Simply put, a Database Management System (DBMS) is software designed to capture and analyze data from a specific database. In practice, this is a complicated process often involving hours of both human annotation and software computation. Many businesses, corporations, and organizations use a DBMS in some shape or form, and for those that use them often, efficiency is everything. Until recently, these types of management systems had remained relatively unchanged because of mathematical limitations, and the market had been in need of a faster and more efficient type of system. Bjorn Gruenwald, Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President of InMentia Inc., recently developed an improved DBMS that can do complex analyses in a fraction of the previous time.
InMentia is an early stage technology company created for the purpose of advancing the science of computer-based data and information management. Along with his colleagues at InMentia, Bjorn Gruenwald developed a new information engine that they call the Hilbert Engine. It is unique and separate from previous DBMS’s in that it integrates the concept of infinite dimensional space into its computations, allowing it complete more calculations in a significantly shorter amount of time. It works by transferring text-based data into the Hilbert Engine and converting it to “Hilbert data”, where it is searched, sorted, compared, and analyzed along any parameters set by the user. According to InMentia, the benefit of converting the data to Hilbert data is the “ability to perform even the most complex analytical functions using, for example, off the shelf PC technology, at speeds not attainable using traditional databases”.
The applications of the Hilbert Engine as a DBMS are enormous. Because of its massive operational speed, it has many potential applications in solving business analysis problems in large databases, data migration, and the integration of disparate traditional databases. It is designed to be significantly faster and more accurate than current databases to the point where, according to InMentia on AuthorStream, the Hilbert Engine completed an analysis deriving thirty-six trillion records, considered to be an impossible calculation at the time, in less than one second.
The inspiration for the Hilbert Engine came to Bjorn Gruenwald when he faced frustrations with the limitations of current DBMS. He is an expert in the world of Information Management Systems and Engineering in general. He received his Bachelor’s of Science while studying Electrical Engineering in Sweden. After that, he received his Masters in Science in System Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Finally, he completed a combination Doctorate of Philosophy with the Systems Engineering, Bio engineering, and Medicine departments.