Join us for a fascinating talk by Dr. Sergey Goncharov, Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham, on bridging the gap between small-step and big-step operational semantics through abstract machinery. Discover how higher-order mathematical operational semantics unifies these foundational frameworks, and the ensuing Haskell implementation. Title: From Small-Step to Big-Step, Abstractly Speaker: Sergey Goncharov | […]

Join us for a talk by Professor Wolfgang Lehner, a leader in database technology and systems architecture at TU Dresden. As the head of the Database Technology Group, Prof. Lehner will present insights from his team’s work on improving query optimizers. He will discuss TONIC, a new approach to cardinality estimation-free query optimization, and FASTgres, […]

Join us for an insightful presentation by Professor Viktor Leis, Chair for Decentralized Information Systems and Data Management at TUM. In this talk, he will discuss his research on custom, DBMS-optimized OS kernels enabled by the cloud and the database-as-a-service model. Professor Leis will explore the unique architecture of unikernels, their benefits, and the potential […]

Join us for a captivating presentation by Professor Volker Markl, Chair of Database Systems and Information Management (DIMA) at TU Berlin, and Director of the Intelligent Analytics for Massive Data Research Department at DFKI. In this talk, Professor Markl will discuss his research on improving data analysis efficiency, including query optimization, the evolution of Apache […]