Andy Pavlo
Employers on the program
- 2026ClickHouse1 talk
- 2023–2026Carnegie Mellon University5 talks
- 2021OtterTune1 talk
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- Percona Live
- OSA CON (Open Source Analytics Conference)
- PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)
- PGDay Chicago
- Rows & Columns Summit
- TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Rows & Columns Summit 2026 | Rows & Columns Summit | keynote | Opening keynote as ClickHouse | |
| May 27, 2026 | Percona Live 2026 Bay Area | Percona Live | keynote | Databases: The Final Boss of Agents as Carnegie Mellon University Large language models (LLMs) are evolving into autonomous agents that can reason, plan, and act over complex systems. We contend that databases pose the hardest…Show lessLarge language models (LLMs) are evolving into autonomous agents that can reason, plan, and act over complex systems. We contend that databases pose the hardest and most important challenge for agents, due to their unforgiving correctness and performance requirements. This talk presents research... | Video |
| Oct 7, 2025 | TiDB SCaiLE 2025 | TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit) | speaker | Untitled as CMU | |
| Oct 3, 2023 | PGConf NYC 2023 | PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026) | keynote | Keynote: What Goes Around Comes Around... And Around... as Carnegie Mellon University + OtterTune Doesn't it feel like there is always a new crop of database management systems (DBMSs) every few years that push the idea that the relational model (RM) is…Show lessDoesn't it feel like there is always a new crop of database management systems (DBMSs) every few years that push the idea that the relational model (RM) is outdated and SQL is dying? Proponents of vector databases have recently taken up this mantle fueled by interest in AI/ML technologies. | |
| May 22, 2023 | Percona Live 2023 | Percona Live | speaker | Why Machine Learning for Automatically Optimizing Databases Doesn't Work as Carnegie Mellon University / OtterTune | Video |
| Apr 20, 2023 | PGDay Chicago 2023 | PGDay Chicago | speaker | Why Machine Learning for Automatically Optimizing Databases Doesn't Work as Carnegie Mellon University + OtterTune Database management systems (DBMSs) like PostgreSQL are complex software that requires sophisticated tuning to work efficiently for a given workload and…Show lessDatabase management systems (DBMSs) like PostgreSQL are complex software that requires sophisticated tuning to work efficiently for a given workload and operating environment. | |
| Nov 2, 2021 | OSA CON 2021 | OSA CON (Open Source Analytics Conference) | keynote | Do We Still Need People To Write Database Systems? as OtterTune / Carnegie Mellon University |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Zaitsev | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Alexander Rubin | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Michael Coburn | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Robert Hodges | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Ray Paik | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Bruce Momjian | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Devrim Gündüz | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Jimmy Angelakos | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Magnus Hagander | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Pat Wright | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Phillip Merrick | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Shailesh Rangani | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Tatiana Krupenya | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Tim Steward | 2 | — | 2023 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.