Published Papers & Theses

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Here is the list of my publications registered at the Bibliography Server on Database Systems & Logic Programming.

The papers are on the following topics:

  • Parallel and Temporal Joins

  • Parallel Databases

  • Parallel Recursive Query Processing

  • Object-Oriented Database Design

    • Further, technical reports and non-published documents on my work can be found here.

    Parallel and Temporal Joins

  • Th. Zurek
    Optimisation of Partitioned Temporal Joins
    Proceedings of the BNCOD'97 Conference, London, United Kingdom
    July 1997

  • Th. Zurek
    Optimal Interval Partitioning for Temporal Databases
    Proceedings of the BIWIT'97 Workshop, Biarritz, France
    July 1997

  • Th. Zurek
    Parallel Temporal Joins
    Proceedings of the BTW'97 (German Database) Conference, Ulm, Germany
    March 1997

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    • Parallel Databases
  • M. G. Norman, Th. Zurek, P. Thanisch
    Much Ado about Shared-Nothing
    SIGMOD Record, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 16-21
    September 1996

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    • Parallel Recursive Query Processing
  • Th. Zurek, E. M. Minty, P. Thanisch
    Recursive Query Processing on a Connection Machine
    in "Parallel Information Processing", ed. by J. Keane,
    UNICOM, Stanley Thornes Publishers,
    1996
    Abstract | Paper

  • Th. Zurek, P. Thanisch
    Strategies for Parallel Linear Recursive Query Processing
    Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop "Rules in Database Systems" (RIDS), Glyfada, Athens, Greece
    September 1995
    Abstract | Paper | Talk

  • Th. Zurek
    Parallel Processing of Linear Recursive Datalog Queries using Transitive Closure Algorithms
    Final Year Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, Edinburgh University
    June 1992
    Abstract | Thesis | Talk

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    • Object-Oriented Database Design
  • Th. Zurek
    Entwurf einer Richtlinien-Datenbank für ein Umweltinformationssystem mit dem OPAQUE-Model
    Diploma Thesis (in German), Fakultät für Informatik, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
    December 1993
    Abstract (engl) | Thesis | Talk

    • Thomas Zurek, mail to <tz@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, last change 30.6.1997