Published numerous papers, including 'Hermes: Off-the-Shelf Real-Time Transactional Analytics' (VLDB 2025), 'The Key to Effective UDF Optimization: Before Inlining, First Perform Outlining' (VLDB 2025), etc. Received best paper award.
Research Experience
Served on program committees for several conferences such as SIGMOD 2025 (AE), CIDR 2024 (co-Chair); SIGMOD 2024 (AE); PVLDB 2024. Involved in multiple research projects.
Background
Research interests include efficient methods for data analysis, focusing on improving both system efficiency (e.g., designing high-performance data analysis algorithms) and human efficiency (e.g., designing methods to enhance the productivity of users interacting with data systems). Currently a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
Miscellany
Co-founded several companies: Paradise (1997), Locomatix (2007), Quickstep (2015), and DataChat (2017).