Tue 11 Nov 2025 10:30 - 11:00 at Room 5 - 2015-MIP & TP:59-105: Databases
Database query optimizers benefit greatly from accurate cardinality estimation; however, this is hard to achieve on tables with correlated and/or skewed columns. We present a novel approach using neural networks to learn and approximate selectivity functions that take a bounded range on each column as input, effectively estimating selectivities for all relational operators. Experimental results with a simplified prototype show a significant improvement over state-of-the-art cardinality estimators on constructed datasets in terms of accuracy, efficiency, and amount of user input required.
Tue 11 NovDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
Tue 11 Nov
Displayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
10:30 - 12:00 | |||
10:30 30mPaper | Cardinality estimation using neural networks Most Influential Paper Henry Liu University of Waterloo, Mingbin Xu York University, Ziting Yu University of Waterloo, Vincent Corvinelli IBM Canada, Calisto Zuzarte IBM Link to publication | ||
11:00 30mTalk | Semantic Relational Types of SQL Queries and Applications to AI Agent Tool Selection 74 Technical Papers Ken Pu Ontario Tech University, Limin Ma Ontario Tech University, Ying Zhu Ontario Tech University, Bohdan Synytskyi Ontario Tech University | ||
11:30 30mTalk | Jackpine3D: a benchmark for evaluating 3D spatial database features 74 Technical Papers Mohammadmasoud Shabanijou University of New Brunswick, Zhuliang Jia University of New Brunswick, Suprio Ray University of New Brunswick, Rongxing Lu Queen’s University, Pulei Xiong National Research Council (NRC), Canada | ||