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Baotong Lu

Researcher
Systems and Networking Research Group
Microsoft Research Asia (MSR Asia)
Email: baotonglu[@]microsoft.com
Github: baotonglu

Biography

Baotong Lu is a researcher in Microsoft Research Asia. He received his PhD degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2023 and visited Simon Fraser University in 2019 and 2023 respectively. His research interest lies in database management system (e.g., vector databases) and machine learning systems (e.g., LLM inference, RAGs). His is a recipient of 2021 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award.

Publications

Professional Service

  • Program Committee: EDBT 2026

  • Program Committee: VLDB 2025 (PVLDB 18)

  • Program Committee: ChinaSys 2024

  • SIGMOD Availability Committee 2023, 2022

  • Reviewer: VLDBJ, TKDE, TCAD

  • External Reviewer: SIGMOD 2024, ICDE 2024, SIGMOD 2022, ICDE 2022, VLDB 2021, SIGMOD 2021, ICDE 2021, EDBT 2021, ATC 2020, DASFAA 2019, VLDB 2018 (Demo)

Teaching Assistant (CUHK)

  • Spring 2021, CSCI5570: Large Scale Data Processing Systems

  • Fall 2020, CENG4480: Embedded System Development and Applications

  • Fall 2019, CSCI4160: Distributed and Parallel Computing

  • Spring 2019, ESTR3102: Operating Systems (Elite Stream)

  • Fall 2018, CSCI3150: Operating Systems

Selected Awards

ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award 2021
Mitacs Globalink Research Award 2022
China National Scholarship 2015, 2017