Great paper.<p>This has a lot of similar goals to Apache Impala, mainly around improving raw data access to be as efficient as possible.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pandis.net&#x2F;resources&#x2F;cidr15impala.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pandis.net&#x2F;resources&#x2F;cidr15impala.pdf</a>