Scholar
William Zhang
Google Scholar ID: eYMS0DUAAAAJ
Carnegie Mellon University
Citations & Impact
Citations
243
H-index
8
i10-index
8
Publications
14
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple papers including 'BPF-DB: A Kernel-Embedded Transactional Database Management System For eBPF Applications' (SIGMOD 2025), 'Automated Database Tuning vs. Human-Based Tuning in a Simulated Stressful Work Environment: A Demonstration of the Database Gym' (SIGMOD 2025 Demo), etc.
Research Experience
- Research Intern at Microsoft Gray Systems Lab from May 2024 to August 2024; Software Engineer at SingleStore on Query Processing from January 2021 to January 2022.
Education
- PhD student in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Andy Pavlo.
Background
- PhD student in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, with research interests in database management systems (DBMSs), specifically “self-driving” systems, ML for systems, and automated database tuning. Advised by Andy Pavlo.
Miscellany
- Received 2025 MongoDB PhD Fellowship; Served as Teaching Assistant for several courses at Carnegie Mellon University, such as 15-445: Intro to Database Systems (Fall 2025), 15-721: Advanced Database Systems (Spring 2024), etc.