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5 papers

cs.DB2026

ReSequel: Robust LLM-assisted Query Rewriting and Optimization using Templatization and Sampling

Saeed Fathollahzadeh, Essam Mansour, Matthias Boehm

Heuristic query rewriting has long complemented cost-based optimization to improve performance. Such rewrites transform SQL queries into semantically equivalent forms that are easi…

cs.AI2026

Is Agent Memory a Database? Rethinking Data Foundations for Long-Term AI Agent Memory

Abdelghny Orogat, Essam Mansour

Long-running AI agents need persistent memory. Memory supports learning across sessions, reduces repeated context injection, and enables auditing of past decisions. Current agent m…

cs.LG2026

An LLM-Guided Query-Aware Inference System for GNN Models on Large Knowledge Graphs

Waleed Afandi, Hussein Abdallah, Ashraf Aboulnaga +1

Efficient inference for graph neural networks (GNNs) on large knowledge graphs (KGs) is essential for many real-world applications. GNN inference queries are computationally expens…

cs.CR2025

OCR-APT: Reconstructing APT Stories from Audit Logs using Subgraph Anomaly Detection and LLMs

Ahmed Aly, Essam Mansour, Amr Youssef

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are stealthy cyberattacks that often evade detection in system-level audit logs. Provenance graphs model these logs as connected entities and eve…

cs.CL2025

Dialogue Benchmark Generation from Knowledge Graphs with Cost-Effective Retrieval-Augmented LLMs

Reham Omar, Omij Mangukiya, Essam Mansour

Dialogue benchmarks are crucial in training and evaluating chatbots engaging in domain-specific conversations. Knowledge graphs (KGs) represent semantically rich and well-organized…