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What is the Optimal Location for Storing Metadata
The past month has included both a very interesting talk from someone at a major storage vendor and an in-depth discussion about my work and how it might be applicable to an issue that confronts the Metaverse community. I haven’t been at the keyboard much (at least not for my research) but I have been […]
Challenges of Capturing System Activity
A key aspect of the work I am doing for Indaleko is to “capture system activity” so that it can be used to form “activity contexts” that can then be used to inform the process of finding relevant information. As part of that, I have been working through the work of Daniela Vianna. While I […]
Brainiattic: Remember more with your own Metaverse enhanced brain attic
I recently described the idea of “activity context” and suggested that providing this new type of information about data (meta-data) to applications would permit improve important tasks such as finding. My examining committee challenged me to think about what I would do if my proposed service – Indaleko – already existed today. This is the […]
Using Focus, Relationship, Breadcrumbs, and Trails for Success in Finding
2022-01-12 / 2 Comments on Using Focus, Relationship, Breadcrumbs, and Trails for Success in Finding
As I mentioned in my last post, I am considering how to add activity context as a system service that can be useful in improving findings. Last month (December 2021) my examination committee asked me to consider a useful question: “If this service already existed what would you build using it?” The challenge in answering […]
Better Finding: Combine Semantic and Associative Context with Indaleko
Last month I presented my thesis proposal to my PhD committee. My proposal doesn’t mean that I am done, rather it means that I have more clearly identified what I intend to make the focus of my final research. It has certainly taken longer to get to this point than I had anticipated. Part of […]
Laundry Baskets: The New File System Namespace Model
While I’ve been quiet about what I’ve been doing research-wise, I have been making forward progress. Only recently have ideas been converging towards a concrete thesis and the corresponding research questions that I need to explore as part of verifying my thesis. I received an interesting article today showing that my research is far more […]
Where has the time gone?
It's been more than a year since I posted; where have I been? What have I been doing? Continue reading →
360° Semantic File System: Augmented Directory Navigation for Nonhierarchical Retrieval of Files
360° Semantic File System: Augmented Directory Navigation for Nonhierarchical Retrieval of Files, Syed Rahman Mashwani and Shah Kusro, in IEEE Access, January 29, 2019. This paper makes some interesting observations that resonate with my own research observations, though I will end up arguing (in a future blog post) that they don’t go far enough. But […]
Storage Systems and I/O: Organizing, Storing, and Accessing Data for Scientific Discovery
Storage Systems and I/O: Organizing, Storing, and Accessing Data for Scientific Discovery, Robert Ross, Lee Ward, Philip Carns, Gary Grider, Scott Klasky, Quincey Koziol, Glenn K. Lockwood, Kahthryn Mohror, Bradley Settlemyer, and Matthew Wolf, United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.2172/1491994. Google brought this to my attention recently because I’ve set triggers for people citing […]
Visualization
Last post I discussed relationships. But relationships really are not enough. Another key to this puzzle is visualization. In other words, how do we present the information to users so that it is useful. But first, let me step back and point to a larger problem: information overload. If we present users with a list […]
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