Category: Big Data, Analytical Data Platforms, AI and Data Science

On Large Language Models (LLMs) and Databases. Q&A with Madeleine Corneli

Q1. You believe in collaboration, working closely with engineering, data science, marketing, and customers. How does it work in practice? What are the challenges you face in bringing different stakeholders together?  Collaboration across technical...

On HeatWave MySQL: Query Execution, Performance, Benchmarks, and Vector type. Q&A with Kaan Kara.

Q1. You are working as a lead developer mainly responsible for query execution in HeatWave MySQL. What are the challenges that you try to solve?  HeatWave is an in-memory data processing engine, so for...

On AI, Storage Systems and Scalability. Q&A with Paul Speciale

Q1. In the year ahead, you anticipated a resurgence of data architectures that support two key IT priorities: 1) accelerating AI-driven initiatives, and 2) strengthening end-to-end cyber-resiliency to counter the persistent rise in ransomware attacks....

On Graph Databases, Gen AI and the Cloud. Q&A with Jim Webber

Q1. The demand for graph databases is being regarded as essential infrastructure for AI systems. Why? Large Language Models (LLMs) are incredibly powerful for AI systems, but businesses have to balance the models’ creativity...

On GenAI, Large Language Models, and Vector Databases. Q&A with Ryan Siegler

Q1. Previously, you worked at the Ford Motor Company as an Enterprise Architect. What did you learn there, that is useful to your current job? As an Enterprise Architect in ML Research, I gained...

On Supply Chain Management. Q&A with Mark Holmes

“Generative AI has been used in a number of supply chain scenarios with promising results. The biggest use cases will likely revolve around analyzing large sets of historical data to help with demand planning,...

MySQL Rockstar 2023: Q&A with Alkin Tezuysal

Q1. You were awarded the MySQL Rockstar 2023. Congratulations! What do you think are your most important contributions in the area of open-source relational databases? My most significant contributions to the open-source relational database community...