On October 19 and 20, 2023, the authors of this report convened in Cambridge, MA, to discuss the state of the database research field, its recent accomplishments and ongoing challenges, and future directions for research and community engagement. This gathering continues a long standing tradition in the database community, dating back to the late 1980s, in which researchers meet roughly every five years to produce a forward looking report. This report summarizes the key takeaways from our discussions. We begin with a retrospective on the academic, open source, and commercial successes of the community over the past five years. We then turn to future opportunities, with a focus on core data systems, particularly in the context of cloud computing and emerging hardware, as well as on the growing impact of data science, data governance, and generative AI. This document is not intended as an exhaustive survey of all technical challenges or industry innovations in the field. Rather, it reflects the perspectives of senior community members on the most pressing challenges and promising opportunities ahead.

翻译：2023年10月19日至20日，本报告作者在马萨诸塞州剑桥市举行会议，探讨数据库研究领域的现状、近期成就与持续挑战，以及未来研究方向和社群参与路径。此次集会延续了数据库社区自20世纪80年代末期以来的长期传统，即研究人员大约每五年举行一次会议，以制定前瞻性报告。本报告总结了讨论中的关键要点。我们首先回顾了过去五年间该社区在学术、开源及商业领域取得的成就。随后，我们转向未来机遇，重点关注核心数据系统——特别是在云计算和新兴硬件背景下的发展，以及数据科学、数据治理和生成式人工智能日益增长的影响力。本文档并非旨在详尽列举该领域的所有技术挑战或行业创新，而是反映了资深社区成员对当前最紧迫挑战与未来最具前景机遇的见解。