99.83%
DOI
10.1145/2723372.2742797

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296 Accelerating Machine Learning Inference with Probabilistic Predicates 2018 SIGMOD 0.00022115632
452 Apache Calcite: A Foundational Framework for Optimized Query Processing Over Heterogeneous Data Sources 2018 SIGMOD 0.00018289051
472 AnalyticDB-V: A Hybrid Analytical Engine Towards Query Fusion for Structured and Unstructured Data 2020 VLDB 0.0001798859
513 Delta Lake: High-Performance ACID Table Storage over Cloud Object Stores 2020 VLDB 0.00017314526
524 NeuroCard: One Cardinality Estimator for All Tables 2021 VLDB 0.00017177356
611 Wander Join: Online Aggregation via Random Walks 2016 SIGMOD 0.00015865071
833 Quickr: Lazily Approximating Complex AdHoc Queries in BigData Clusters 2016 SIGMOD 0.00013775566
839 Random Sampling over Joins Revisited 2018 SIGMOD 0.00013751264
1,098 Approximate Query Processing: No Silver Bullet 2017 SIGMOD 0.00012272786
1,139 Structured Streaming: A Declarative API for Real-Time Applications in Apache Spark 2018 SIGMOD 0.0001209681
1,143 Lakehouse: A New Generation of Open Platforms that Unify Data Warehousing and Advanced Analytics 2021 CIDR 0.00012076462
1,162 Simba: Efficient In-Memory Spatial Analytics 2016 SIGMOD 0.00011985579
1,306 Weld: A Common Runtime for High Performance Data Analytics 2017 CIDR 0.00011313192
1,337 Automating Large-Scale Data Quality Verification 2018 VLDB 0.00011211329
1,354 Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing: A Survey 2017 SIGMOD 0.00011165852
1,417 Towards Scalable Dataframe Systems 2020 VLDB 0.00010936782
1,503 Procella: Unifying serving and analytical data at YouTube 2019 VLDB 0.00010641071
1,536 HELIX: Holistic Optimization for Accelerating Iterative Machine Learning 2019 VLDB 0.00010490973
1,578 Titian: Data Provenance Support in Spark 2016 VLDB 0.00010366201
1,787 How to Architect a Query Compiler 2016 SIGMOD 9.8371029e-05
1,819 Axiomatic Foundations and Algorithms for Deciding Semantic Equivalences of SQL Queries 2018 VLDB 9.7751598e-05
1,856 Photon: A Fast Query Engine for Lakehouse Systems 2022 SIGMOD 9.699164e-05
1,901 DBEst: Revisiting Approximate Query Processing Engines with Machine Learning Models 2019 SIGMOD 9.6066443e-05
1,936 Tuplex: Data Science in Python at Native Code Speed 2021 SIGMOD 9.5283932e-05
1,973 POLARIS: The Distributed SQL Engine in Azure Synapse 2020 VLDB 9.4689067e-05
1,976 FLAT: Fast, Lightweight and Accurate Method for Cardinality Estimation 2021 VLDB 9.4645971e-05
1,978 Database Learning: Toward a Database that Becomes Smarter Every Time 2017 SIGMOD 9.4626567e-05
2,006 ModelarDB: Modular Model-Based Time Series Management with Spark and Cassandra 2018 VLDB 9.3994615e-05
2,118 DIFF: A Relational Interface for Large-Scale Data Explanation 2019 VLDB 9.2000813e-05
2,131 Quickstep: A Data Platform Based on the Scaling-Up Approach 2018 VLDB 9.1824992e-05
2,142 DUALSIM: Parallel Subgraph Enumeration in a Massive Graph on a Single Machine 2016 SIGMOD 9.1646667e-05
2,274 Evaluating End-to-End Optimization for Data Analytics Applications in Weld 2018 VLDB 8.8988246e-05
2,334 DITA: Distributed In-Memory Trajectory Analytics 2018 SIGMOD 8.81355e-05
2,356 Mison: A Fast JSON Parser for Data Analytics 2017 VLDB 8.7744892e-05
2,384 Filter Before You Parse: Faster Analytics on Raw Data with Sparser 2018 VLDB 8.735059e-05
2,423 How to Architect a Query Compiler, Revisited 2018 SIGMOD 8.6700245e-05
2,530 AnalyticDB: Real-time OLAP Database System at Alibaba Cloud 2019 VLDB 8.5295823e-05
2,553 Big Data Analytics with Datalog Queries on Spark 2016 SIGMOD 8.4879606e-05
2,590 SQLShare: Results from a Multi-Year SQL-as-a-Service Experiment 2016 SIGMOD 8.448209e-05
2,794 AIDA - Abstraction for Advanced In-Database Analytics 2018 VLDB 8.1803827e-05
2,820 F1 Query: Declarative Querying at Scale 2018 VLDB 8.140112e-05
2,883 RaSQL: Greater Power and Performance for Big Data Analytics with Recursive-aggregate-SQL on Spark 2019 SIGMOD 8.0671021e-05
2,940 F1 Lightning: HTAP as a Service 2020 VLDB 8.002527e-05
2,960 OceanBase: A 707 Million tpmC Distributed Relational Database System 2022 VLDB 7.9703183e-05
2,961 Chi: A Scalable and Programmable Control Plane for Distributed Stream Processing Systems 2018 VLDB 7.9686889e-05
3,039 How to Win a Hot Dog Eating Contest: Distributed Incremental View Maintenance with Batch Updates 2016 SIGMOD 7.8829044e-05
3,046 Speculative Distributed CSV Data Parsing for Big Data Analytics 2019 SIGMOD 7.8803739e-05
3,079 Skipping-oriented Partitioning for Columnar Layouts 2017 VLDB 7.847438e-05
3,099 Helix: Accelerating Human-in-the-loop Machine Learning 2018 VLDB 7.8252921e-05
3,102 Pushing Data-Induced Predicates Through Joins in Big-Data Clusters 2020 VLDB 7.8221928e-05
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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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
6 Pig Latin: A Not-So-Foreign Language for Data Processing 2008 SIGMOD 0.0010826673
21 Distributed GraphLab: A Framework for Machine Learning and Data Mining in the Cloud 2012 VLDB 0.00057138114
42 A Comparison of Approaches to Large-Scale Data Analysis 2009 SIGMOD 0.00046908254
51 Dremel: Interactive Analysis of Web-Scale Datasets 2010 VLDB 0.00043359268
122 The EXODUS Optimizer Generator 1987 SIGMOD 0.00031727028
153 MAD Skills: New Analysis Practices for Big Data 2009 VLDB 0.00029010702
322 Impala: A Modern, Open-Source SQL Engine for Hadoop 2015 CIDR 0.00021327735
416 Shark: SQL and Rich Analytics at Scale 2013 SIGMOD 0.00018911753
520 Building Efficient Query Engines in a High-Level Language 2014 VLDB 0.00017232643
1,235 Extracting Schema from Semistructured Data 1998 SIGMOD 0.00011628464
1,717 Sinew: A SQL System for Multi-Structured Data 2014 SIGMOD 0.00010019294
1,775 Distributed Data-Parallel Computing Using a High-Level Programming Language 2009 SIGMOD 9.8630311e-05
1,825 G-OLA: Generalized On-Line Aggregation for Interactive Analysis on Big Data 2015 SIGMOD 9.7684819e-05
2,755 Inferring XML Schema Definitions from XML Data 2007 VLDB 8.2279205e-05
3,508 Rethinking Data-Intensive Science Using Scalable Analytics Systems 2015 SIGMOD 7.4266293e-05
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