Where Does Academic Database Research Go From Here?

Summary: Forum-style position paper mapping strategic directions for academic database research, urging tighter alignment with industry, interdisciplinary collaboration, and updated methodologies. Emphasizes AI’s disruptive impact, data-centric systems, new evaluation criteria, and a community-driven roadmap. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 14193
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2025
Pagerank: -
Overall Rank: 13,154 | 8.58%
DOI: 10.14778/3750601.3760516

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1. Eugene Wu
2. Raul Castro Fernandez

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