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2015

A microscope for the data centre

Authors
Pereira, N; Tennina, S; Loureiro, J; Severino, R; Saraiva, B; Santos, M; Pacheco, F; Tovar, E;

Publication
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SENSOR NETWORKS

Abstract
Data centres are large energy consumers. A large portion of this power consumption is due to the control of physical parameters of the data centre (such as temperature and humidity). However, these physical parameters are tightly coupled with computations, and even more so in upcoming data centres, where the location of workloads can vary substantially due, for example, to workloads being moved in the cloud infrastructure hosted in the data centre. Therefore, managing the physical and compute infrastructure of a large data centre is an embodiment of a cyber-physical system (CPS). In this paper, we describe a data collection and distribution architecture that enables gathering physical parameters of a large data centre at a very high temporal and spatial resolution of the sensor measurements. We detail this architecture and define the structure of the underlying messaging system that is used to collect and distribute the data.

2015

Data Warehouses in MongoDB vs SQL Server A comparative analysis of the querie performance

Authors
Pereira, D; Oliveira, P; Rodrigues, F;

Publication
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2015 10TH IBERIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES (CISTI 2015)

Abstract
Due to its historical nature, data warehouses require that large volumes of data need to be stored in their repositories. Some organizations are beginning to have problems to manage and analyze these huge volumes of data. This is due, in large part, to the relational databases which are the primary method of data storage in a data warehouse, and start underperforming, crumbling under the weight of the data stored. In opposition to these systems, arise the NoSQL databases that are associated with the storage of very large volumes of data inherent to the Big Data paradigm. Thus, this article focuses on the study of the feasibility and the implications of the adoption of a NoSQL database, within the data warehousing context. MongoDB was selected to represent the NoSQL systems in this investigation. In this paper will be explained the processes required to design the structure of a data warehouse and typically dimensional queries in the MongoDB system. The undertaken research culminates in the performance analysis of queries executed in a traditional data warehouse, based on the SQL Server system, and an equivalent data warehouse based on the MongoDB system.

2015

A DCAP for the social and solidarity economy

Authors
Malta, Mariana Curado; Baptista, Ana Alice; Parente, Cristina;

Publication

Abstract
This article presents a work-in-progress version of a Dublin Core Application Profile (DCAP) developed to serve the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Studies revealed that this community is interested in implementing both internal interoperability between their Web platforms to build a global SSE e-marketplace, and external interoperability among their Web platforms and external ones. The Dublin Core Application Profile for Social and Solidarity Economy (DCAP-SSE) serves this purpose. SSE organisations are submerged in the market economy but they have specificities not taken into account in this economy. The DCAP-SSE integrates terms from well-known metadata schemas, Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabularies or ontologies, in order to enhance interoperability and take advantage of the benefits of the Linked Open Data ecosystem. It also integrates terms from the new essglobal RDF vocabulary which was created with the goal to respond to the SSE-specific needs. The DCAP-SSE also integrates five new Vocabulary Encoding Schemes to be used with DCAP-SSE properties. The DCAP development was based on a method for the development of application profiles (Me4MAP). We believe that this article has an educational value since it presents the idea that it is important to base DCAP developments on a method. This article shows the main results of applying such a method.

2015

Chair's notes on the program

Authors
Malta M.C.; Vidotti S.A.B.G.;

Publication
Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications

Abstract

2015

A DCAP for the social and solidarity economy

Authors
Malta, MC; Baptista, AA; Parente, C;

Publication
Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications

Abstract
This article presents a work-in-progress version of a Dublin Core Application Profile (DCAP) developed to serve the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Studies revealed that this community is interested in implementing both internal interoperability between their Web platforms to build a global SSE e-marketplace, and external interoperability among their Web platforms and external ones. The Dublin Core Application Profile for Social and Solidarity Economy (DCAP-SSE) serves this purpose. SSE organisations are submerged in the market economy but they have specificities not taken into account in this economy. The DCAP-SSE integrates terms from well-known metadata schemas, Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabularies or ontologies, in order to enhance interoperability and take advantage of the benefits of the Linked Open Data ecosystem. It also integrates terms from the new essglobal RDF vocabulary which was created with the goal to respond to the SSE-specific needs. The DCAP-SSE also integrates five new Vocabulary Encoding Schemes to be used with DCAP-SSE properties. The DCAP development was based on a method for the development of application profiles (Me4MAP). We believe that this article has an educational value since it presents the idea that it is important to base DCAP developments on a method. This article shows the main results of applying such a method.

2015

Ramex: A sequence mining algorithm using poly-trees

Authors
Cavique, L;

Publication
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Abstract
Sequence mining combines the discovery of frequent itemsets and the order they appear in. Most of the sequence pattern discovery techniques present some handicaps like the generation of a huge number of rules and the lack of scalability. In this work the proposed algorithm concerns the analysis of the whole rather than the parts, thus providing a holistic view of the sequences. The algorithm analyzes event logs and allows a non-expert user to understand the sequences using a poly-tree visualization. The scalability associated with condensed data structures, which shrink the data without losing information, allows dealing with the Big Data challenge. Ramex was implemented in different scenarios. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.

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