graph databases and the "panama papers" by Stefan Armbruster
1,243 views · Published 11 November 2016 · 58:23 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Devoxx · 2016 · Science & Technology
In spring 2016 the first press reports regarding the "panama papers" were released. With almost 3TB of raw data this was by far the largest leak of data worldwide. This talk gives some technical insights who the ICIJ (International Consortium Of Investigate Journalists) worked with that amount of data to provide journalist an easy to use interface for doing their research. Aside other technologies one core component was a graph database. In a live demo on the panama papers dataset we'll explore to power and conciseness of the graph query language "Cypher". Stefan Armbruster is working for 4+ years as a field engineer for Neo Technology, the company backing the open source graph database Neo4j. Before he has spent ~15 years as a freelance consultant. Aside from coding in the java ecosystem he is a passionate Linux veteran since the kernel 1.0.x days. When not coding, he tries to find the perfect espresso and works is a volunteer firefighter at the local fire department. [BVZ-0081]
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