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Lower Latency Graph Queries in Cypher with Redis GraphRoi Lipman, Redis LabsTim Davis, Texas A&M U

Redis · talk · Watch on YouTube

Databases & storageAlgorithms & data structures

What it is

Redis Labs and Tim Davis present RedisGraph, which uses GraphBLAS to treat graph queries in Cypher as sparse linear algebra for lower latency.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in graph database threads as a mind-blowing case for expressing graph analysis as linear algebra.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Raising graph analysis to the level of linear algebra is brilliant.”

    Talk showing graph analysis as linear algebra beats relational for graphs.

    michelpp, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What was your experience using a graph database?”

  2. “I think you'll find this presentation on GraphBLAS positively mind-blowing”

    Presentation on GraphBLAS for answering unbounded graph queries via matrices.

    redbar0n, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Bullshit Graph Database Performance Benchmarks”

  3. “RedisGraph in the Language of Linear Algebra with GraphBLAS, co-presented by RedisLabs and Tim Davis”

    RedisGraph built on GraphBLAS linear algebra, with Tim Davis.

    espeed, 2018-09 · Recommendation · in “The design and implementation of modern column-oriented database systems”

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Topics: graphblas, redisgraph, linear algebra, cypher, sparse matrices

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