In this video I talk to Semih Salihoglu about KuzuDB : A highly scalable, extremely fast, easy to use embeddable Graph Database.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:40 The Genesis of KuzuDB: From Academic Research to Startup

06:40 Graph Databases 101: Understanding the Basics and Beyond

10:24 When to Opt for a Graph Database: Use Cases and Advantages

19:16 KuzuDB vs. Traditional Databases: A Comparative Analysis

24:39 Inside KuzuDB: Optimizations and Data Ingestion Explained

31:08 Exploring Query Optimizations in Graph Databases

31:34 The Relational Nature of Graph Databases

33:33 Factorization: A Key Optimization Technique

38:50 Integrating New Data Sources and Handling Joins

43:39 Optimizing Write Operations and Index Management

50:23 Comparing Kuzu with Other Graph Databases

58:50 Future Developments and Vision for Kuzu

Important links:

- History of DBMSs and the IDS, which is the first database in history, which had a graph-based model: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1147376.1147382 is a good paper by CS historian on this history and a must read for everyone interested in the birth of databases as a field.

- https://blog.kuzudb.com/post/what-every-gdbms-should-do-and-vision/ blog on the what every GDBMS should do and vision of Kùzu.

- The user survey paper that got Semih into GDBMSs. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1709.03188.pdf

- Blog on factorization https://blog.kuzudb.com/post/factorization/

- Kùzu's RDFGraphs feature https://docs.kuzudb.com/rdf-graphs/

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