About
Dr. Dana Van Aken is a computer scientist and the co-founder/CTO of OtterTune, a platform that automates database tuning through machine learning. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, where she specialized in database management systems. Her research interests lie at the intersection of self-driving/autonomous database technology and machine learning.
Dana Van Aken has presented the following presentations
The Machines Haven't Taken Over Yet: Incorporating Domain Knowledge into ML-driven Database Tuning Tools
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Silicon Valley 2023
by Dana Van Aken
presented by Dana Van Aken
Database management systems (DBMSs) expose dozens of configurable knobs that control their runtime behavior. Correctly tuning these knobs can improve the performance and efficiency of the DBMS. But it's a difficult task for humans as it requires understanding the complex and high-dimensional relationship between the database configuration, workload, environment, and performance. This problem ha...
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