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The specification for StreamSQL, which adds time or event-based windows to standard SQL, was created by a team representing the leading stream processing research programs in the United States – including data management experts from MIT as well as Brown, Brandeis, and Stanford Universities.

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The specification for StreamSQL, which adds time or event-based windows to standard SQL, was created by a team representing the leading stream processing research programs in the United States – including data management experts from MIT as well as Brown, Brandeis, and Stanford Universities.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT is ranked #2 overall among the world's top 200 universities by The Times Higher Education Supplement (2005/2004), #1 worldwide in technology and engineering, and #2 in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and astronomy. For more information about MIT, visit www.mit.com.

The specification for StreamSQL, which adds time or event-based windows to standard SQL, was created by a team representing the leading stream processing research programs in the United States – including data management experts from MIT as well as Brown, Brandeis, and Stanford Universities.

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The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) provides a neutral business forum for exchanges, market data vendors, specialist data providers, brokerage firms and banks to address and resolve business and technical issues related to the distribution, management, administration and use of market data. Participants use the forum to exchange ideas, build business relationships and improve the business climate associated with the worldwide flow of financial information. For more information, visit www.fisd.net.

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The specification for StreamSQL, which adds time or event-based windows to standard SQL, was created by a team representing the leading stream processing research programs in the United States – including data management experts from MIT as well as Brown, Brandeis, and Stanford Universities.