Head of Department: Hakan Hacigumus
Sr. Admin. Assistant: Sue Frasula

In today's world the amount of data is increasing at a staggering pace. Organizations are in critical need to manage data very efficiently and effectively to stay competitive, increase efficiency, and quickly respond to market opportunities and threats. On top of the ever increasing data amounts, emerging data types, such as RFID data, click streams, application execution logs etc., create additional challenges in data management. Although traditional relational database systems have matured after decades of research and development, they only manage small percentage of current enterprise data. As a result, enterprises underutilize their data because of lack of effective data management capabilities. The Data Management Department focuses on conducting world-class research to create cutting edge technologies to address the data management challenges we are facing in today's world.