Research Interests

• XML Similarity Joins
• XML Databases, XTC Project
• DB&IR Integration
  
• Data Integration, Data Quality
  
• Medical Information Systems

Publications

• 2010
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T.: Generalizing Prefix Filtering to Improve Set Similarity Joins. Information Systems, Special Issue: ADBIS 2009. Submitted.

• 2009
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T., Pimenta, F. A,: A Cluster-Based Approach to XML Similarity Joins. In: Proc. 13th Int. Database Engineering & Applications Symposium (IDEAS'09), pp. 182-193, Cetraro, Calabria, Italy, Sept. 2009.
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T.: Efficient Set Similarity Joins Using Min-prefixes. In: Proc. 13th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2009), LNCS 5739, pp. 88-102, Riga, Latvia, Sept. 2009.
• 2008
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T.: Similarity Matching in Web-Based Data Management Applications. In: Datenbank-Spektrum, Heft 26, pp. 17-25, Sept. 2008.
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T.: Evaluating Performance and Quality of XML-Based Similarity Joins. In: Proc. 12th East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2008), LNCS 5207, pp. 246-261, Pori, Finland, Sept. 2008.
• 2007
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T.: Embedding Similarity Joins into Native XML Databases. In: Proc. 22nd Brasilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD 2007), pp. 285-299, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil, Oct. 2007,
• 2006
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Härder, T.: Entity Identification in XML Documents. In: Proc. 18th 18th GI-Workshop on the Foundations of Databases, pp. 130-134, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, June 2006,
• 2002
  • Ribeiro, L. A., Dellani, P. R., von Wangenheim, A., Richter, M. M., Maxini, K., Comunello, E.: CyclopsDistMedDB. - A Transparent Gateway for Distributed Medical Data Access in DICOM Format. In: 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'02), pp. 315-320, Maribor, Slovenia, June 2002.

Academic Services

• Reviewer for ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
• Reviewer for World Wide Web (WWW Journal)

Supervised Documents

• 2009
  • Sauer, C.: Applications of Current Hardware Developments in Data Management: Quantum Computing. Seminar on the Application of Current Hardware Trends in Data Management, University of Kaiserslautern, Dept. of Computer Science, 2009.
  • Pimenta, F. S.: An Evaluation of XML Structural Similarity Algorithms. Project Report. University of Kaiserslautern, Dept. of Computer Science, 2009.
• 2008
  • Messer-Chaney, M.: XML Query Processing, Seminar on XML and Datbases. University of Kaiserslautern, Dept. of Computer Science, 2008.
• 2007
  • Coster, A.: Design and Implementation of an XML Error Injection Tool. Project Report. University of Kaiserslautern, Dept. of Computer Science, 2007.