Research
Research agenda
The recurring theme is simple: if AI is going to work on scientific problems, it needs database discipline, provenance, and systems-aware execution.
Core question
How can intelligent systems plan and operate reliably across databases, APIs, models, computing resources, and scientific instruments while preserving provenance, performance, security, and human oversight?
Themes
- Databases for agentic AI
- Scientific AI infrastructure
- Architecture and technical leadership
- Knowledge graphs, workflows, and reproducibility
Selected publications
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Sex Differences in the Variability of Physical Activity Measurements Across Multiple Timescales Recorded by a Wearable Device: Observational Retrospective Cohort Study
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Biometrics of complete human pregnancy recorded by wearable devices
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General feature selection technique supporting sex-debiasing in chronic illness algorithms validated using wearable device data
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Utilizing Wearable Device Data for Syndromic Surveillance: A Fever Detection Approach
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P2KG: Declarative Construction and Quality Evaluation of Knowledge Graphs from Polystores
Declarative construction and quality evaluation of knowledge graphs from polystore data.
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Detection of COVID-19 using multimodal data from a wearable device: results from the first TemPredict Study
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Metrics from Wearable Devices as Candidate Predictors of Antibody Response Following Vaccination against COVID-19: Data from the Second TemPredict Study
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TemPredict: A Big Data Analytical Platform for Scalable Exploration and Monitoring of Personalized Multimodal Data for COVID-19
A big-data analytical platform for exploring and monitoring personalized multimodal wearable data.
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Quantum Data Hub: A Collaborative Data and Analysis Platform for Quantum Material Science
A collaborative data and analysis platform for quantum materials research.
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Ingesting High-Velocity Streaming Graphs from Social Media Sources
Streaming graph ingestion and processing for high-velocity social-media sources.
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PROFORMA: Proactive Forensics with Message Analytics
Message analytics for proactive forensics.
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Generating Polystore Ingestion Plans: A Demonstration with the AWESOME System
A demonstration of ingestion-plan generation for the AWESOME polystore.
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Analytics-Driven Data Ingestion and Derivation in the AWESOME Polystore
Analytics-driven data ingestion and derivation methods for the AWESOME polystore.
Recent blogs
Blogs
What I Learned as the First Employee of a U.S. Cloud Startup
Building before requirements stabilize, and how platform decisions shape long-term engineering.
Blogs
Why Scientific AI Needs Query Planning, Not Just Retrieval
Scientific questions require multiple tools, validation steps, and provenance-aware execution.
Blogs
What Database Researchers Can Contribute to Agentic AI
Why planning, provenance, optimization, and data semantics matter for reliable agent systems.