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SIGMOD 2026 DEI-1 Session: Human–AI Partnership in Data Systems: Inclusion by Design or Bias at Scale?

The database community is entering a new phase where AI is becoming deeply embedded in data systems. From AI-assisted query optimization and data cleaning to automated knowledge extraction and scientific discovery, modern data systems are increasingly designed as human–AI collaborative environments. This transformation raises a critical question for the community:

Will AI-powered data systems expand participation in computing research, or will they amplify structural inequities already present in the ecosystem?

We identify four factors that already shape participation in the global data systems community and that will be impacted

T1- Research under reduced funding outside major research hubs.
T2- Data and compute concentration within large technology companies
T3- Disparities between researchers in the Global North and in the Global South
T4- Community Actions

Time: Thursday, June 04th 2026, 11:00 AM - 12:30PM

Location: Zinnia

Organizers: Maria D'Souza Choudhary, Donatella Firmani

Panelists

Manish Gupta (Senior Director, Google DeepMind)
Rihan Hai (Assistant Professor at Web Information Systems (WIS) group of TU Delftand the lead of InfiniData Team.)
Sujaya Maiyya (Assistant professor at Cheriton School of Computer Science at University of Waterloo)
Paolo Missier (Professor of Computer science and Director of the Institute for Data and AI at University of Birmingham)
Felix Naumann (Head of Information Systems at HPI, Coordinator for the HPI Data & AI Cluster)
Yogesh Simmhan (Associate Professor in the Department of Computational and Data Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science)
Brit Youngmann (Assistant professor of Computer Science at the Technion)