Reposted by ewuuuConor Power @conorpower23.bsky.social · 01/12/2025There is still time to register for CIDR 2026 in Santa Cruz! If you need a roommate for the conference, there is also a spreadsheet you can use to find someone! www.cidrdb.org/cidr2026/reg...cidrdb.orgCIDR 2026 - RegistrationThe 16th Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR 2026), Registration Information 075
Reposted by ewuuuBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-... 117102855626
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 18/07/2025As an academic who has named papers after the classic mortal kombat ninjas (eugenewu.net/ninjas.html), I am obligated to share that the new Mortal Kombat II trailer IS AMAZING! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9pH... 040
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 07/07/20251/ Where does *academic* database research go from here—in a world dominated by AI, $100B in private investment, and an NSF budget cut in half? Where should focus go? At SIGMOD 2025, we hosted a panel to discuss, summarized on the SIGMOD blog: wp.sigmod.org?p=3828 🧵 Key takeaways from the panel:wp.sigmod.orgPanel Summary: Where Does Academic Database Research Go From Here? – ACM SIGMOD Blog 130
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 02/07/2025Columbia's Data Management Group just wrapped up @sigmod2025.bsky.social with a strong showing: 4 papers, 2 demos, a keynote, a tutorial, and a panel. Highlights include a test-of-time award, best paper at DEEM, and best industry demo awards! A full write up is at: eugenewu.net/general/2025...eugenewu.netEugene Wu 260
Reposted by ewuuuDr. Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareemcarr.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The US government is aiming to get rid of a quarter million people involved in science research and education by 2026. I have no words. 1116993
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 16/06/2025Working on HILDA@sigmod2025.bsky.social keynote slides. Thinking about human data interaction, AI, and a virtuous cycle. Looking forward to seeing folks in a week! 020
Reposted by ewuuunilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 14/05/2025the following 30 seconds from perfect movie REAL GENIUS are a rock solid vision of the future of education youtu.be/wB1X4o-MV6o?...youtu.beReal Genius Classroom montage (1985)YouTube video by Rik Blok 139111
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 24/04/2025Almost every db faculty that has received an nsf award ad benefitrd from hector and sylvia’s work. Well deserved! 041
Reposted by ewuuunilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Could not have been clearer about this www.theverge.com/24282022/kam... 229040
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 18/02/2025Excited for Phil Cascado from Outropy to join our class to talk about systems problems that arise when building agentic systems for real. AI is great for demos and hard for products. Class: W6113.github.io 000
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 18/02/2025Excited for Phil Cascado from Outropy to join our class to talk about systems problems that arise when building agentic systems for real. AI is great for demos and hard for products. Class: W6113.github.io 010
Reposted by ewuuuNathan Yau @flowingdata.com · 13/02/2025Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...flowingdata.comDefense Against Dishonest ChartsThis is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things. 32501250
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 13/02/2025Really excited for shreya to speak about docETL, and in general LLM powered data analysis and the role of agent-based optimization, in our graduate seminar Agents For Real Class website: w6113.github.io 140
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 07/02/2025Exciting opportunity at the Columbia DAPLab! We are looking to hire a postdoc to work on AI Agents at the intersection of systems, AI, and HCI for Fall 2025. 🔥 Check out the details in the job post here: daplab.cs.columbia.edu/positions #ColumbiaUnversity #AI #AIAgents 052
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 29/01/2025The disparity between the ease to write an EO and the effort needed to push against it seems like a problem. 010
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 06/01/2025Mechanisms for user agency and control over their data will continue to grow in importance and visibility! 021
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 23/12/2024Looks like science giving us the finger. Sometime certainly feels like it 010
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 15/12/2024End of semester faculty reviews from McSweeny’s. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f... 030
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 13/12/2024I asked my students in introduction to databases to create database memes. Here are some bangers: I remove all data redundancy, Might not preserve some functional dependency, Cluttered databases I do reform, 'Am your good ol' friend Boyce-Codd Normal Form. 120
Reposted by ewuuuTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 11/12/2024A helpful gift shopping algorithm that I made for @theguardian.com a couple of years ago. 18885304
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 10/12/2024the best present for your kids: white lies for a white christmas? 010
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 10/12/2024We are excited to be starting a new lab that rethinks the systems, ML, and HCI stack to support agent-based automation! Columbia's PhD deadline is 12/15 -- please share with potential applicants! columbia-dap-lab.github.io 084
Reposted by ewuuuJames Cowling @jamescowling.dev · 04/12/2024Values need to involve a tradeoff. If they don't come with a cost you're willing to accept then they're not actionable. e.g., "Move fast and break stuff" = 🔥 "Move fast with stable infra" = 😐 001
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 02/12/2024Planning and arguing for a project (whether a grant or paper) is hard. One reason is that writing and speaking is a linear process, while the arguments for a project is a graph. This blog post describes a mental model and its implications to writing. eugenewu.net/writing/2024... 0214
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 28/11/2024Thanks for the shoutout! Our perspective is first figure out how to separate complexity from the data out of the visual representation before trying to attribute complexity to the person. 010
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 26/11/2024Really happy to invite Yoonjoo Park from UIUC to virtually visit Columbia's data management seminar to talk about really nice work on checkpointing data science systems. 020
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 20/11/2024For better or worse, some quick tips on the PhD application from a faculty's perspective (N=1). eugenewu.net/tips.htmleugenewu.netThus, the purpose of the application is to quickly convince the faculty that you will maximize their lab’s research impact as compared to other applicants. 042
ewuuu @eugenewu.net · 28/10/2024Really excited for C Mohan (inventor of ARIES recovery) to visit Columbia and share his wisdom about cloud dbms systems!! 030
