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 14-15, 2026
- Where:
- Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science
Gates-Hillman Center
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Schedule
Monday September 14th, 2026
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45am – 09:30am | Registration & Continental Breakfast Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 09:30am – 09:45am | Opening Talk: Prof. Andy Pavlo
CMU-DB Overview |
GHC 4405 |
| 09:45am – 10:45am | Industry Pitches: Each sponsor will have 5 minutes to introduce themselves and (optionally) flash a single slide summary of their company. Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Break Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Keynote: Prof. Shreya Shankar
Unstructured Data Needs a New Data Stack |
GHC 4405 |
| 12:00pm – 01:30pm | Lunch (Invitation Only) Location: GHC 6101 Commons | GHC 6101 Commons |
| 01:30pm – 02:30pm | Keynote: Prof. Dominik Moritz
Interactive Visualization at the Speed of Thought |
GHC 4405 |
| 02:30pm – 02:50pm | Research Talk: Chris Laspias
Dual-Density: Trading Cycles for Memory in the Buffer Pool |
GHC 4405 |
| 02:50pm – 03:10pm | Research Talk: Hyoungjoo Kim
IndexinGPU: Concurrent Var-len GPU Index for Transaction Processing |
GHC 4405 |
| 03:10pm – 03:25pm | Break Location: GHC 4405 | GHC 4405 | 03:25pm – 03:45pm | Research Talk: Drew Ripberger
Optimizing SQL Data Pipelines |
GHC 4405 |
| 03:45pm – 04:05pm | Research Talk: Yuchen Liang
The Glorious Dead |
GHC 4405 |
| 04:05pm – 04:25pm | Research Talk: Sam Arch
Adaptive Python UDF Optimization |
GHC 4405 |
| 06:00pm | Dinner (Invitation Only) Porch 221 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
Porch 221 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 |
Tuesday September 15th, 2026
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45am – 9:30am | Continental Breakfast (Invitation Only) Location: GHC 6115 | GHC 6115 |
| 09:30am – 10:30am |
Company Info Sessions (Group #1)
Other attendees can mingle in GHC 6115 or attend talks. |
Multiple Rooms |
| 10:30am – 11:30am |
Company Info Sessions (Group #2)
Other attendees can mingle in GHC 6115 or attend talks. |
Multiple Rooms |
| 11:30am – 12:30pm |
Company Info Sessions (Group #3)
Other attendees can mingle in GHC 6115 or attend talks. |
Multiple Rooms |
| 12:30pm – 01:30pm | Lunch (Invitation Only) Location: GHC 6101 Commons | GHC 6101 Commons |
Additional Information
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