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ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Labs with Andy Pavlo as VP of Database Research
Summary
ClickHouse announced the launch of ClickHouse Labs, a new research group led by Andy Pavlo, who joins as Vice President of Database Research. The group is intended to advance foundational work in database systems and share it openly with the broader community. Its research spans database and data architectures, query processing, systems performance, and infrastructure for both ClickHouse and PostgreSQL, with applications including real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI. Researchers will build and test ideas against demanding real-world workloads, collaborate with ClickHouse engineers, and publish findings in leading research venues so others can evaluate, extend, and build on them.
Context
ClickHouse says modern data systems face ambitious challenges as AI reshapes the demands placed on data-intensive workloads. The initiative is also motivated by a belief that company-based foundational research can solve demanding technical problems while creating new foundations for the broader database ecosystem.
Approach / What changed
Andy Pavlo will build and lead ClickHouse Labs, which will research database and data architectures, query processing, systems performance, and infrastructure for ClickHouse and PostgreSQL. Researchers will develop and test real systems against demanding workloads, work with ClickHouse engineers, and publish findings in leading research venues. The group will operate within ClickHouse's open-source community so its ideas can be tested, challenged, and extended.
Takeaways
Andy Pavlo joins ClickHouse as Vice President of Database Research and will lead ClickHouse Labs, its research agenda, and its team.
ClickHouse Labs will conduct foundational research spanning architectures, query processing, systems performance, and infrastructure for both ClickHouse and PostgreSQL.
The group plans to validate ideas through hands-on systems development and real-world workloads, then publish findings for broader evaluation and extension.
Source and freshness
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- clickhouse.com
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