OMSCS Buzz S6E4: Joy Arulraj
On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Joy Arulraj. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science, leading the Advanced Database Systems Lab with groundbreaking work at the intersection of database systems, non-volatile memory, and AI integration. In this episode, you’ll hear about his career journey and incredibly fascinating research across data systems and machine learning.
Segments
0:00 | Cold open |
1:05 | Episode begins |
2:02 | Internship experience |
7:17 | PhD journey |
11:29 | Databases and LLMs |
17:28 | AI use in improving databases |
32:02 | PDF parsing problem |
| 38:00 | Database implementation course |
| 40:55 | Rapid fire round |
Episode Notes
- Bw-Tree
- BzTree
- Microsoft Research Data Systems Group
- EvaDB
- TokenSmith
- Intel Center for Visual Computing
- Hacker News
- HN comments on the impact of LLMs on education
- Rajni restaurant
- Soldiers and cooks restaurant
- Non-volatile Memory Databases
- Intel non-volatile / persistent memory
- BuzzDB
- Google systems research group
- Andy Pavlo's Database Course at CMU
- Uber's indexing system
- Episode Editor: Sidharth Ramesh
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