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The Beckman report on database research

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Database researchers paint big data as a defining challenge. To make the most of the enormous opportunities at hand will require focusing on five research areas.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 59, Issue 2
        February 2016
        110 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2886013
        • Editor:
        • Moshe Y. Vardi
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