OMSCS Buzz

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Welcome to the OMSCS Buzz, the official podcast of Georgia Tech's world-renowned Online Master's in Computer Science program. Join host and OMSCS alum Tanmay Shah as he chats with OMSCS students, alumni, and faculty. Learn about cutting-edge work across all areas of computing, and get inspired from these incredible Yellow Jackets! Episodes will be released biweekly on Tuesdays on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Please visit https://omscs.gatech.edu/omscs-buzz-podcast for episode links, show notes, timestamps, and a Feedback Form to suggest guest or topic ideas. Don't forget to subscribe!
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S6E4: Dr. Joy Arulraj on Database Systems, AI, & the Future of Learning
Episode 4
Tuesday, 21 April, 2026

On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Dr. Joy Arulraj. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science, leading the Advanced Database Systems Lab with groundbreaking work at the intersection of database systems, non-volatile memory, and AI integration. In this episode, you’ll hear about his career journey and incredibly fascinating research across data systems and machine learning. TIMESTAMPS- (0:00) - Cold Open (1:05) - Episode begins (2:02) - Internship experience (7:17) - PhD journey (11:29) - Databases and LLMs (17:28) - AI use in improving Databases (32:02) - PDF Parsing problem (38:00) - Database implementation course (40:55) - Rapid fire round LINKS FROM THE EPISODE-1. Bw-Tree - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bw-tree-icde2013-final.pdf2. BzTree - https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol11/p553-arulraj.pdf3. EvaDB - https://github.com/georgia-tech-db/evadb4. TokenSmith - https://github.com/georgia-tech-db/tokensmith5. Intel Center for Visual Computing - https://www.openedgecomputing.org/blog/index.htmlHN comments on the impact of LLMs on education - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=474779257. BuzzDB - https://buzzdb-docs.readthedocs.io/8. Andy Pavlo's Database Course at CMU - https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/9. Uber's indexing system - https://www.uber.com/us/en/blog/h3/10. Rajni Restaurant - https://rajniatl.com/11. Soldiers and Cooks restaurant - https://www.cooksandsoldiers.com/VISIT https://omscs.gatech.edu/omscs-buzz-podcast for the entire catalog of episodes and our Feedback & Guest Nomination Form. EDITOR – Sid Ramesh