A Demonstration of SciDB: A Science-Oriented DBMS

Summary: Demonstrates SciDB, a science-oriented DBMS with a nested-array model and array-centric operations such as regrid. Highlights support for uncertainty, lineage, and named versions, and presents the first public demonstration on LSST data. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 9940
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2009
Pagerank: 0.00013102195
Overall Rank: 1,239 | 91.39%
DOI: -

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318	Overview of SciDB: Large Scale Array Storage, Processing and Analysis	2010	SIGMOD	0.00027795661
1,279	Towards Linear Algebra over Normalized Data	2017	VLDB	0.00012868394
1,750	Weld: A Common Runtime for High Performance Data Analytics	2017	CIDR	0.00010683647
1,820	A Demonstration of the BigDAWG Polystore System	2015	VLDB	0.00010428281
2,896	Evaluating End-to-End Optimization for Data Analytics Applications in Weld	2018	VLDB	7.9452051e-05
4,839	ChronosDB: Distributed, File Based, Geospatial Array DBMS	2018	VLDB	5.8875955e-05
5,960	Skew-Aware Join Optimization for Array Databases	2015	SIGMOD	5.2559595e-05
7,134	Incremental Elasticity For Array Databases	2014	SIGMOD	4.822331e-05
7,623	Optimizing Probabilistic Query Processing on Continuous Uncertain Data	2011	VLDB	4.6933659e-05
7,787	Jigsaw: Efficient Optimization Over Uncertain Enterprise Data	2011	SIGMOD	4.6512526e-05
7,917	Array DBMS: Past, Present, and (Near) Future	2021	VLDB	4.6173899e-05
10,381	LCP: Enhancing Scientific Data Management with Lossy Compression for Particles	2025	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
11,184	Toward Efficient Homomorphic Encryption for Outsourced Databases through Parallel Caching	2023	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
11,489	Convergence of Array DBMS and Cellular Automata: A Road Traffic Simulation Case	2021	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
11,614	BitFun: Fast Answers to Queries with Tunable Functions in Geospatial Array DBMS	2020	VLDB	4.1945683e-05
11,669	ChronosDB in Action: Manage, Process, and Visualize Big Geospatial Arrays in the Cloud	2019	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05
11,905	Supporting Data Uncertainty in Array Databases	2015	SIGMOD	4.1945683e-05

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Showing 8 of 8 cited papers.

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

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
2	R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching	1984	SIGMOD	0.0032169493
20	GAMMA - A High Performance Dataflow Database Machine	1986	VLDB	0.00086459551
26	The Design Of The Postgres Storage System	1987	VLDB	0.00082378685
232	A Performance Evaluation of Four Parallel Join Algorithms in a Shared-Nothing Multiprocessor Environment	1989	SIGMOD	0.00032122485
299	Trio: A System for Data, Uncertainty, and Lineage	2006	VLDB	0.00028525071
769	Client-Server Paradise	1994	VLDB	0.00016918508
821	Designing And Mining Multi-Terabyte Astronomy Archives: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey	2000	SIGMOD	0.00016272349
928	Requirements for Science Data Bases and SciDB	2009	CIDR	0.00015247726

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