Davood Rafiei, University of Alberta

Research

database systems natural language interfaces to databases novel database interfaces database queries text to data data to text

Latest funding

Natural Language Interfaces to Databases
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$48,000
Integrating third-party and open data with internal corporate databases
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Natural Language Data Management
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$168,000

All 10 grants and awards

Natural Language Interfaces to Databases

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

Keywords: database systems; natural language interfaces to databases; novel database interfaces; database queries; text to data; data to text

$48,000

Integrating third-party and open data with internal corporate databases

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood D

$200,000

Natural Language Data Management

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$168,000

Fact extraction from organizational corpora

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$25,000

Enabling queries on relational data on the Web

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$150,000

Time-aware querying of the web

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$75,000

Database systems lab upgrade

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$64,720

Searching and filtering data on the web

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$48,000

Upgrading the database laboratory equipment at the University of Alberta

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Sander, Joerg

$46,206

Data management issues on the Web

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafiei, Davood

$92,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: database systems Dear Professor Rafiei, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on database systems connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Natural Language Interfaces to Databases" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]