An alternative view on data processing pipelines from the DOLAP 2019 perspective

Data science requires constructing data processing pipelines (DPPs), which span diverse phases such as data integration, cleaning, pre-processing, and analysis. However, current solutions lack a strong data engineering perspective. As consequence, DPPs are error-prone, inefficient w.r.t. human effor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Romero Moral, Óscar|||0000-0001-6350-8328, Wrembel, Robert, Song, Il-Yeol
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/358649
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/358649
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2019.101489
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Data mining
Databases
Data integration
ETL/ELT
ETL optimization
Data processing pipeline
Metadata
Data management
Data analytics
Mineria de dades
Bases de dades
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Sistemes d'informació
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Sumario:Data science requires constructing data processing pipelines (DPPs), which span diverse phases such as data integration, cleaning, pre-processing, and analysis. However, current solutions lack a strong data engineering perspective. As consequence, DPPs are error-prone, inefficient w.r.t. human efforts, and inefficient w.r.t. execution time. We claim that DPP design, development, testing, deployment, and execution should benefit from a standardized DPP architecture and from well-known data engineering solutions. This claim is supported by our experience in real projects and trends in the field, and it opens new paths for research and technology. With this spirit, we outline five research opportunities that represent novel trends towards building DPPs. Finally, we highlight that the best DOLAP 2019 papers selected for the DOLAP 2019 Information Systems Special Issue fall in this category and highlight the relevance of advanced data engineering for data science.