Re: [TYPES] type theory and Big Data

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Hello,

In the research line stated by Ryan, you should also have a look at a 
recent paper in the topic:

http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~gc/papers/popl13.pdf




On 10/29/2013 03:24 AM, Barry Jay wrote:
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> Another typed approach to big data is to use the generic queries of
> pattern calculus
>
> http://www.springer.com/computer/theoretical+computer+science/book/978-3-540-89184-0
>
>
> and bondi http://bondi.it.uts.edu.au/
>
> Generic queries can be applied to data structures of arbitrary type,
> without adding any apparatus for collections or monads, etc.  In
> principle, this allows a single, strongly-typed query to be executed
> across a wide variety of data bases, with varying schema.
>
> Yours,
> Barry
>
>
>
>
> On 29/10/13 08:58, Ryan Wisnesky wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Collection types, typically monadic, were instrumental in the
>> development of 'functional query languages'.  This line of work
>> started in the early 90s and a classical paper is Tannen, Buneman, and
>> Wong's "Naturally Embedded Query Languages":
>>
>> http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1536&context=cis_reports
>>
>>
>> Such languages continue to be proposed as interfaces for big-data
>> systems like MapReduce:
>>
>> http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/4/106584-a-co-relational-model-of-data-for-large-shared-data-banks/fulltext
>>
>>
>> The implications of other type-theoretic constructions to information
>> management are topics of current research.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2013, at 7:09 AM, Dr. Rod Moten <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
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>>> Do you think type theory has a role to play in providing the
>>> mathematics needed for Big Data?
>>> https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20131004-the-mathematical-shape-of-things-to-come/
>>>
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