SSTD Testimonial: Betsy George, Oracle Spatial

Attending the SSTD '07 conference in Boston as a student to present a paper was easily one of the most outstanding experiences during my PhD years. To present a paper to an audience that consisted of most pioneers in the area of spatial databases was an invaluable experience. The encouragement and the feedback I received from the experts in Spatial databases helped me define my research problem more clearly and sharpen the focus of my research. The conference provided me with ample opportunities for one-on-one discussions with well-known researchers, who have done path-breaking research in the area of Spatial network databases, which was the focus of my PhD thesis. The relatively smaller size of the conference (around 250 attendees) made these interactions possible and easy. The extremely valuable discussions I had with Prof Guting, who pioneered the research in Graph databases still stand out in my memory. The conference also provided opportunities to meet members from organizations such as ESRI and Oracle Corporation who work in the real world implementations of Spatial databases. It was extremely motivating to discuss and learn about the applications of the research I was involved in and these discussions definitely played a great role in my evaluation of various career choices after my graduation.

Betsy George, Oracle Spatial

Edit: Typo in SSTD year.

SSTD Testimonial: B. M. Kazar

I attended SSTD 2007 with great pleasure. I had many chances to meet many big names within the conference, I had chance to meet Dr. Jiawei Han, Dr. Cyrus Shahabi. The reception of the conference was good time as ice-breaker event and had good discussions with conference organizers and participants about the conference. The demos and the keynote talks in the conference were very interesting and brought interesting discussions in the conference. Discussions after the demos were very helpful and they continued after the conference.

-B. M. Kazar