# Laurent Bindschaedler

> Research Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS). Research focuses on Big Data, Machine Learning Systems, Distributed Systems, and Cloud Computing.

Laurent Bindschaedler leads the Data Systems Group at MPI-SWS in Saarbruecken, Germany. His research spans complex AI systems, learned database components, graph processing systems, and blockchain analytics. He holds a PhD from EPFL and has previously worked at Microsoft Research and Columbia University.

## Research Areas

- [Complex AI Systems](/projects): Agentic AI infrastructure, LLM caching, code intelligence, and LLM-enhanced databases
- [Learned Systems](/projects): Benchmarking learned components and updateable learned indexes
- [Graph Systems](/projects): Large-scale GNN training, unified graph processing, and dynamic graph mining
- [Blockchain & Web3](/projects): Decentralized systems engineering and blockchain analytics

## Current Projects

- [Cache Saver](/projects/cache-saver): Modular framework for efficient LLM inference, reducing costs by ~25%
- [Code Intelligence](/projects/code-intelligence): SQL-of-Thought and LoRACode for code understanding
- [LLM-Enhanced Databases](/projects/llm-databases): Query-specific model optimization for OLAP
- [Large-Scale GNN Training](/projects/gnn-training): Efficient graph neural network partitioning
- [AlterEgo](/projects/alterego): Dedicated blockchain node for analytics

## Key Publications

- [Cache Saver (EMNLP 2025)](/papers/cachesaver2025.pdf): Efficient and reproducible LLM inference
- [SQL-of-Thought (NeurIPS 2025)](/papers/sqlofthought2025.pdf): Multi-agentic text-to-SQL with guided error correction
- [Latent Knowledge Estimation (WSDM 2025)](/papers/zplke2025.pdf): Zero-prompt factual knowledge extraction from LLMs
- [F3 (HPDC 2025)](/papers/f32025.pdf): FPGA-accelerated FaaS framework
- [Tesseract (EuroSys 2021)](/papers/tesseract2021.pdf): Incremental pattern mining on dynamic graphs
- [Chaos (SOSP 2019)](/papers/chaos2019.pdf): Scale-out graph processing from secondary storage

## Detailed Content (Markdown)

- [About](/llm/about.md): Full bio, research interests, and contact information
- [Publications](/llm/publications.md): Complete publication list with abstracts
- [Projects](/llm/projects.md): Current and past research projects
- [Teaching](/llm/teaching.md): Courses at University of Saarland and MPI-SWS
- [Blog](/llm/blog.md): News and announcements
- [Contact](/llm/contact.md): Email, office, and social links
- [Prospective Students](/llm/prospective-students.md): PhD, postdoc, and internship information

## Navigation

- [Home](/): Overview and introduction
- [Projects](/projects): Research projects and publications
- [Publications](/publications): Full publication list
- [Blog](/blog): News and announcements
- [Teaching](/teaching): Courses
- [Contact](/contact): Get in touch

## Optional

- [Prospective Students](/prospective-students): Information for PhD and internship applicants
- [CV](/cv.pdf): Full curriculum vitae
- [Research Statement](/research-statement.pdf): Research vision and agenda