[LJ Genie] Database-internals grad work?

[maradydd]

A dear friend is thinking about going to grad school (could be an MS, could be a PhD, depends on what they'll let him get away with), focusing on database internals (the query planner and executor, to be precise). Aside from "Tom Lane's office", anybody got any tips on places he should be considering? He has a bachelor's in CS from McGill and several years of solid industry experience; I figure he should be a shoo-in for a top program. However, I do not know what the top programs are.

jrtom, you were saying good things about UC Irvine, weren't you? I know Berkeley has some interesting work going on with streaming databases, but is that just something they specialise in, or do they have a solid database-backend team?

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[enochsmiles.livejournal.com]

I've got some contacts at CMU. Mostly in the privacy/security space, but I'm sure they know DB people.