Gabriela G.G.L. Ruberg D.Sc., COPPE / Computer Science Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil System Analyst, at Central Bank of Brazil My advisor was prof. Marta Mattoso

Research Interest

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      Evaluation of Path Expressions: Sequential, and Distributed
      Performance Analysis, and Cost-based Query Optimization
      Acquisition and Publication of Database Statistics
      Object Databases
      Semistructured Databases and XML
      Data Distribution and Replication
      Data Integration, Mediated Systems, P2P Computing, and Web Services
      Query translation and decomposition
      XML Query Languages

Selected Publications

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Refereed Journals and Proceedings

	RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2008): XCraft: Boosting the Performance of Active XML Materialization. Accepted to be published in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT), Nantes, France, March.
	PEREIRA, D., RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2006): "Geração Eficiente de Planos de Materialização para Documentos XML Ativos". In: Proceedings of the XXI Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD), pp. 236-250, Florianópolis, Brazil, October (in Portuguese). [Full Version]
	ANDRADE, A., RUBERG, G., BAIÃO, F., BRAGANHOLO, V., MATTOSO, M. (2006): "Efficiently processing XML queries over fragmented repositories with PartiX". In: DataX'06 - EDBT Workshop Proceedings, Revised Selected Papers, LNCS 4254, pp. 14-25, Munich, Germany, March. [At SpringerLink]
	PEREIRA, D., RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2005): "Algoritmos para a Geração Eficiente de Planos de Materialização de Documentos XML Ativos". In: WTDBD - Workshop de Teses e Dissertações em Banco de Dados, in conjunction with SBBD 2005 (extended abstract in Portuguese).
	RUBERG, N., RUBERG, G., MANOLESCU, I. (2004): "Towards cost-based optimization for data-intensive Web service computations". In: Proceedings of the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD), pp. 283-297, Brasilia, Brazil, October. [Full Version]
	RUBERG, N., RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2003): "Digging Database Statistics and Cost Parameters for Distributed Query Processing". In: Proceedings of CoopIS'03, LNCS 2888, pp. 301-318, Springer-Verlag, Catania, Italy, November.
	VIEIRA, H., RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2003): "XVerter: Querying XML Data with OR-DBMS". In: Proceedings of ACM WIDM'03, pp. 37-44, ACM Press, New Orleans, USA, November.
	RUBERG, N., RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2002): "DIG: Um Serviço de Custos e Estatísticas para o Processamento Distribuído de Consultas". In: Proceedings of the XVII Brazilian Simposium on Databases (SBBD), pp. 121-135, Gramado, Brazil, October. [Abstract]
	VIEIRA, H., RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2002): "XVerter: Armazenamento e Consulta de Dados XML em SGBDs". In: Proceedings of the XVII Brazilian Simposium on Databases (SBBD), pp. 224-238, Gramado, Brazil, October. [Abstract]
	RUBERG, G., BAIAO, F., MATTOSO, M. (2002): "Estimating Costs of Path Expression Processing in Distributed Databases". In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2002), LNCS 2453, pp. 351-360, Springer LINK, Aix-en-Provence, France, September. [Abstract]

Book Chapters

ABITEBOUL, S., NGUYEN, B., RUBERG, G.: "Building an Active Content Warehouse", in the book Processing and Managing Complex Data for Decision Support (ed. Jerome Darmont and Omar Boussaid), Idea Group, Inc., ISBN 1-59140-655-2, 433 p., 2006.

