Introduction to Floe (Kurt Westerfeld) @CMUDatabaseGroup

Introduction to Floe (Kurt Westerfeld) @CMUDatabaseGroup

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Kurt Westerfeld (linkedin.com/in/kurt-westerfeld)
Floe (floedb.ai/)
April 20, 2026
https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/spring2026/schedule.html#apr-20-2026

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Introduction to Floe (Kurt Westerfeld)