Data platforms and analytics
Project
Learning Optimizer
We are witnessing the rise of declarative big data systems. Examples include Hive, Spark, and Flink in the open source, and BigQuery, BigSQL, and SCOPE among proprietary systems. These systems take the declarative user queries…
Group
Gray Systems Lab
The GSL team designs, develops, and evaluates novel database system technologies, with a focus on transitioning the best ideas into Azure Data product lines.
Project
ezPitch: Connecting Salespersons and Customers through Relevant News
The goal of ezPitch is connecting salespersons and customers through relevant news. Why is this important? In the daily work, the sales persons need to search, track and explore the related news about customers before…
Project
Data2Text: Automated Text Generation from Structured Data
The Data2Text project aims to automatically generate fluent and fact-based descriptions or utterances given a data table. Typical business applications for text generation include the generation of financial and sports news stories, the generation of…
Video
Magpie: Python at Speed and Scale using Cloud Backends, CIDR 2021
Authors: Alekh Jindal (Microsoft); Venkatesh Emani (Microsoft); Maureen Daum (University of Washington); Olga Poppe (Microsoft); Brandon Haynes (Microsoft); Anna Pavlenko (Microsoft); Ayushi Gupta (IIIT Delhi); Karthik Ramachandra (Microsoft Research India); Carlo Curino (Microsoft — GSL);…
