Joy Arulraj

Joy Arulraj is an Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, affiliated with the School of Computer Science and the Database group. His research focuses on developing innovative data systems for video analytics, non-volatile memory optimization, and self-driving database management systems.

Research Interests:

• Database systems
• Machine learning
• Non-volatile memory
• Self-driving databases
• Query optimization
• Geo-distributed data management

Notable Research Contributions:

• Developed EVA, a video analytics system using deep learning
• Created APOLLO for automated database debugging
• Designed EQUITAS to minimize SQL computation overlap
• Explored NVM-based database architectures (BzTree, Write-Behind Logging)
• Investigated self-tuning databases

Key Awards:

• IEEE Rising Star Award

Students:

• Co-advised multiple graduate students including Pramod Chunduri, Gaurav Tarkok Kakkar, and Jiashen Cao
• Graduated students: Xinyu Liu, Qi Zhou, Jinho Jung

Labs & Teams:

• Member of Georgia Tech's Database group
• Collaborates with international institutions (MIT, Stanford, Microsoft Research, etc.)