Mirella M. Moro

Departamento de Ciência da Computação

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627

Pampulha, Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil

CEP 31270-010

Phone numbers:

+55 (31) 3409-5849 (Office)

+55 (31) 3409-5858 (Fax)

Email:

mirella [AT] dcc [DOT] ufmg [DOT] br

• RESUME in PDF: English / Portuguese (updated in November 2009)
• CURRICULUM VITAE in PDF: English / Portuguese (updated in November 2009)

Databases and Information Systems. In particular, hybrid XML/relational modeling, XML query optimization, stream processing, content-based dissemination systems, temporal databases, versioning management, and schema evolution.

2007 – 2008 PostDoc in Computer Science. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS. Coordinator: Prof. José Palazzo M. de Oliveira

09/2002 - 03/2007 PhD in Computer Science. University of California, Riverside - UCR. Advisor: Prof. Vassilis Tsotras

03/2000 - 06/2001 Master of Science, Computer Science Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Brazil. Advisors: Profs. Nina Edelweiss, and Clesio Saraiva dos Santos

03/1995 - 09/1999 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Brazil. Advisor: Prof. Nina Edelweiss

1. M. M. Moro, V. Braganholo, C. F. Dorneles, D. Duarte, R. Galante, R. S. Mello. XML: Some Papers in a Haystack. SIGMOD Record, vol 38, n 02, June 2009. ( PDF )
2. A. H. F. Laender, M. M. Moro, C.Nascimento, P. Martins. An X-Ray on Web-Available XML Schemas . SIGMOD Record, vol 38, n 01, March 2009. ( PDF )
3. R. Machado, A.F. Moreira, R. M. Galante, M.M.Moro. Type-safe Versioned Object Query Language.In: Journal of Universal Computer Science, Vol. 12, No. 7, pp. 938-957, September 2006.( Abstract / BibTex / PDF )
4. M.M. Moro, V.P. Braganholo, A.C. Nácul, M.R. Fornari. The Successful Grad Student. In: IEEE Potentials, n.03, vol.24, August-September, 2005. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF )
5. M.M. Moro, V.P. Braganholo, A.C. Nácul, M.R. Fornari. Rumo ao Título de Doutor/Mestre. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada, n.02, vol.10, Porto Alegre: Instituto de Informática, 2004.( Abstract / BibTex / PDF ) – In Portuguese
6. M.M. Moro, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos. Modelo Temporal de Versões. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada, n.01, vol.9, ISSN 0103-4308, Porto Alegre: Instituto de Informática, 2002.pp.37-51( Abstract / BibTex / PDF) – In Portuguese

