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Nikolay Yakovets is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Information Systems WSK&I at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His main area of study is databases and data intensive systems. He is particularly interested in foundations of databases, efficient data analytics and engineering of high-performance data processing systems.
Nikolay’s current focus is on design and implementation of core database technologies, management of massive graph data, and efficient processing of queries on graphs. His educational activities focus on data modeling and databases, data management for data analytics, database technology, data engineering, seminar databases and capita selecta databases.
Academic background
Nikolay obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Lassonde School of Engineering at York University in 2017, where his was a member of the YorkU database group. His doctoral thesis work focused on the optimization and efficient processing of complex path queries in large graph databases. Before that, Nikolay received his masters and bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science from the same university. His MSc thesis ‘Migration of Enterprise Security to a Database: A Case Study’ was carried out in close collaboration with IBM Center for Advanced Studies (IBM Research) and focused on improving the security in the domain of Master Data Management. During his studies, Nikolay also worked on multiple projects funded by the government of Canada (NSERC) on topics of high-performance data processing systems (in collaboration with Empress Canada) and on natural language processing algorithms and pipelines.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Meta-Property Graphs in Practice: Implementation and Evaluation
Nooijen, S. J. M., Sadoughi, S. & Yakovets, N., Mar 2026, Proceedings 29th International Conference on Extending Database Technology, EDBT 2026. Tampere: OpenProceedings.org, p. 413-419 7 p. (Advances in Database Technology; vol. 29).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Breaking Down the Data-Metadata Barrier for Effective Property Graph Data Management
Sadoughi, S., Yakovets, N. & Fletcher, G. H. L., 10 Mar 2025, Proceedings 28th International Conference on Extending Database Technology ( EDBT 2025 ) Barcelona, Spain, March 25 - March 28. OpenProceedings.org, p. 978-984 7 p. (Advances in Database Technology - EDBT; vol. 28, no. 3).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Optimizing navigational graph queries
Mulder, T. (Corresponding author), Fletcher, G. & Yakovets, N., Mar 2025, In: VLDB Journal. 34, 2, 25 p., 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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HomeRun: A Cardinality Estimation Advisor for Graph Databases
van Leeuwen, W., Fletcher, G. & Yakovets, N., 9 Jun 2024, GRADES-NDA '24: Proceedings of the 7th Joint Workshop on Graph Data Management Experiences & Systems (GRADES) and Network Data Analytics (NDA). Hartig, O. & Kaoudi, Z. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 9 p. 6Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Ontology-guided Knowledge Graph Construction from Maintenance Short Texts
van Cauter, Z. & Yakovets, N., 15 Aug 2024, Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models (KaLLM 2024). Biswas, R., Kaffee, L.-A., Agarwal, O., Minervini, P., Singh, S. & de Melo, G. (eds.). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 75-84 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Data Management for Data Analytics
Fletcher, G. H. L., Bijl, H. & Yakovets, N. 1/09/18 → 31/08/26
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Datamodeling and Databases
Brijder, R., Serebrenik, A., Fletcher, G. H. L., Yakovets, N., Bijl, H. & Ashkey Elizabeth Bince, A. 1/09/13 → 31/08/26
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