Technical Reports

	RUBERG, G., MATTOSO, M. (2007): "XCraft: a dynamic optimizer for the materialization of active XML documents" , Technical Report ES-709/07, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil, May. [Full Version]
	ANDRADE, A., RUBERG, G., BAIÃO, F., BRAGANHOLO, V., MATTOSO, M. (2005): "PartiX: processing XQuery queries over fragmented XML repositories" , Technical Report ES-691/05, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil, December. [Full Version]
	RUBERG, N., RUBERG, G., MANOLESCU, I. (2004): "Towards cost-based optimization for data-intensive Web service computations", INRIA Research Report no. 5222, INRIA-Futurs, France, June. [Full Version]
	RUBERG, G. e MATTOSO, M. (2003): "Uma Estratégia para a Otimização de Expressões de Caminho em Bases de Dados Semi-Estruturados Distribuídos" (A Cost-based Strategy for Optimization of Path Expressions in Distributed Semistrutured Databases), D.Sc. thesis proposal, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil, February. [Abstract]   [Full Version (in Portuguese)]
	MATTOSO, M., RUBERG, G., VICTOR, A., BAIAO, F. (2001): "Processamento de Consultas Orientadas a Objetos" (Object-Oriented Query Processing), Technical Report ES-547/01 (in Portuguese), COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil, April. [Full Version]

Thesis

	RUBERG, G. (2007): "Um Otimizador Dinâmico para a Materialização de Documentos XML Ativos" (A Dynamic Optimizer for Active XML Materialization), D.Sc. Thesis, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil, October.
	RUBERG, G. (2001): "Um Modelo de Custo para o Processamento de Consultas em Bases de Objetos Distribuídos" (A Cost Model for Query Processing in Distributed Object Databases), M.Sc. Thesis, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil, May. [Abstract]   [Full Version (in Portuguese)]

Short CV

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Curriculum CNPq Lattes
Papers at DBLP Computer Science Bibliography Server
Papers at BDBComp (Digital Library for the Brazilian Computer Science Community)

Education

	D.Sc. in Computer Science and Systems Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ/COPPE, Brazil, with emphasis in Database Systems (2001/2007), advised by prof. Marta Mattoso
	M.Sc. in Computer Science and Systems Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ/COPPE, Brazil, with emphasis in Database Systems (1999-2001), advised by prof. Marta Mattoso
	B.Sc. in Computer Science at the Federal University of Paraíba - UFPB, Brazil (1992-1997)
	Technician in Electronics at the Federal Technical School of Paraíba - ETFPb, Brazil (1989-1993)

Professional Activities and Internships

	Doctorate internship (Sandwich) at the GEMO Group, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), UR Futus, under the supervision of prof. Serge Abiteboul (Sep 2003-Aug 2004). Main projects participation: Active XML and e.dot - Entrepôts de Données Ouverts sur la Toile (Acware system).
	System analyst at the Department of Open-Market Operations of the Central Bank of Brazil (2000-current) Main project participation:    The Restructuring Project of the Brazilian Payment System
	Database administrator, and support analyst at the Information and Technology Solutions of Brazilian Social Insurance - Dataprev (1998-2000)
	System analyst, and telecommunication technician at the Telecomunications of Paraíba S/A (1996-1997)
	Undergraduate internship at the Biomedical Engineering Unit (NETEB) of the Federal University of Paraíba, project "Smart Cards in Medical Applications" (1993-1996)
	External referee: SBBD2005, WIDM2004, SBBD2003, SBBD2002, CLEI 2002.

Distinctions

	Doctorate scholarship of the "Sandwich" program, run by CNPq (2003-2004)
	Prize "Young Researcher 1996", category "Undergraduate Studies of Engineering", at the IV Workshop of Undergraduated Research of the Federal University of Paraíba, for the paper "Controlling Access Authorization in Hospital Environments" (1996)
	Undergraduate scholarship of the PIBIC program, run by CNPq (1994-1996)

Linguistic Abilities

English, French, and Portuguese (native)

Contact Information

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Gabriela G.G.L. Ruberg Programa de Sistemas, COPPE/UFRJ P.O. Box 68511 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro - RJ Brazil gruberg[at]cos[dot]ufrj[dot]br http://www.cos.ufrj.br/~gruberg +55-21-2562-8690 (voice) +55-21-2562-8676 (fax)

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