Chris Stolte's Polaris Dissertation
Chris Stolte completes his Ph.D. dissertation, 'Polaris: A System for Querying and Analyzing Multidimensional Databases using Graphics,' which details the core technical innovations that would become VizQL.
Significance
This academic work provided the foundational technology and conceptual framework (VizQL) upon which Tableau Software would be built, demonstrating the feasibility of visual database interaction.
Key facts
- Year
- 2002
- Type
- research_milestone
- Location
- Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA