High-Performance Parallel Database Processing and Grid Databases

David Taniar, PhD, lectures in information technology at Monash University, Australia. Dr. Taniar has published extensively in the field of high- performance parallel databases and is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining.

Clement H. C. Leung, PhD, is Foundation Chair in Computer Science at Victoria University, Australia. Dr. Leung previously held the Established Chair in Computer Science at the University of London.

Wenny Rahayu, PhD, is Associate Professor at La Trobe University, Australia, and actively works in the areas of database design and implementation, covering object-relational databases and Web databases.

Sushant Goel, PhD, is a software consultant and holds a PhD in computer systems engineering from RMIT University, Australia. His research interests are in grid transaction management and software development processes, such as agile computing.