David Lomet
Prominent researcher in the database field, founder of the Database Research Group at Microsoft Research, member of the National Academy of Engineering, and principal inventor of the BW-Tree latch-free index structure.
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BW-Tree is a lock-free index tree work led by David Lomet's team at Microsoft.
David Lomet is the founder of the database research group at Microsoft Research and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
The Notices mechanism has threads compete for the right to perform work rather than competing to install results; the winner publishes a Notice to inform other threads, which then no longer build redundant state but instead stack Deltas on top of the Notice.
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BW-Tree is a lock-free index tree work led by David Lomet's team at Microsoft.
50%UnverifiedDavid Lomet is the founder of the database research group at Microsoft Research and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
50%UnverifiedThe Notices mechanism has threads compete for the right to perform work rather than competing to install results; the winner publishes a Notice to inform other threads, which then no longer build redundant state but instead stack Deltas on top of the Notice.
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