I am Hu Zirui 胡梓锐 (2001.02), received my B.Eng. degree (2018 - 2022) from Software Engineering College and Department of Chinese Language and Literature of East China Normal University in 2022. I am currently pursuing my doctorate degree in the DBHammer research group, under the guidance of Professor Zhang Rong at Data Science and Engineering College of East China Normal University (2022 - 2027).

My research focuses on database kernel technology, especially for OLAP query optimization, AI4DB, and benchmark design. You can find more information about me in Zhihu.

🎖 Selected Awards

1. 2023 Top 100 Benchmarks & Evaluation Achievements of FICC
2. 2023 PanGu Enterprise Second-class Scholarship
3. 2023 Top 20 in the Order Matching System Competition of Ubiquant Investment Corp
4. 2023 Excellent Student in ECNU DaSE Summer School (Theme: 智能时代的数据系统)
5. 2022 Second place of the First OceanBase Database Contest
6. 2022 11th place in the Preliminary Round of the PingCAP TiDB Hackathon Contest
7. 2022 VLDB Summer School First Prize Excellent Student & Active Participation Award
8. 2022 Yangtze River Delta Fintech Global Challenge College Student Innovation Award
9. 2022 Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai Province
10. 2021 Second prize in China College Student Computer Design Competition
11. 2021 Second prize of Shanghai University Students’ Cultural and Creative Works Exhibition
12. 2020 Excellent Student of Bytedance FeiShu Training Camp
13. 2019 Third prize in English Speech Contest of Foreign Research Institute of ECNU
14. 2019-2021 First-Class Scholarship in ECNU
15. 2018-2021 Outstanding Student in Software and Engineering College of ECNU

📝 Publications

• Qingshuai Wang, Hao Li, Zirui Hu, Rong Zhang, Chengcheng Yang, Peng Cai, Xuan Zhou, and Aoying Zhou. Mirage: Generating Enormous Databases for Complex Workloads. IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) (Computer Science, CCF-A), 2024, PDF.
• Hao Li, Qingshuai Wang, Zirui Hu, Xuhua Huang, Lv Ni, Rong Zhang, Xuan Zhou. Touchstone+ : Query Aware Database Generation for Match Operators. Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA) (Computer Science, CCF-B), 2024. PDF.
• Shengdi Zhou, Faqin Lan, Zirui Hu, Yongting Liu. Determinants of Successful Mergers and Acquisitions in China: Evidence from Machine Learning. Digital Economy and Sustainable Development (Economics, None), 2024. PDF.
• Zirui Hu, Qingshuai Wang, et al. Artemis: A Comprehensive Benchmark Suite for Cardinality Estimation on Demand. 2024. PDF (Submitted).
• Zirui Hu, Qingshuai Wang, et al. Vodka: Rethink Benchmark Philosophy in HTAP Systems. 2024. PDF (Revising).
• Zirui Hu, Siyang Weng, Qingshuai Wang, Rong Yu, Jinkai Xu, Rong Zhang, Xuan Zhou. Data Sharing Model and Optimization Strategies in HTAP Database Systems. Ruan Jian Xue Bao/Journal of Software (Computer Science, CCF-A CN), 2023. PDF.

📖 Educations

• 2022.09 - Now, PhD, Data Science and Engineering College, East China Normal University.
• 2019.09 - 2022.06, Undergraduate, Chinese Language and Literature College, East China Normal University.
• 2018.09 - 2022.06, Undergraduate, Software Engineering College, East China Normal University.
• 2015.09 - 2018.06, Siyang Middle School, Suqian.

📚 Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant of Natural Language Processing @ Shanghai ECNU DaSE, 2024 Spring.
• Teaching Assistant of Volunteer Teaching Summer Camp @ Jiangxi Shangrao Lingxi Lingzhang Primary School, 2019 Spring.

🎙 Invited Talks

• IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) (Theme: Mirage: Generating Enormous Databases for Complex Workloads) @ Utrecht Netherland, 2024 Summer.
• PingCAP TiDB Talent Plan Tutor (Theme: Cardinality/Cost Estimation Based on Learning) @ Shanghai China, 2022 Winter.