Modeling Concurrency Control as a Learnable Function

This paper introduces NeurCC, a novel learned concurrency control algorithm that utilizes Bayesian optimization and a graph reduction search to efficiently learn a high-performance function mapping database states to control actions, thereby consistently outperforming state-of-the-art algorithms across diverse and dynamic workloads.

Hexiang Pan, Shaofeng Cai, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh, Yuncheng Wu, Yeow Meng Chee, Gang Chen, Beng Chin OoiWed, 11 Ma💻 cs

Expressive Power of Property Graph Constraint Languages

This paper presents the first systematic study of the expressive power of the PG-Keys language by establishing a unifying framework to compare it with Graph Functional Dependencies (GFD) and Graph Generating Dependencies (GGD), ultimately revealing a strict hierarchy of expressiveness that clarifies PG-Keys' capabilities within the context of the upcoming GQL standard.

Stefania Dumbrava, Nadime Francis, Victor Marsault, Steven SaillyWed, 11 Ma💻 cs

Epistemic Closure: Autonomous Mechanism Completion for Physically Consistent Simulation

This paper introduces a Neuro-Symbolic Generative Agent that overcomes the "Implicit Context" problem in scientific discovery by autonomously validating and completing physical mechanisms through dimensionless scaling analysis, thereby preventing physical hallucinations and ensuring thermodynamically consistent simulations.

Yue Wua, Tianhao Su, Rui Hu, Mingchuan Zhao, Shunbo Hu, Deng Pan, Jizhong HuangWed, 11 Ma💻 cs

The Virtuous Cycle: AI-Powered Vector Search and Vector Search-Augmented AI

This ICDE 2026 tutorial paper provides a comprehensive overview of the synergistic "virtuous cycle" between AI and vector search, detailing how AI enhances vector search efficiency and how vector search, particularly through Retrieval-Augmented Generation, empowers Large Language Models, while also exploring co-optimization strategies, challenges, and future research directions.

Jiuqi Wei, Quanqing Xu, Chuanhui YangWed, 11 Ma💻 cs

Evaluating the Practical Effectiveness of LLM-Driven Index Tuning with Microsoft Database Tuning Advisor

This paper evaluates the practical effectiveness of LLM-driven index tuning against Microsoft's Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) using industrial and real-world workloads, finding that while LLMs can identify superior configurations and capture human-intuitive insights, their substantial performance variance and high validation costs currently limit their direct adoption in production as a standalone replacement for DTA.

Xiaoying Wang, Wentao Wu, Vivek Narasayya, Surajit ChaudhuriWed, 11 Ma💻 cs

DataFactory: Collaborative Multi-Agent Framework for Advanced Table Question Answering

This paper introduces DataFactory, a collaborative multi-agent framework that overcomes the context, hallucination, and reasoning limitations of existing TableQA systems by orchestrating specialized agents for structured and relational reasoning, thereby achieving significant accuracy improvements across multiple benchmarks.

Tong Wang, Chi Jin, Yongkang Chen, Huan Deng, Xiaohui Kuang, Gang ZhaoWed, 11 Ma🤖 cs.AI

Samyama: A Unified Graph-Vector Database with In-Database Optimization, Agentic Enrichment, and Hardware Acceleration

This paper introduces Samyama, a high-performance, unified graph-vector database written in Rust that integrates persistent storage, vector indexing, native optimization solvers, and agentic LLM enrichment into a single engine, achieving competitive throughput and latency on commodity hardware while offering GPU-accelerated enterprise features.

Madhulatha Mandarapu, Sandeep KunkunuruTue, 10 Ma💻 cs

Decomposition-Driven Multi-Table Retrieval and Reasoning for Numerical Question Answering

This paper proposes DMRAL, a decomposition-driven framework that constructs a table relationship graph and employs aligned question decomposition with coverage-aware retrieval and sub-question guided reasoning to significantly outperform existing methods in numerical multi-table question answering over large-scale table collections.

Feng Luo, Hai Lan, Hui Luo, Zhifeng Bao, Xiaoli Wang, J. Shane Culpepper, Shazia SadiqTue, 10 Ma💻 cs

GP-Tree: An in-memory spatial index combining adaptive grid cells with a prefix tree for efficient spatial querying

The paper proposes GP-Tree, a novel in-memory spatial index that combines adaptive grid cells with a prefix tree structure to replace coarse minimum bounding rectangles with fine-grained approximations, thereby significantly improving filtering accuracy and query performance for complex spatial objects compared to traditional indexes.

Xiangyang Yang, Xuefeng Guan, Lanxue Dang, Yi Xie, Qingyang Xu, Huayi Wu, Jiayao WangTue, 10 Ma💻 cs