Re: Quickstep paper

[J. M. Patel]

Here is a proposed abstract and title. Darts?

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TITLE: Apache Quickstep: A high-performance data analytics platform for 
data-center-in-a-box servers (aka. all modern servers)

ABSTRACT: Modern servers pack enough storage and computing power that just a 
decade ago was spread across a modest-sized cluster. To exploit the full 
potential of modern servers, which can be viewed as a data-center-in-a-box, one 
needs to fundamentally build into the underlying data platform mechanisms for 
a) unbounded intra and inter-operator parallelism, b) sophisticated query 
optimization techniques, and c) hybrid storage mechanisms. Apache (incubating) 
Quickstep is data platform that is built from ground up, and in a principled 
way, to meet this need. To keep the project focused, the project’s initial 
target is read-mostly in-memory data warehousing workloads in single-node 
settings. This talk describes the architecture and design of this initial 
version of Quickstep. 

This talk will also describe results from a performance evaluation comparing 
Quickstep to newer systems like Apache Spark and traditional systems like 
PostgreSQL. Quickstep outperforms these systems by over 10X in most cases. 

This talk will also discuss how the hardware trends point to higher storage and 
compute densities in individual servers. The natural consequence of this trend 
is that focusing on the Quickstep approach of “scaling-up” to exploit the full 
hardware parallelism is critical for the future of high-performance data 
platforms. This scaling-up approach is complementary to “scaling-out,” which is 
also on the Quickstep project roadmap, and this talk will also describe the 
initial plan for a distributed version of Quickstep.
--

Cheers,
Jignesh

On 3/17/18, 7:06 PM, "Julian Hyde"  wrote:

ApacheCon is for the community, so keynotes are chosen entirely on merit. 
Bigger audience than the regular talks, but fewer minutes, and it would be good 
if there are larger themes than simply what the project does.

I recommend that you submit a keynote and a regular talk. If people enjoy 
the keynote they will come to the regular talk to hear more details. Writing an 
abstract doesn’t take very long.

Julian


> On Mar 17, 2018, at 4:59 PM, J. M. Patel  wrote:
> 
> Hi Team: I'm starting to work on the abstract for this (will circulate it 
soon). 
> 
> Apache Con has two options for talk submission: Keynote and Standard. I'm 
thinking of submitting to the Keynote category. Any comments? I figured 
go-big-or-go-home.
> 
> Not sure if ApacheCon is like some of the other industry-style 
conferences in which keynotes are favored from sponsors. 
> 
> Also, what do folks think of working on a release sometime early summer? 
We can try to see if Marc can help if he has settled down from the recent 
excitement 
(https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/ford-acquires-autonomic-and-transloc-as-it-evolves-its-mobility-business/).
 
> 
> Cheers,
> Jignesh 
> 
> On 2/13/18, 10:09 PM, "J. M. Patel"  wrote:
> 
>Good tips Julian! 
> 
>Cheers,
>Jignesh  
> 
>On 2/9/18, 6:00 PM, "Julian Hyde"  wrote:
> 
>ApacheCon is a good opportunity to attract community, so I suggest 
you think of the talk as a sales pitch. You need to convince members of the 
audience to use Quickstep in their application or data engine, and then to 
start contributing. The fact that the Quickstep is high-performance is 
necessary but not sufficient. You also need to demonstrate that it is easy to 
use Quickstep in their project. From your talk by all means reference your 
research and experiments to back up your assertions about speed etc.
> 
>Julian
> 
> 
>> On Feb 8, 2018, at 5:00 PM, J. M. Patel  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Quicksteppers: VLDB (research track) has accepted a paper on 
Quickstep. The current (temporary) version of the paper is at: 
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jignesh/publ/quickstep.pdf If any of you have 
feedback, please reply to this email. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Perhaps this can also serve as material that we can use for the 
ApacheCon submission?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Jignesh
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: Quickstep paper

[J. M. Patel]

Hi Team: I'm starting to work on the abstract for this (will circulate it 
soon). 

