Manisha Luthra

Postdoctoral Researcher @tuda_systems group, Senior Researcher @DFKI, working on intersection of #systems and #ML research. Mastodon: [email protected]

[Andreas Kipf @andreaskipf]

Our ML4Sys and Sys4ML workshop has been accepted to BTW 2025 🎉

Submit your one-page abstracts by December 3 and join us in Bamberg, Bavaria!

https://t.co/HjHRsjLA0U

Big shoutout to @LuthraManisha for organizing!

cc @matthiasboehm7

[Raul Castro Fernandez @raulcfernandez]

Open postdoc position for researching *personal data markets*. Keywords: data sharing, privacy, responsible data science... If you are interested send me ([email protected]) a paragraph outlining your motivation and any relevant materials, including a CV and one relevant paper

[BIFOLD @bifoldberlin]

🎙️ Exciting Event Tomorrow! Join us onsite for a fascinating BIFOLD Talk by Dr.-Ing. @LuthraManisha Agnihotri, Deputy Head at the @DFKI Darmstadt - SAIDE lab and Postdoctoral Researcher at @TUDarmstadt. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🚀
https://t.co/tux55kGivR

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

We @tuda_systems had a great time last week in our team retreat at Darmstädter Haus in the Austrian Alps discussing the future of AI & cloud data management. Thanks a lot also to our external guests, Norman May and Ulf Brackmann from @SAP.

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

It is a really great honor to receive the LOEWE top professorship for my research on building the next generation of AI-centered database systems: https://t.co/auZaVemQQE
Many thanks to the State of Hesse & TU Darmstadt as well as @Hessian_AI and @CS_TUDarmstadt.

[Manisha Luthra @LuthraManisha]

It was a great experience meeting Volker Markl and his group at @bifoldberlin and @TUBerlin. I presented our work on #learned cost models for #streaming #systems and had great interactions and follow-up from the fellows there.
Thanks a lot for the invite!

[BIFOLD @bifoldberlin]

🎙️ Exciting Event Tomorrow! Join us onsite for a fascinating BIFOLD Talk by Dr.-Ing. @LuthraManisha Agnihotri, Deputy Head at the @DFKI Darmstadt - SAIDE lab and Postdoctoral Researcher at @TUDarmstadt. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🚀
https://t.co/tux55kGivR

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

I am honored that we just received the best demo award for our demo at @SIGMODConf 2024. Congrats to my PhD student Matthias Urban @tuda_systems for this great work.

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

Today from 5:00 – 6:30 pm, we will show our CAESURA demo again. Come and see us in @SIGMODConf today if you want to know more on how we use LLMs as query planners for multi-modal data sources with tables, images and text.

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

Last week @icdeconf a team lead by senior researcher @LuthraManisha from @DFKI and @CS_TUDarmstadt @tuda_systems has presented two papers which pave a novel way for learned cost model-based optimizations for stream processing systems.

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

It was really great having ⁦@amrelabbadi⁩ as a guest for the last two weeks in our ⁦@tuda_systems⁩ lab. His work on privacy and databases is more relevant than ever! We also had a lot of interesting side discussions on other topics 😊

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

The only question reviewers should be asking themselves:
"Is the community better off with this paper, or without it?"
inappropriate reasons for rejection include: not beating SOTA, bad writing, minor flaws, no theory yet good results, incomplete citations (easily fixed),.....

[Manisha Luthra @LuthraManisha]

@MadelonHulsebos @pgroth Congratulations Madelon 🎉

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

I would have loved to attend ... but this year I have to skip (sadly). So, anyone who plans to attend @NeurIPSConf: this is a really fun workshop.

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

I am happy to co-chair the DBML workshop @icdeconf in 2024 with @ziyuli_li @tudelft and Gerardo Vitagliano @HPI_DE. If you work in the intersection of data management and ML, this is a great venue to discuss your ideas: https://t.co/vamJxZXf3z (Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2024)

[Manisha Luthra @LuthraManisha]

@imlinwang @CompScience_UPB Congrats Lin! Looking forward to the exciting research work you do at Paderborn :)

[Systems Group @ TU Darmstadt (Moved) @tuda_systems]

Students of @TUDarmstadt , not sure which courses to take? The Systems Group offers one lecture and three seminars in the next semester for those interested in fundamental and advanced topics in Data & AI Systems or Distributed & Networked Systems: https://t.co/uFXArsiVl6

[Carsten Binnig @cbinnig]

Our tutorial @VLDBconf about Databases on Modern Cloud Networks in Granville (Room T, South Tower) will start today at 3.30pm. We will jointly present our tutorial with Alberto Lerner, @danrkports, @TobiasZiegler18 & Matthias Jasny. Looking forward to seeing you.

[Apurv Yadav @apurv_dude]

The Nation is proud of you @rpragchess Well done champ!

[Ryan Marcus @RyanMarcus]

What are the most influential database papers of all time? Everyone has an opinion, but here's some data!

I ran PageRank on the VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR citation graph. Search for a paper, view a specific year, or look up an author's most "influential" papers.

https://t.co/GJiNJbW6ok

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Your PhD is about the evolution of your mindset.

It proceeds through personal research experience, mentorship and development of key skills.

This is why PhD in STEM:

- is NOT about a thesis (very few people will read it)
- is NOT about finish your advisor’s project
- is NOT about attending new courses
- is NOT to learn how to use cool instruments (although it might be handy, it is of little help in a long run)

Yes, some of it will help you get hired. BUT PhD should not be about this.

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PhD is about personal development, creativity and problem solving in a highly dynamic research environment.

First of all, it is about:

- Becoming a highly critical and creative thinker
- Learning how to think independently (against the local or global mainstream)
- Learning how to “jump-start” a project and bring it to perfection
- Discovering your strengths and weaknesses as a future leader
- Learning from massive number of mistakes without big consequences
- Learning how to accept failures and move on
- Understanding the value of teamwork and collaboration
- Publishing important studies and making discoveries (especially if you plan to stay in academia)

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Of course, there are some “perks” that come with it:

1. Getting a good expertise in some field
2. Getting some idea about the world of academia and how things work there
3. Learning how to use fancy tools (microscopes, spectrometers, etc)
4. Learning how to write papers, etc etc

But these are only bonuses. They should not be why you are pursuing PhD.

▫️

As a prospective PhD student, do NOT look for a supervisor who will be simply assigning tasks to you and tracking your project.

Look for a good mentor and advisor who can help you develop YOUR leadership skills.

A proper research environment and inspiration to pursue your dreams are the key ingredients.

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdchat