Our Team

Meet the researchers of the Data Systems Group at MPI-SWS

Laurent Bindschaedler

Laurent Bindschaedler

Research Group Leader

Laurent leads the Data Systems Group at MPI-SWS. His research focuses on building next-generation systems for massive-scale data management and AI.

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Students & Researchers

Jinhao Hu

Jinhao Hu

PhD Student

Jinhao works on distributed systems, databases, and operating systems. Before joining MPI-SWS, he was a database engineer at PingCAP working on TiKV.

Bardia Mohammadi

Bardia Mohammadi

PhD Student

Bardia works on LLM-enhanced database systems, inference optimization, and risk accounting for agent operating systems.

Julian Klein

Julian Klein

MS Student

Julian is working on the intersection of LLMs and DBs.

Extended Team

Diego Rivera Correa

Diego Rivera Correa

PhD Student, Northeastern University

Diego is working on relational path queries in graphs.

Qi Guo

Qi Guo

PhD Student, MPI-INF

Qi collaborates on blockchain analytics.

Emmilly Namuganga

Emmilly Namuganga

MS Student, CMU Africa

Emmilly is working on updateable learned indexes.

Saumya Chaturvedi

Saumya Chaturvedi

SWE @ American Express

Saumya collaborates on LLM for Code.

Attreyee Mukherjee

Attreyee Mukherjee

PhD Student, Purdue University

Attreyee is working on LLM caching systems.

Mofasshara Rafique

Mofasshara Rafique

AI Engineer, Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Mofasshara worked on agent memory systems.

Akanksha Narula

Akanksha Narula

BS Student, Punjab Engineering College

Akanksha is working on LLM for code.

Collaborators

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Akhil Arora

Akhil Arora

Assistant Professor, Aarhus University

Niket Tandon

Niket Tandon

Principal Research Scientist, Microsoft Research

Aman Chadha

Aman Chadha

GenAI Science Manager, Apple

Christoph Siebenbrunner

Christoph Siebenbrunner

Affiliated Researcher, WU Vienna

Pramod Bhatotia

Pramod Bhatotia

Professor, TU Munich

Chunwei Liu

Chunwei Liu

Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Bo Zhao

Bo Zhao

Assistant Professor, Aalto University

Ashvin Goel

Ashvin Goel

Professor, University of Toronto

Alumni

Parul Negi

Parul Negi

Previously MS Student, now Data Scientist @ UNIO

MS Thesis on database benchmarking (Fall '24).

Excel Chukwu

Excel Chukwu

Former Research Intern

Worked on updatable state for LLMs (Summer '24).

Bhumika Mittal

Bhumika Mittal

Previously Intern, now Software Engineer @ Amuse Labs

Worked on LLM inference optimization (Summer '24).

Pranay Borgohain

Pranay Borgohain

Previously Intern, now @ Oracle

Worked on GNN partitioning (Summer '24).

Leshna Balara

Leshna Balara

Former Research Intern

Worked on GNN data serving (Spring '24).

Abhinit Mahajan

Abhinit Mahajan

Previously Intern, now AI Engineering @ CMU

Worked on GNN data serving (Spring '24).

Mihir Trivedi

Mihir Trivedi

Previously Intern, now MS @ Columbia University

Worked on LLM benchmarking (2023-24).

Harsh Parikh

Harsh Parikh

Former Research Intern

Worked on LLM benchmarking (2023-24).

Ali Falahati

Ali Falahati

Previously Intern, now MMath @ University of Waterloo

Worked on blockchain analytics (Summer '23).

Mahdi Alizadeh

Mahdi Alizadeh

Former Research Intern

Worked on blockchain analytics (Summer '23).

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Giorgos Kosmas

Previously Intern, now Research Assistant @ Oracle

Worked on GNN data serving (Summer '23).

Hardik Katehara

Hardik Katehara

Previously Intern, now @ D.E. Shaw

Worked on GNN data serving (Summer '23).

Interested in Joining?

We are always happy to welcome new researchers, subject to the availability of positions.