Abigale Kim
Office #7581
1205 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706
I’m a 3rd year PhD student in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. My advisor is Dr. Xiangyao Yu, and I am a member of the UW–Madison Databases Group. I work on GPU-accelerated database systems, with a focus on variable-length data processing.
Previously, I was a Software Engineer at TileDB, working on their open-source data engine. I completed my B.Sc. and M.Sc. at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science, where I was advised by Dr. Andy Pavlo.
In my free time, I enjoy running, climbing, and making art. Feel free to reach out by emailing me at abigalekim0417[at]gmail[dot]com or abigale[at]cs[dot]wisc[dot]edu. I’m happy to chat and connect!
news
| Jun 08, 2026 | I will be interning at NVIDIA this summer on the RAPIDS cuDF team! |
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| Apr 24, 2026 | I will be at Midwest Data Day 2026 in Chicago, presenting a poster on GPU-accelerated heterogeneous string pattern matching. |
| Sep 01, 2025 | I will be at VLDB 2025 in London! Let’s talk if you are also in town. |
| Aug 06, 2025 | My group’s paper “Rethinking Analytical Processing in the GPU Era” is up on ArXiV! |
| Apr 15, 2025 | My paper “Anarchy in the Database: A Survey and Evaluation of Database Management System Extensibility” was accepted to VLDB 2025! |
latest posts
| Jun 10, 2023 | A Subset of Database Systems (and Why They're Interesting), Part 1 |
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| Jun 06, 2023 | Development of OLAP Systems in the 21st Century |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Software Systems Curriculum Learning Objectives |