Graphs are a powerful abstraction to extract useful knowledge from large datasets, thanks to their explicit representation (as edges) of relationships in the data.
PGX (Parallel Graph AnalytiX) is a toolkit for graph analysis that supports both running algorithms, such as PageRank, on graphs, and performing pattern-matching on graphs with a SQL-like query language, allowing to leverage the results of algorithmic analysis.
PGX is both already available as an option in Oracle products and an active research project at Oracle Labs, with a world-class team of researchers further advancing the capabilities of the toolkit.
After introducing modern graph analytics and its applications in industry, this talk will provide an overview of graph analytics research in the PGX group at Oracle Labs, with some background on what PGX is today and a peek on current and future research directions.

The NECSTLab is a DEIB laboratory, with different research lines on advanced topics in computing systems: from architectural characteristics, to hardware-software codesign methodologies, to security and dependability issues of complex system architectures. 

Every week, the "NECST Friday Talk" invites researchers, professionals or entrepreneurs to share their work experiences and projects they are implementing in the "Computing Systems".