The Database Group of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, studies a broad array of topics involving the efficient, effective use of large collections of information. Our projects cover both core database systems issues such as query processing and indexing along with new applications such as genetic data management, data mining, and Internet-based information systems.

Our members include fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, Royal Society of Canada, British Computer Society, and American Association for AI. Members have received the IFIP Silver Core Award, the NSERC award for excellence in research, the US Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), and several best paper awards. We are active in the database community and have served as Program Chairs for VLDB, ACM PODS, DOOD, DBPL, the ER Conference, and the WWW Conference. Our work has been supported by numerous government agencies including NSERC, NSF, ITRC, the IRIS Network of Centres of Excellence, and by industrial grants from IBM, Ameritech, Informix, Bell Northern Research, Object Technology International, and Ontario Hydro.

We have a vibrant graduate program that has produced a long, distinguished set of alumni active in database research and related areas. Our alumni have served on the faculties of major research universities including Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, the University of Maryland and Waterloo, and have led and participated in database research efforts in influential industry research labs including Microsoft, SRI, AT&T Labs, and GTE. 

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