Soren Little and I met up online while he was in Boston for a VLDB conference. "Computer science people remain ever so creative when it comes to naming their conferences," he joked…

The phrase “Roter Faden” (red thread) is a German idiom that refers to a guiding principle that runs through something. Its origin is credited to Goethe, the famous German writer…

At the start of every school year, the big question is always, What’s the story of the pretzel? 

Okay, so here is the story of the Pretzel…