Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt
Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Inf., Research Associate


Beda and his personal mentor
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I am now (since September 2006) a member the XML Query and Infrastructure Group of the Oracle Corporation

My current address:

Beda C. Hammerschmidt
400 Oracle Parkway, 4OP408
Redwood Shores, CA 94065, USA

October, 2006

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Research Interests and Projects

  • KeyX: a native key-oriented XML index

  • MigWS: migratable web services

  • XML, XPath, XQuery and native XML database management systems

  • Theoretical aspects of XML and query languages (e.g. the XPath Containment Checker)

  • Databases in general (relational, object-oriented, XML)

  • Web applications (Servlets, JSP, Web Services, SOA)

Development Projects

  • Campus Admin: an Integrated Architecture for Automating Data-Related Processes in Education

  • XDLT: A Distance Learning Tool for consistent teaching of XML and related Technologies

  • Media Archive & Virtual Slide Magazine: Improving media extensive lectures in medicine (German)

  • ÜDABA (Übungsdatenbank): an administration tool for student's scores

Scientific CV

  • 1998 - 2002: Studies of Computer Science at the University of Lübeck. Minor field of study: Medical Informatics

  • April 2002: Diplom ( Master of Science) in Computer Science. Passed with honours.

  • May 2002 - September 2006: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Assistant) at the Institute of Information Systems, University of Lübeck.

  • March and September 2005: Lecturer of the ICPNM database course at Imedia, Providence, RI, USA

  • Doctor degree (Dr.-Ing.): 26.10.2005

Publications and Talks

2006

Henrike Schuhart, Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linneman: Integrating Statically Typechecked XML Data Technologies Into Pure Java Architectures. in: 15th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2006), Los Angeles, California, July 6-8, 2006, to apear

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linneman: Migratable Web-Services: Increasing Performance and Privacy in Service Oriented Architectures. in: IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems (ISSN: 1646-3692). (PDF, BibTeX)

2005

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt: KeyX: Selective Key-Oriented Indexing in Native XML-Databases. Dissertation (Phd-Thesis). Published in November 2005. in: Dissertations in Database and Information Systems - Infix, vol 93, ISBN 1586035894. (PDF, BibTeX)

Patrick Bär, Anke Boettcher-Krause, Ho Ngoc Duc, Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linneman, Nina Moebius: Automatisierte Verwaltung von E-Mail-Adressen und PC-Accounts für Studierende der Universität zu Lübeck. FOCUS MUL, Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Lehre an der Universität zu Lübeck, September 2005. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Martin Kempa, Volker Linnemann: On the Intersection of XPath Expressions. in: Proceedings of the 9th International Database Engineering & Application Symposium (IDEAS 2005), 25.-27. July 2005, Montreal, Kanada. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Philipp Stursberg, Jan Jungclaus, Volker Linnemann: XDLT: A Distance Learning Tool for consistent teaching of XML and related Technologies. in: Proceeding of the ED MEDIA 2005 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, 27.6. - 2.7.2005, Montreal, Kanada. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linnemann: The Index Update Problem for XML Data in XDBMS. in: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2005), 24.-28. Mai 2005, Miami, USA. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Martin Kempa, Volker Linnemann: Autonomous Index Optimization in XML Databases. in: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Self-Managing Database Systems (SMDB 2005), in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2005), 8.-9. April, 2005, Tokyo, Japan. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Martin Kempa, Volker Linnemann: Comparisons and Performance Measurements of XML Index Structures. in: Schriftenreihe der Institute für Informatik/Mathematik, A-05-19. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linnemann: Migrating Stateful Web Services using Apache Axis and P2P. in: Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Applied Computing, 22.-25. February 2005, Carvoeiro, Portugal. (PDF, BibTeX).

2004

Beda C. Hammerschmidt, Patrick Bär, Nina Moebius, Torben Spiegler, Anke Boettcher-Krause, Martin Kempa, Volker Linnemann: Campus Admin: an Integrated Architecture for Automating Data-Related Processes in Education. in: Proceedings of E-Learn 2004, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education, 2.-5. November 2004, Washington, DC, USA. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Martin Kempa, Volker Linnemann: A selective key-oriented XML Index for the Index Selection Problem in XDBMS. in: 15th Intern. Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2004, 30 August - 3 September 2004, Zaragoza, Spain, LNCS Vol. 3180, Springer-Verlag. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linnemann: KeyX: ein selektiver schlüsselorientierter Index für das Index Selection Problem in XDBMS. in 16. Workshop über Grundlagen von Datenbanken GI-Arbeitskreis "Grundlagen von Informationssystemen" 1.-4. Juni 2004, Monheim, NRW. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Martin Kempa, Volker Linnemann: On the Index Selection Problem applied to Key oriented XML Indexes. Schriftenreihe der Institute für Informatik/Mathematik, A-04-09. (PDF, BibTeX)

2003

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linnemann: Using Customized Attributed Classification Systems for Content Description in a Medical Education Library. in: Proceedings of E-Learn 2003, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education, 7.-11. November 2003, Phoenix, Arizona USA. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linnemann, Oliver Schmidt: Using a Virtual Media Magazine to improve media extensive lectures. in: ED MEDIA 2003, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 23-28, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. (PDF, BibTeX)

2002

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Volker Linnemann, Oliver Schmidt: Media Archive and Virtual Slide Magazine - An Overview. in: G. Schade, V. Dötsch (Hrsg.):Proceedings of the Workshop on e-Learning, HTWK Leipzig, 25. - 27.9.2002. (PDF, BibTeX)

Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt: Attributierung und Klassifikation von Objekten im Medienarchiv. Diplomarbeit (Masters thesis). (PDF)

For a list of all publications of the Institute of Information Systems (IFIS) please click this link.

Teaching Experience

  • Introduction to Informatics I (Java basics,OO-programming, introduction to algorithms and data-structures)

  • Introduction to Informatics II (advanced algorithm theory)

  • Database Systems I (Fundamentals, SQL, Theory, Informix)

  • Database Systems II (JDBC, Servlets, Java Server Pages, Object oriented databases, XML, DB2)

  • Seminar: Web-based Information Systems

  • Pro-Seminar: Java Technologies

  • Lab Course: How to develop web-based information system

Tutored Students

Khaled Haj-Yahya

Erkennen der Teilmengen-Beziehungen von XPath-Anfragen

Bachelor Thesis

in Progress

Philipp Stursberg

Entwicklung eines webbasierten Lernsystems zum Verwalten, Durchsuchen und Indizieren von XML Daten

Bachelor Thesis

in Progress

Konstantin Ens

Updates in XML-Indizes

Student Thesis

finished

Ivo Iken

Migration von Web Services in Apache AXIX

Student Thesis

finished

Florian Massel

Implementierung und Evaluation von Index Fabrics zur Indizierung von XML Daten

Bachelor Thesis

finished

Torben Spiegler

Übungsdatenverwaltungssystem mit XOBE

Diploma Thesis

finished

Frank Müller

Peer 2 Peer - Web Service Architektur mit Migrationsmöglichkeit

Student Thesis

finished

Tim Gehrmann &
Alex Pfalzgraf

Indizierung von schemalosen XML-Dokumenten anhand von XPath-Anfragen

Bachelor Thesis

finished

Nina Moebius &
Patrick Bär

System zur Accountverwaltung in den studentischen Pools

Student Thesis

finished

Markus Kreutzberger

Entwurf eines Medienarchivs unter Verwendung des Datenbanksystems DB2 mit XML-Extender

Diploma Thesis

finished

Dangxing Chu

Index Method Research: APEX Implementation and Measurements

University Internship

finished