1. M. M. Moro, D.B. Saccol, R.M. Galante. TRIple Content-based OnTology (TRICOt) for XML Dissemination. In: International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE), 2009, Boston, USA. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF)
2. M. M. Moro, R. M. Galante, D. Saccol, B. Loscio. Disseminação de Conteúdo XML Baseada em Ontologias. In: Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH). Anais do XXIX Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), 2009.
3. F. C. Hummel, A. S. Silva , M. M. Moro. Especificação de Perfis Baseados em Palavras-chave em Disseminação de Documentos XML. In: Workshop on Thesis and Dissertations in Databases (WTDBD), Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD), 2009.
4. M. M. Moro, R. M. Galante. Sistemas de Disseminação de Conteúdo Inteligentes. In: II Seminário sobre Grandes Desafios da Computação no Brasil (GD2), 2009, Manaus, Brazil.
5. M. M. Moro, Z. Vagena, V. J. Tsotras. XML Structural Summaries, Tutorial. In: International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB), 2008, Auckland, New Zealand. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF)
6. Z. Vagena, M. M. Moro. Semantic Search over XML Document Streams. In: International Workshop on Database Technologies for Handling XML Information on the Web (DATAX), 2008, Nantes, France. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF)
7. M. M. Moro, A. H. F. Laender, J. P. M. de Oliveira. LADS - Latin America Dissemination Service. In: Grand Challenges in Computer Science Research in Latin America Workshop (CHARLA), 2008. ( Abstract / BibTex)
8. C. M. D. S. Freitas, L. P. Nedel, R. Galante, L. C. Lamb, A. S. Spritzer, S. Fujii, J. P. M. de Oliveira, R. M. Araújo, M. M. Moro. Extração de Conhecimento e Análise Visual de Redes Sociais. In: Seminário Integrado de Software e Hardware (SEMISH). Anais do XXVIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC), 2008. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF)
9. A. B. Perini, R. M. Galante, M. M. Moro. AXEES: Adapting XML Queries on Evolving Schemas. In: Workshop on Thesis and Dissertations in Databases (WTDBD), Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD), 2008. ( Abstract / BibTex | PDF)
10. M.M. Moro, Z. Vagena. The Role of Structural Summaries for XML Retrieval, Tutorial. In: 22nd Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD), October 2007, João Pessoa, Brazil. ( Abstract / BibTex)
11. M.M. Moro, P. Bakalov, V.J. Tsotras. Early Profile Pruning on XML-aware Publish/Subscribe Systems. In: 33rd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB), September 2007, Viena, Austria. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF)
12. M.M. Moro, L. Lim, Y-C Chang. Schema Advisor for Hybrid Relational-XML DBMS. In: 26th ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD), June 2007, Beijing, China. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF / PPT )
13. Z. Vagena, M.M. Moro, V.J. Tsotras. RoxSum: Leveraging Data Aggregation and Batch Processing for XML Routing. In: 23rd International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), April 2007, Istanbul, Turkey. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF )
14. Z. Vagena, M.M. Moro, V.J. Tsotras. Value-Aware RoXSum: Effective Message Aggregation for XML-Aware Information Dissemination. In: 10th International Workshop on the Web and Databases (WebDB), June 2007, Beijing, China. ( Abstract / PDF / BibTex/ PPT )
15. M.M. Moro, S. Malaika, L. Lim. Preserving XML Queries during Schema Evolution. In: 16th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), May 2007, Banff, Canada. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF / PPT)
16. R. Machado, A.F. Moreira, R.M. Galante, M.M. Moro. A Query Language for a Versioned Object Oriented Database. In: 21st Brazilian Symposium on Databases (SBBD), October 2006, Florianopolis, Brazil.
17. M.M. Moro, Z. Vagena, V.J. Tsotras. Evaluating Structural Summaries as Access Methods for XML. In: 15th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), May 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF )
18. M.M. Moro, Z. Vagena, V.J. Tsotras. Tree-Pattern Queries on a Light-weight XML Processor. In: International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB), August 2005, Trondheim, Norway. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF / PPT )
19. Z. Vagena, M.M. Moro, V.J. Tsotras. Efficient Processing of XML Containment Queries using Partition-Based Schemes. In: 8th International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium (IDEAS), July 2004, Coimbra, Portugal. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF / PPT)
20. Z. Vagena, M.M. Moro, V.J. Tsotras. Twig Query Processing over Graph-Structured XML Data. In: 7h International Workshop on the Web and Databases (WebDB), held with ACM International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD), June 2004, Paris, France. ( Abstract / BibTex/ PDF / PPT )
21. Z. Vagena, M.M. Moro, V.J. Tsotras. Supporting Branched Versions on XML documents. In: 14th International Workshop on Research Issues on Data Engineering (RIDE-WS-ECEG), held with 20th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), March 2004, Boston, USA. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF / PPT )
22. M.M. Moro, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos. Temporal Versions Model. In: IX Concurso de Tesis de Maestría Clei-UNESCO, XXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informatica, November 2002, Montevideo, Uruguay, p.116. First Prize. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF / ppt/2002-clei.pdf" target="_blank">PPT )
23. M.M.Moro, A.P. Zaupa, N.Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos. TVQL - Temporal Versioned Query Language. In: DEXA 2002 - 13th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, September 2002, Aix en Provence, France, LNCS 2453, pp.618-627. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF / PPT )
24. M.M. Moro, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos.Temporal Versions Model.In: XV Workshop de Teses e Dissertações - CTD 2002,XXII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação -SBC, July 2002, Florianópolis, Brazil, v.3. p.33-37. Honorable Mention.( Abstract / BibTex / PDF / PPT )
25. M.M. Moro, S.M. Saggiorato, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos.Adding Time to an Object-Oriented Versions Model.In: DEXA 2001 - 12th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications,September 2001, Munich, Germany, LNCS 2113, pp. 805-814( Abstract / BibTex / PDF / PPT)
26. M.M. Moro, S.M. Saggiorato, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos.Dynamic Systems Specification using Versions and Time.In: IDEAS - International Database Engineering and Applications,July 2001, Grenoble, France, IEEE Press, pp. 99-107( Abstract / BibTex /PDF )
27. M.M. Moro, S.M. Saggiorato, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos.A Temporal Versions Model for Time-Evolving Systems Specification.In: Proceedings of SEKE - 13th International Conference on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering,June 2001, Buenos Aires, Argentina. pp.252-259. ( Abstract / BibTex )
28. M.M. Moro, S.M. Saggiorato, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos.Um Modelo Temporal de Versões para Especificação de AplicaçõesIn: Memorias IDEAS - 4th Iberoamerican Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Software Environments,April 2001, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica, pp.336 - 347( Resumo / BibTex )
29. C.W.K. Langsh, M.M.Moro, S.C. Bertagnolli, M.Pimenta.Requisitos de Interfaces para Sistemas CríticosIn: Memorias IDEAS - 4th Iberoamerican Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Software Environments,April 2001, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica, pp.360 - 369( Abstract / BibTex / PPT)
30. N.Edelweiss, P. Hübler, M.M. Moro, G. Demartini. A Temporal Database Management System Implemented on top of a Conventional Database. Proceedings of XX International Conference of the SCCC - SCCC'2000,November 2000, Santiago do Chile, Chile, IEEE Press, pp 58-67. ( Abstract / BibTex / PDF )
31. M.M. Moro, N. Edelweiss.Interface de Consultas TF-ORM para Bancos de Dados Relacionais.In: XXVI Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informatica - CLEI'2000,September 2000, Mexico City, Mexico.( Abstract / BibTex /PDF )
32. M.M. Moro, N. Edelweiss.Interface de Consulta TF-ORM para Oracle.In: XIX Concurso de Trabalhos de Iniciação - CTIC'2000, Curitiba.Anais do XX Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,July 2000, Curitiba, Brazil, pp.50.( Abstract / BibTex / PPT / PDF )

