Second Workshop on Simplicity in Management of Data (SiMoD)

At a first glance, data systems today are complex, with various components, tuning knobs and delicate design decisions. However, at their core - as researchers and practitioners have been observing at least anecdotally - are simple ideas that work well in practice. Simple ideas are easier to understand, less prone to bugs and more likely to be implemented by real products. Keeping individual design points simple also helps reduce system complexity and improve maintainability. However, this does not mean ignoring the necessary complexity or tricky corner cases. Meanwhile, it also often takes a tremendous amount of experience to propose such ideas. SiMoD promotes simple but non-trivial and effective ideas, by gathering researchers and practitioners to share their perspectives, new ideas, and experience on building practical data systems.