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EDBT/ICDT 2025 Conference Contributions
Four BIFOLD research groups will take part in the EDBT/ICDT 2025 data management conference. They will present seven publications, including one that received the EDBT 2025 Best Paper Award. The conference is scheduled for 25–28 March 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.

Data Systems Retreat
For the first time, researchers from four data systems groups at BIFOLD and TU Berlin came together for a joint offsite retreat in Wandlitz. This unique gathering fostered collaboration, networking, and idea exchange among experts, marking a milestone in interdisciplinary research.

Paper Forecast BTW 2025
Several BIFOLD research groups participate in the 21st Conference on Database Systems for Business, Technology and Web in Bamberg, Germany, from March 3 to 7, 2025.

Reviewing VLDB 2024
Four BIFOLD research groups participated in the 50th International Conference on Very Large Databases in Guangzhou, China, taking place from August 26 to 30, 2024.

BIFOLD Researchers receive three SIGMOD Awards
Each year SIGMOD conference awards are bestowed on researchers who have especially contributed to the field of data management. In 2024 BIFOLD researchers were honored to receive three awards.

BIFOLD at the 2024 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference
BIFOLD researchers presented four research papers, two demos, one workshop paper and were of a panel at the 2024 ACM SIGMOD/ PODS Conference in Santiago, Chile.

“POLAR” lowers the adoption barrier for adaptive query processing in database systems
A preprint by BIFOLD researchers titled "POLAR: Adaptive and Non-invasive Join Order Selection via Plans of Least Resistance" is set to be presented at the VLDB conference in 2024. The database engineering paper introduces a technique for reordering joins that is adaptive, with a focus on non-invasive integration and low overhead.

DIMA-DAMS Annual Retreat
The three-day retreat was aimed at discussing the research results and ongoing work of doctoral students in the BIFOLD Data Systems Lab: currently, comprised of the Database Systems and Information Management (DIMA) and Big Data Engineering (DAMS) groups.

Photo recap: BIFOLD New Year's reception
At its New Year's reception BIFOLD welcomed a series of distinguished guests and friends from Berlin's AI community.

Photo recap: All Hands Meeting 2023
On October 9 and 10, 2023, BIFOLD welcomed the other Geman AI centers (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, Lamarr Institute, Tübingen AI Center, MCML, and the DFKI) in Berlin. The annual meeting featured guests, partners, visitors, and researchers from all over Germany.