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About Me
I'm Ryan Marcus. I'm using machine learning to build the next generation of data management tools that automatically adapt to new hardware and user workloads, invent novel processing strategies, and understand user intention.
I am especially interested in query optimization, index structures, intelligent clouds, programming language runtimes, program synthesis for data processing, and applications of reinforcement learning to systems problems in general. I am currently recruiting PhD students for next year.
Email: ryan@ryanmarc.us
News
Featured Publications
- Bao: Making Learned Query Optimization Practical
- Ryan Marcus
- Parimarjan Negi
- Hongzi Mao
- Nesime Tatbul
- Mohammad Alizadeh
- Tim Kraska
SIGMOD '21 (pdf) best paper award
- Benchmarking Learned Indexes
- Ryan Marcus
- Andreas Kipf
- Alexander Van Renen
- Mihail Stoian
- Sanchit Misra
- Alfons Kemper
- Thomas Neumann
- Tim Kraska
VLDB '21 (pdf)
Blog Posts
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Generating bios with large language models 20 Dec 2022
We can use a large language model to write a short bio for any researcher, but the results vary drastically in quality
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Applying Bao to distributed systems 17 Jun 2021
We can apply Bao, a technique for learned query optimization, to a number of distributed cloud databases
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Machine learning for systems 06 Jun 2019
A recent groundswell of research has been pushing machine learning into computer systems
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Good comment, bad comment 05 Nov 2018
A few collected tips on writing readable code
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Overflow in consistent hashing 14 Sep 2018
Exploring the implications of fixed-capacity machines in consistent hashing schemes
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Pretty pictures with perlin noise fields 04 Mar 2018
Procedurally generated flurry-like graphics and videos with particle tracing in a Perlin noise field
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Computer-generated lines with a human feel 23 Oct 2017
Computers can create lines that look hand drawn
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Ryan Marcus, future assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Fall '23). Using machine learning to build the next generation of data systems.