help with database research topic

[database student]

Hi,

I am a database Ph.D. student who is currently looking for research
topics for my thesis. I am very interested in identifying and solving
real problems faced by database users. Unfortunately, due to
environmental constraints, I don't have much chance to interact with
real world database users. Would any of you kindly let me know some
real problems you are facing based on your experience of using
databases? Any suggestion for potential research topics is greatly
appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

[Christos Kalantzis]

database student wrote:

Hi,

I am a database Ph.D. student who is currently looking for research
topics for my thesis. I am very interested in identifying and solving
real problems faced by database users. Unfortunately, due to
environmental constraints, I don't have much chance to interact with
real world database users. Would any of you kindly let me know some
real problems you are facing based on your experience of using
databases? Any suggestion for potential research topics is greatly
appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

Here is one....

Increase of query speed and efficiency through denormalization.

Some times a fully normalized DB will lead to many joins to achieve the
results you require. Increasing joins will increase the work to do. I
have found that denormalizing certain tables, although in textbooks is a
no-no, in real-life helps tremedously in increasing the speed of
certain queries.

Hope this helps

Christos Kalantzis