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Computer Science

D-Index
93
Citations
73108
World Ranking
499
National Ranking
267

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1976 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

Jim Gray was affiliated with Microsoft in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the academic and technological communities through various roles and research activities.

Gray was recognized by multiple prestigious organizations. In 1976, they became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, specifically associated with the Academy of the Arts and Humanities. In 1985, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Later, in 2001, Gray was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

While detailed records of their recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, fields of study, subfields, and main research topics are not readily available, Gray's affiliation with Microsoft and the recognition by leading scientific bodies suggest active engagement in scientific and technological research over their career.

The absence of specific publication data may indicate a focus on industry-related research, development, or contributions not primarily captured through academic publications.

Best Publications

  • Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques

    Jim Gray;Andreas Reuter

  • Data cube: a relational aggregation operator generalizing GROUP-BY, CROSS-TAB, and SUB-TOTALS

    J. Gray;A. Bosworth;A. Lyaman;H. Pirahesh

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

  • Notes on Data Base Operating Systems

    Jim Gray

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

  • The notions of consistency and predicate locks in a database system

    K. P. Eswaran;J. N. Gray;R. A. Lorie;I. L. Traiger

  • Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures

    Hanan Samet;Jim Gray

  • Parallel database systems: the future of high performance database systems

    David DeWitt;Jim Gray

  • The dangers of replication and a solution

    Jim Gray;Pat Helland;Patrick O'Neil;Dennis Shasha

  • System R: relational approach to database management

    M. M. Astrahan;M. W. Blasgen;D. D. Chamberlin;K. P. Eswaran

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog V. Seventh Data Release

    Donald P. Schneider;Gordon T. Richards;Patrick B. Hall;Michael A. Strauss

  • The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

  • The transaction concept: virtues and limitations

    Jim Gray

  • A critique of ANSI SQL isolation levels

    Hal Berenson;Phil Bernstein;Jim Gray;Jim Melton

  • The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey

    Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

  • The sloan digital sky survey quasar catalog. - V. Seventh data release

    Donald P. Schneider;Gordon T. Richards;Patrick B. Hall;Michael A. Strauss

  • WHY DO COMPUTERS STOP AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT

    Jim Gray

  • Data Cube: A Relational Aggregation Operator Generalizing Group-By, Cross-Tab, and Sub-Totals

    Jim Gray;Surajit Chaudhuri;Adam Bosworth;Andrew Layman

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander S. Szalay
Alexander S. Szalay Johns Hopkins University
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Daniel J. Eisenstein
Daniel J. Eisenstein Harvard University
Patrick B. Hall
Patrick B. Hall York University
Michael R. Blanton
Michael R. Blanton New York University
Gordon T. Richards
Gordon T. Richards Drexel University
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
István Csabai
István Csabai Eötvös Loránd University
James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn Princeton University
Robert H. Lupton
Robert H. Lupton Princeton University

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