Gerhard Weikum speaks out on why we should go for the grand challenges, why SQL is too powerful, the myth of precision, how to have a big research group in Germany, and more.

Marianne Winslett Gerhard Weikum speaks out on why we should go for the grand challenges, why SQL is too powerful, the myth of precision, how to have a big research group in Germany, and more. 67-74 2009 38 SIGMOD Record 1 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1558334.1558344 db/journals/sigmod/sigmod38.html#Winslett09