Apache Con has two options for talk submission: Keynote and Standard. I'm 
thinking of submitting to the Keynote category. Any comments? I figured 
go-big-or-go-home.

Not sure if ApacheCon is like some of the other industry-style conferences in 
which keynotes are favored from sponsors. 

Also, what do folks think of working on a release sometime early summer? We can 
try to see if Marc can help if he has settled down from the recent excitement 
(https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/25/ford-acquires-autonomic-and-transloc-as-it-evolves-its-mobility-business/).
 

Cheers,
Jignesh 

On 2/13/18, 10:09 PM, "J. M. Patel"  wrote:

Good tips Julian! 

Cheers,
Jignesh  

On 2/9/18, 6:00 PM, "Julian Hyde"  wrote:

ApacheCon is a good opportunity to attract community, so I suggest you 
think of the talk as a sales pitch. You need to convince members of the 
audience to use Quickstep in their application or data engine, and then to 
start contributing. The fact that the Quickstep is high-performance is 
necessary but not sufficient. You also need to demonstrate that it is easy to 
use Quickstep in their project. From your talk by all means reference your 
research and experiments to back up your assertions about speed etc.

Julian


> On Feb 8, 2018, at 5:00 PM, J. M. Patel  
wrote:
> 
> Hello Quicksteppers: VLDB (research track) has accepted a paper on 
Quickstep. The current (temporary) version of the paper is at: 
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jignesh/publ/quickstep.pdf If any of you have 
feedback, please reply to this email. 
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps this can also serve as material that we can use for the 
ApacheCon submission?
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jignesh
> 
> 
> 

Re: Quickstep paper

[J. M. Patel]

Good tips Julian! 

Cheers,
Jignesh  

On 2/9/18, 6:00 PM, "Julian Hyde"  wrote:

ApacheCon is a good opportunity to attract community, so I suggest you 
think of the talk as a sales pitch. You need to convince members of the 
audience to use Quickstep in their application or data engine, and then to 
start contributing. The fact that the Quickstep is high-performance is 
necessary but not sufficient. You also need to demonstrate that it is easy to 
use Quickstep in their project. From your talk by all means reference your 
research and experiments to back up your assertions about speed etc.

Julian


> On Feb 8, 2018, at 5:00 PM, J. M. Patel  wrote:
> 
> Hello Quicksteppers: VLDB (research track) has accepted a paper on 
Quickstep. The current (temporary) version of the paper is at: 
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jignesh/publ/quickstep.pdf If any of you have 
feedback, please reply to this email. 
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps this can also serve as material that we can use for the ApacheCon 
submission?
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jignesh
> 
> 
> 

Re: Quickstep paper

[Julian Hyde]

ApacheCon is a good opportunity to attract community, so I suggest you think of 
the talk as a sales pitch. You need to convince members of the audience to use 
Quickstep in their application or data engine, and then to start contributing. 
The fact that the Quickstep is high-performance is necessary but not 
sufficient. You also need to demonstrate that it is easy to use Quickstep in 
their project. From your talk by all means reference your research and 
experiments to back up your assertions about speed etc.

Julian


> On Feb 8, 2018, at 5:00 PM, J. M. Patel  wrote:
> 
> Hello Quicksteppers: VLDB (research track) has accepted a paper on Quickstep. 
> The current (temporary) version of the paper is at: 
> http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jignesh/publ/quickstep.pdf If any of you have 
> feedback, please reply to this email. 
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps this can also serve as material that we can use for the ApacheCon 
> submission?
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jignesh
> 
> 
> 

Quickstep paper

[J. M. Patel]

Hello Quicksteppers: VLDB (research track) has accepted a paper on Quickstep. 
The current (temporary) version of the paper is at: 
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jignesh/publ/quickstep.pdf If any of you have 
feedback, please reply to this email. 

 

Perhaps this can also serve as material that we can use for the ApacheCon 
submission?

 

Cheers,

Jignesh