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Large language models (LLMs) show strong potential for neural architecture generation, yet existing approaches produce complete model implementations from scratch -- computationally expensive and yielding verbose code. We propose Delta-Code…

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This paper proposes a saturation throughput delta-based methodology to precisely measure operator costs in high-speed data planes without intrusive instrumentation. The approach captures non-linear scaling, revealing that compute-intensive…

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Task scheduling is a well-studied problem in the context of optimizing the Quality of Service (QoS) of cloud computing environments. In order to sustain the rapid growth of computational demands, one of the most important QoS metrics for…

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Join ordering is the NP-hard problem of selecting the most efficient order in which to evaluate joins (conjunctive, binary operators) in a database query. Because query execution performance critically depends on this choice, join ordering…

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Query optimizers in RDBMSs search for execution plans expected to be optimal for given queries. They use parameter estimates, often inaccurate, and make assumptions that may not hold in practice. Consequently, they may select plans that are…

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More and more companies have deployed machine learning (ML) clusters, where deep learning (DL) models are trained for providing various AI-driven services. Efficient resource scheduling is essential for maximal utilization of expensive DL…

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We study the problem of optimizing subgraph queries using the new worst-case optimal join plans. Worst-case optimal plans evaluate queries by matching one query vertex at a time using multiway intersections. The core problem in optimizing…

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Accurate query runtime prediction is a critical component of effective query optimization in modern database systems. Traditional cost models, such as those used in PostgreSQL, rely on static heuristics that often fail to reflect actual…

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The exponential growth of volume, variety and velocity of data is raising the need for investigations of automated or semi-automated ways to extract useful patterns from the data. It requires deep expert knowledge and extensive…

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Some of the most performant reinforcement learning algorithms today can be prohibitively expensive as they use test-time scaling methods such as sampling multiple action candidates and selecting the best one. In this work, we propose…

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