Michael Jungmair

Assistant Professor at Aalto University

About Me

I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Aalto University. I completed my PhD in July 2026 at TU Munich, supervised by Jana Giceva.

My research lies at the intersection of data management and compilers. I conduct fundamental research on novel architectures for database engines utilizing compiler technology. Additionally, I explore how data processing systems can effectively handle workloads defined in general-purpose programming languages like Python.

I am also leading the open-source LingoDB project that leverages compiler technology to achieve unprecedented flexibility and extensibility without sacrificing performance.

Interests

data management (especially OLAP) on modern hardware
compilers and programming languages for data management

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 2026
Technical University of Munich
M.Sc. in Informatics
Technical University of Munich

Selected Publications

Selected publications. For more information, view my DBLP page or Google Scholar.

Michael Jungmair, Jana Giceva (2025). Towards Designing Future-Proof Data Processing Systems. Proc. VLDB Endow..

PDF DOI

Michael Jungmair, Alexis Engelke, Jana Giceva (2024). HiPy: Extracting High-Level Semantics from Python Code for Data Processing. Proc. ACM Program. Lang..

PDF Cite DOI

Michael Jungmair, Jana Giceva (2023). Declarative Sub-Operators for Universal Data Processing. Proc. VLDB Endow..

PDF Cite DOI

Michael Jungmair, André Kohn, Jana Giceva (2022). Designing an Open Framework for Query Optimization and Compilation. Proc. VLDB Endow..

PDF Cite DOI

Teaching & Supervision

Thesis Supervision

Transforming Data Frame Operations from Python to MLIR, Robert Imschweiler, Bachelor Thesis, 2022
Sub-Operator Placement on GPUs for accelerating analytical queries, Raoul Zebisch, Master Thesis, 2023
Converting User-defined Functions to an Intermediate Representation for Cross-Domain Optimizations, Nicolo Knapp, Master Thesis, 2023
Implementation of the TPCx-AI benchmark in relational database systems with SQL, Victoria Krafft, Bachelor Thesis, 2024
Parallel Query Processing on GPUs using Sub-operators, Artem Kroviakov, Master Thesis, 2024
Arrow Flight SQL in Practice: A Case Study with LingoDB, Moritz Bachmaier, Bachelor Thesis, 2025
Profile-Guided Optimization of WebAssembly, Master Thesis, 2025

Teaching

Head TA: Fundamentals of Database Systems (Bachelor, ~ 1500 students, Winter Semester 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, 24/25)
Head TA: Application and Implementation of Database Systems (Master, ~ 500 sudents, Summer Semester 22, 23, 24)
Seminar Instructor: Modern Query Engines (newly developed, Summer Semester 25)
Lecturer: Database System Concepts for Non-Computer Scientists (Winter Semester 25/26)

Awards

Google PhD Fellowship 2024

Google ∙ November 2024

Google awarded me the Google PhD Fellowship (70,000$/year for up to two years) in Software Systems for my (future) work on LingoDB and User-Defined Functions/Workloads.

Software Campus Fellowship

Federal Ministry of Education and Research ∙ March 2025

Grant for funding a micro-project with up to €111,000 over a period of up to two years. Funding covers personnel costs for research assistants, hardware, and project-related travel expenses.