1. C.E.L. Peixoto, D.F. Gaspary, M.M. Moro, N. Edelweiss. Ferramenta de Apoio à Especificação de Classes no Modelo Temporal de Versões. In: Livro de Resumos do XIII Salão de Iniciação Científica, 2002, Porto Alegre: UFRGS.
2. M.M. Moro, P.C. Gelatti, C.H.P. Gomes, L.L.F. Rossetti, A.P. Zaupa, N. Edelweiss, C.S. dos Santos. Linguagem de Consultas para o Modelo Temporal de Versões. Research Report, December 2001, Porto Alegre: UFRGS. ( Abstract )
3. M.M. Moro. Modelo Temporal de Versões. Masters Dissertation, June 2001, Porto Alegre: UGRGS. ( Abstract )
4. M.M. Moro. Estudo da união de um modelo orientado a objetos com versões e modelos temporais. Trabalho Individual n. 953. Porto Alegre:PPGC - UFRGS, January 2001.
5. M.M. Moro. Interface de Consulta TF-ORM para Oracle. Undergraduate final work, July 1999, Porto Alegre: UFRGS. ( Resumo )
6. M.M. Moro, N.Edelweiss. Mapeamento de Consultas do Modelo TF-ORM para Consultas SQL. In: Livro de Resumos, X Salão de Iniciação Científica, 1998, Porto Alegre: UFRGS, pp. 76. ( Resumo )
7. M.M. Moro et al. Estudo da Programação MIDI no Ambiente MAX para Macintosh. In: Livro de Resumos do V Feira de Iniciação Científica, 1996, Porto Alegre: UFRGS, pp. 354. ( Resumo )

• 07/2008. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, ICEx, UFMG. Courses:
  • DCC011 - Introdução a Banco de Dados (Databases). Undergrad.
  • DCC003 - Algoritmos e Estruturas de Dados I (Data Structures). Undergrad.
  • DCC889 - Topics in Databases: Web Data Management. Graduate.

• 07/2008-current. Researcher at Graduate Program in Computer Science, UFMG.

• 04/2007-07/2008. Research Collaborator at Instituto de Informática, UFRGS, supported by CNPq scholarship, working with XML query processing, publish-subscribe systems, digital libraries.

• 09/2002-03/2007. Graduate Research Assistant at Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, UC Riverside, working with XML data processing and other database related topics.

• 07/2001-07/2002. Research Assistant at UFRGS, supported by CNPq scholarship. Research activities included: project manager of two research teams which specified the languages for a temporal database with versions management, mapped them to SQL and implemented them on top of IBM DB2; database specification, interfaces implementation and test of an integrated system for fuel quality monitoring.

• 03/2000-06/2001. Graduate Research Assistant at UFRGS, supported by CNPq scholarship. Specification of TVM, a model for OO databases with time-evolving behavior and version support for managing different project alternatives.

• 03/1996-08/1999. Undergraduate Research Assistant at UFRGS, supported by CNPq and FAPERGS scholarships. Research activities included: specification and implementation of an environment for a temporal object-oriented database with roles on top of commercial databases (Oracle and Sybase SQL Anywhere); implementation of a system for teaching musical theory and perception, and assimilating the musical intervals through melodies.

• 06/2006-09/2006. Co-Op (Intern) at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Mentor Lipyeow Lim, manager Yuan-chi Chang.

• 06/2005-09/2005. Co-Op (Intern) at IBM Silicon Valley Lab, San Jose. Member of the Information Integration team. Activities included: design, coding and testing of functions related to XML features within DB2 Replication System. Manager Serge Bourbonnais

• 03/1999-09/1999. Intern at Cumerlato & Schuster, Brazil. Responsible for assisting software engineers in using Power Designer Data Architect and performing software testing.

