Pittsburgh, PA — The Carnegie Mellon University Database Research Group is pleased to announce its wildest seminar series yet starting February 2025. “SQL or Death?” is no-holds-barred exploration of replacements for SQL and techniques to make SQL even better than it is. The schedule features legendary database researchers and industry stalwarts. Each session will challenge conventional wisdom with the kind of intensity that makes even seasoned DBAs break into a cold sweat.

Even the late, great Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) had something to say from beyond the grave: “Damn, I wish I was still alive so I could hit up this seminar. Wu-Tang and databases forever.”

Do not miss your chance to witness the future of databases—or risk being left behind in the dust of obsolescence.

CMU-DB’s seminar meetings (Mondays @ 4:30pm EST) are open to the public on Zoom. Non-CMU affiliated members of the general public are invited to attend. The recordings are available on the CMU-DB Youtube Channel afterwards.

Schedule

• February 10: Convex
• February 17: The Germans (TUM)
• February 24: Apache Pinot
• March 10: GoogleSQL Pipe Syntax
• March 17: Malloy
• March 24: PRQL
• March 31: StarRocks
• April 7: OxQL: Oximeter Query Language
• April 14: MariaDB
• April 21: EdgeDB