Beyond Incrementalism: How to Change the World Through Data Systems Research

Summary: A panel challenging incrementalism in data-systems research, arguing that foundational work remains societally relevant. It explores how to select consequential problems, influence industry, and advance system technology. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID: 14379
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2025
Pagerank: -
Overall Rank: 13,344 | 8.45%
DOI: 10.14778/3750601.3760515

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Authors

1. Viktor Leis (Technical University of Munich)

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@article{leis_vldb25,
        title = {{Beyond Incrementalism: How to Change the World Through Data Systems Research}},
        author = {Leis, Viktor},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '25},
        volume = {18},
        number = {12},
        pages = {5508--5509},
        doi = {10.14778/3750601.3760515},
        url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3750601.3760515},
        year = {2025}
}

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