Viraj is usually tinkering with hardware and software. Always looking towards working at the intersection of new, exciting and stressful.
His research focused on disaggregated database systems, tuning LSM-KVS, cutting edge hardware devices (SMR, ZNS), and integration of modern AI techniques in database systems.
Publications
SHIELD: Encrypting Persistent Data of LSM-KVS from Monolithic to Disaggregated Storage
ACM SIGMOD 2025
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17 Jun 2025
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3725354
Can Modern LLMs Tune and Configure LSM-based Key-Value Stores?
ACM HotStorage 2024
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08 Jul 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3655038.3665954
CaaS-LSM: Compaction-as-a-Service for LSM-based Key-Value Stores in Storage Disaggregated Infrastructure
ACM SIGMOD 2024
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29 May 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3654927