Overview
We are excited to hold our Database Industry Affiliates Visit Day at Carnegie Mellon University, where academia and industry will converge to explore the future of database systems. This event seeks to foster an exchange of ideas, fostering collaboration and innovation across research and industry.
- Who:
- CMU-DB Affiliates, Faculty, Students
- When:
- September 15-16, 2025
- Where:
- Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science
Gates-Hillman Center
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Schedule
Monday September 15th, 2025
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00am – 9:45am | Registration & Continental Breakfast Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Faculty Talk: Andy Pavlo Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 10:15am – 10:30am | Faculty Talk: Jignesh Patel Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Industry Pitches: Each sponsor will have 2 minutes to introduce themselves and (optionally) flash a single slide summary of their company. Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 11:00am – 11:20am | Research Talk: Sam Arch
The Key to Effective UDF Optimization: Before Inlining, First Perform Outlining |
GHC 4405 |
| 11:20am – 11:40am | Research Talk: Chris Laspias
A Hot Take on the Intel Analytics Accelerator for Database Management Systems |
GHC 4405 |
| 11:40am – 12:00pm | Research Talk: Yuchen Liang
The Glorious Dead: Making New Queries Run Faster on the Backs of Slower, Deceased Queries in the optd Service |
GHC 4405 |
| 12:00pm – 01:30pm | Lunch (Invitation Only) Location: GHC 6101 Commons | GHC 6101 Commons |
| 01:30pm – 01:50pm | Research Talk: Will Zhang
Accelerating Database Tuner Adaptivity by Remixing Historical Knowledge |
GHC 4405 |
| 01:50pm – 02:10pm | Research Talk: Wan Shen Lim
Ask Your Doctor Whether Upgrading is Right for You: Automated Upgrade Recommendation for Self-Driving Database Management Systems |
GHC 4405 | 02:10pm – 02:30pm | Research Talk: Hyoungjoo Kim
Breaking Through the Memory Wall of Transactional Database Systems with Processing-in-Memory |
GHC 4405 |
| 02:30pm – 02:50pm | Research Talk: Martin Prammer
Better Bloom Filters In Theory and Practice |
GHC 4405 |
| 03:00pm – 03:10pm | Intro to Poster Session: Jignesh Patel Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 03:10pm – 05:00pm | Poster Session Location: GHC 6101 Commons | GHC 6101 Commons |
| 6:00pm | Dinner (Invitation Only) Butterjoint 208 N Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
Butterjoint 208 N Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
Tuesday September 16th, 2025
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45am – 9:30am | Continental Breakfast (Invitation Only) Location: GHC 6121 | GHC 6121 |
| 09:30am – 10:30am |
Company Info Sessions (Group #1)
Other attendees can mingle in GHC 9115 |
Multiple Rooms |
| 10:30am – 11:30am |
Company Info Sessions (Group #2)
Other attendees can mingle in GHC 9115 |
Multiple Rooms |
| 11:30am – 12:30pm |
Company Info Sessions (Group #3)
Other attendees can mingle in GHC 9115 |
Multiple Rooms |
| 12:30pm – 01:30pm | Lunch (Invitation Only) Location: GHC 6101 Commons | GHC 6101 Commons |
Additional Information
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For questions, please contact Pat Loring.