• 2008. Lecturer at Dept. of Computer Science, UFRGS: Introduction to Programming (undergrad), Advanced Modeling in Databases (grad), English Technical Writing (grad).

• 2002-2003. Teaching Assistant at Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, UC Riverside: Intro to CS, Intro to Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Management Systems, and Project in Databases.

• 2001. Teaching Assistant at UFRGS, Undergraduate Course (Algorithms and Programming) and Professional Master Program (Database Models).

• Outstanding Teaching Assistant, 2002-2003 academic year. UCR Graduate Division and UCR Teaching Assistant Development Program.
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant, 2002-2003 academic year. Department of Computer Science & Engineering, UCR.
• First Prize at the IX Masters Thesis Contest CLEI-UNESCO, November 2002.
• Honorable Mention at the Masters Thesis Contest of the Brazilian Computer Society - SBC, July 2002.

• PosDoc Junior Scholarship, CNPq Research foundation, Brazil, October 2007.
• Scholarship for Graduate Studies Abroad, CAPES, Brazil, 2002-2006.
• UCR Computer Science Department Fellowship, 2002-2003.
• 1-year Scholarship for Graduate Research, CNPq Research Foundation, Brazil, July 2001.
• 2-year Scholarship for Master Studies, CNPq Research Foundation, Brazil, March 2000.
• 2-year Scholarship for Undergraduate Research, CNPq Research Foundation, Brazil, March 1997.
• 1-year Scholarship for Undergraduate Research, FAPERGS Research Foundation, Brazil, March 1996.

• Education Director, 2009-2011
• Member of the Education Board, 2007-2009
• Editor-in-Chief SBC HORIZONTES, the electronic magazine on Career in Computer Science - A nova revista eletrônica sobre carreira em Computação da SBC

• CIESC 2009 (Congreso Iberoamericano de Educación Superior en Computación)
• WEI 2009 chair, 2008 (Braz. Comp. Soc. Workshop on Education in Computer Science)
• Poster Session, SBBD 2008

• EDBT 2010 (Intl. Conf. on Extending Database Technology).
• CIKM 2009, 2008 (ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management).
• CLEI 2009 (Latin American Informatics Conference).
• DEXA 2009 (Intl. Conf. on Database and Expert Systems Applications).
• DocEng 2009, 2008 (ACM Symposium on Document Engineering).
• ER 2009 (Intl. Conf. on Conceptual Modeling).
• ICDE Demo Session 2009 (International Conference on Data Engineering).
• SBBD 2009, 2008 (Brazilian Symposium on Databases).
• EDBT Demo Session 2008 (International Conference on Extending Database Technology).
• WIVA 2008 ( Workshop on Information Visualization and Analysis in Social Networks).
• XSym 2007 (Fifth International XML Database Symposium).
• ERBD 2008, 2006, 2005 (Regional School on Databases, Brazil).

• ICDE 2010, proceedings chair (International Conference on Database Engineering)
• ER 2009, publicity chair (International Conference on Conceptual Modeling)
• Poster Session SBBD 2008 chair (Brazilian Symposium on Databases).
• WEI 2009 chair, 2008 co-chair (Braz. Comp. Soc. Workshop on Education in Computer Science)
• WebMedia 2007, proceedings chair (Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web)

• ACM TODS (Transactions on Database Systems).
• ACM TOIT (Transactions on Internet Technology).
• IEEE TKDE (Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering).
• VLDB Journal (International Journal on Very Large Data Bases).
• Elsevier DKE (Data Knowledge & Engineering).
• Elsevier Information Systems
• Springer DPD (Distributed and Parallel Databases).
• RITA (Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada - J. of Theoretical and Applied Informatics).
• SBC REIC (Revista Eletrônica de Iniciação Científica).
• JBCS (Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society).
• International Journal of Computers & Applications.

• CIKM 2007, 2006
• ER 2007
• ICDE 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004
• ICWE 2009
• JCDL 2009
• MDM 2007
• SBBD 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
• SEMISH 2007
• SIGMOD 2008, 2007
• SPIRE 2009
• VLDB 2006, 2003
• WTDBD 2007 (Workshop of Thesis and Dissertation in Databases), with SBBD.
• WWW 2009
• DEXA 2004, 2003, 2002
• IDEAS 2004

• 01/2008-now. Mentor at the MentorNet (E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science).

• 05/2000-07/2001. Member of the Committee of Graduate Studies in CS as students’ representative, UFRGS.

• Portuguese (native language)
• English (fluent)
• Italian (fluent)

• ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
• ACM SIGMOD - Special Interest Group on Management of Data
• IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IEEE WIE - Women in Engineering
• SBC - Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (Brazilian Computer Society)