Bohan Zhang
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
- Postgres Conference (PostgresConf)
- PGConf.Asia
- TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit)
- PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)
- PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
- Snowflake Summit
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | Snowflake Summit 26 | Snowflake Summit | speaker | Scaling a Research Data Platform on Snowflake as OpenAI This session walks through how we use Snowflake to scale our Research Data Platform to support state-of-the-art research workloads, with a particular focus on…Show lessThis session walks through how we use Snowflake to scale our Research Data Platform to support state-of-the-art research workloads, with a particular focus on reasoning-centric use cases. We will discuss key architectural decisions across data modeling, Snowflake-native capabilities, and supporting design patterns that enable high concurrency, rapid iteration and reliable access for diverse research users. These approaches power one of the most heavily used internal analytics and visualization platforms at OpenAI built using Streamlit. | |
| Oct 7, 2025 | TiDB SCaiLE 2025 | TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit) | speaker | Untitled as OpenAI | |
| Sep 29, 2025 | PGConf NYC 2025 | PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026) | speaker | Scaling Postgres to the next level at OpenAI as OpenAI, Inc PostgreSQL serves as a cornerstone of OpenAI's backend infrastructure, powering many of our most critical features. In this talk, I will share how we've taken…Show lessPostgreSQL serves as a cornerstone of OpenAI's backend infrastructure, powering many of our most critical features. In this talk, I will share how we've taken PostgreSQL to the next level to handle OpenAI's demanding workloads. | Slides |
| May 13, 2025 | PGConf.dev 2025 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Scaling Postgres to the next level at OpenAI as OpenAI, Inc Date: 2025-05-14 Time: 15:00–15:50 Room: Regence B2C Level: Intermediate | Slides |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Postgres Conference: Seattle 2024 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Does machine learning for database optimization work in the real world? as OtterTune, Inc Database Management Systems (DBMSs) are complex software that require precise tuning to achieve optimal performance on specific hardware and workloads. | SlidesVideo |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Postgres Conference 2024 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Everything you want to know about Postgres autovacuum as OtterTune, Inc Because of the design and implementation of Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) in Postgres, the old data accumulates during updates. | Slides |
| Sep 20, 2023 | HTAP Summit 2023 | TiDB SCaiLE (formerly HTAP Summit) | speaker | Automatically Optimizing Databases: Lessons Learned from Using Machine Learning as OtterTune | Video |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2023 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | The Part of PostgreSQL I Hate the Most as OtterTune, Inc Postgres is awesome. It is currently the fourth most popular database (source: DB-Engines), and its popularity continues to grow as strong as ever due to…Show lessPostgres is awesome. It is currently the fourth most popular database (source: DB-Engines), and its popularity continues to grow as strong as ever due to several factors: its rich set of features, mixing object storage and relational capabilities; its extensibility; and its status as an open source project. | Slides |
| Dec 14, 2021 | PostgresConf.CN & PGConf.Asia 2021 (China Branch) | PGConf.Asia | speaker | Ottertune: automatic database optimization using machine learning as OtterTune | |
| Nov 17, 2020 | PostgresConf.CN & PGConf.Asia 2020 | PGConf.Asia | speaker | Ottertune-Database parameter auto tuning tool and its implementation |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Booz | 4 | — | 2025 |
| Peter Zaitsev | 4 | — | 2024 |
| Bruce Momjian | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Chirag Dave | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Robert Bernier | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Cary Huang | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Chandra Pathivada | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Grant Zhou | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Jignesh Shah | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Peter Farkas | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Zak Tedder | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Christensen | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Timothy Spann | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Alastair Turner | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Alberto Ordonez Pereira | 2 | — | 2025 |
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.