USENIX Courses

DINT - Fast In-Kernel Distributed Transactions with eBPF

Explore DINT, a high-performance distributed transaction system using eBPF for kernel-level optimization, offering improved throughput and latency while maintaining security and debuggability.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cloud-LoRa: Enabling Cloud Radio Access LoRa Networks Using Reinforcement Learning-Based Bandwidth-Adaptive Compression

Innovative approach to enhance LoRa networks using Cloud Radio Access and reinforcement learning, improving throughput and scalability while addressing bandwidth challenges in remote deployments.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Towards Provably Performant Congestion Control

Explores framework for designing congestion control algorithms with provable performance across diverse network scenarios, synthesizing algorithms and uncovering fundamental impossibility results.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Efficient Exposure of Partial Failure Bugs in Distributed Systems with Inferred Abstract States

Introduces Legolas, a framework for exposing partial failure bugs in distributed systems using static analysis, code instrumentation, and abstract state inference for efficient fault injection testing.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AUGUR: Practical Mobile Multipath Transport Service for Low Tail Latency in Real-Time Streaming

Innovative multipath transport service reducing latency and frame stalls in mobile real-time streaming while minimizing cellular data usage, demonstrated through cloud gaming deployment.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ExChain: Exception Dependency Analysis for Root Cause Diagnosis

ExChain: A framework for diagnosing exception-dependent failures in large-scale online services, using state-impact analysis and hybrid taint tracking to establish causal links between exceptions.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SIEVE - An Efficient Turn-Key Eviction Algorithm for Web Caches

Efficient web cache eviction algorithm SIEVE outperforms state-of-the-art in miss ratio reduction and scalability while being simpler than LRU, offering superior performance for data serving.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LiFteR - Unleashing Learned Codecs in Video Streaming with Loose Frame Referencing

Innovative video streaming system using learned codecs with loose frame referencing, boosting frame rates and enhancing QoE through parallelism and adaptive bitrate streaming.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Accelerating Neural Recommendation Training with Embedding Scheduling

Optimizing deep learning recommendation models through embedding scheduling, reducing communication overhead and improving training performance without compromising accuracy.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Seer: Enabling Future-Aware Online Caching in Networked Systems

Seer: A novel online caching solution for networked systems that leverages packet delays to predict future state access requests, improving cache performance and reducing flow completion times.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Laser Tethering with Highly Mobile Targets - Lasertag Framework

Innovative laser framework maintains connectivity with fast-moving targets, challenging conventional limitations. Integrates steering and tracking for applications in mobile communication, sensing, and power delivery.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SwiftPaxos - Fast Geo-Replicated State Machines

Explore SwiftPaxos, a protocol enhancing geo-replicated state machines with improved latency and throughput, outperforming Paxos in high-contention scenarios through innovative voting mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NetAssistant: Dialogue-Based Network Diagnosis in Data Center Networks

Dialogue-based AI system for efficient network diagnosis in data centers, reducing manual oncalls and improving issue resolution through natural language interactions and automated workflows.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Netcastle: Network Infrastructure Testing at Scale

Netcastle: A comprehensive CI/CD network testing system addressing reliability challenges in complex infrastructures. Supports various use-cases across multiple teams, running 500K+ daily tests for firmware, control planes, and controllers.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

VILAM: Infrastructure-assisted 3D Visual Localization and Mapping for Autonomous Driving

Innovative framework leveraging roadside infrastructure for high-precision localization and mapping in autonomous vehicles, achieving decimeter-level accuracy with consumer-grade cameras across diverse scenarios.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video