Network Fundamentals Courses and Certifications

USENIX

Config-Snob: Tuning for the Best Configurations of Networking Protocol Stack

Optimizing web server performance through dynamic tuning of networking protocol stack configurations, addressing challenges in configuration space and network dynamics.

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

Confreaks

Making Our Own Napster: Recreating Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Explore the tech behind Napster's peer-to-peer network, learn how P2P connections work, and create a toy project reminiscent of the iconic file-sharing platform.

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

Code Sync

Barrel: A Decentralized Data Platform for Data Control

Explore a decentralized data platform for controlling and filtering data across sites using P2P networks, HTTP, and web technologies. Learn about open-source libraries in the Erlang ecosystem.

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

USENIX

SIRD - A Sender-Informed, Receiver-Driven Datacenter Transport Protocol

Discover SIRD, a novel datacenter transport protocol that combines receiver-driven scheduling with sender feedback to maximize bandwidth utilization while minimizing latency and buffering.

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

USENIX

Pyrrha - Congestion-Root-Based Flow Control to Eliminate Head-of-Line Blocking in Datacenter

Discover Pyrrha, a scalable flow control approach that eliminates head-of-line blocking in datacenters using congestion-root-based methods with minimal queues.

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

USENIX

Accelerating Design Space Exploration for LLM Training Systems with Multi-experiment Parallel Simulation

Discover Multiverse, a GPU-based simulator that accelerates design space exploration for LLM training systems, achieving 43-73X speedup over CPU simulators with

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

Open Compute Project

LRO-based Pluggable VCSEL and SiP Transceivers for AI Clusters

Explore the evolution of optical network interconnectivity for GPUs with LRO-based pluggable transceivers, offering superior performance, low power consumption, and high reliability for AI datacenter connectivity up to 500m.

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

Tech Field Day

Demonstrating Keysight's AI Fabric Test Methodology

Discover how Keysight's AI fabric test methodology optimizes network performance through automated testing, parameter configuration, and congestion control to enhance AI infrastructure efficiency.

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

NANOG

Return Loss Problems Associated with Faster Optical Networks

Discover return loss challenges in high-speed optical networks and learn practical solutions for data center fiber deployments from NTT's engineering expertise.

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

Sundeep Saradhi Kanthety

Congestion Control Explained - Open Loop vs Closed Loop - Computer Networks

Understand congestion control mechanisms in computer networks, comparing open loop and closed loop approaches for managing network traffic flow and preventing data loss.

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

Sundeep Saradhi Kanthety

What is Network Congestion - Principles and Control Techniques Made Easy

Understand network congestion fundamentals, causes, and effective control techniques to optimize data flow and prevent network bottlenecks in computer systems.

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

Open Compute Project

CSIG Congestion Signaling in the AI Era

Discover how CSIG provides sub-millisecond network telemetry for AI workloads, enabling better congestion control and load balancing with real-world deployment results from Google.

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

Open Compute Project

Scaling Up Next Generation AI with Optics

Explore how optical networks are revolutionizing AI training and inference by replacing electrical systems, examining LPO, CPO, and 3D integration approaches for next-generation scaling.

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

Open Compute Project

Cost Effective and Power Efficient AI/ML Networks 1

Discover how Lumentum's optical innovations dramatically reduce AI/ML data center power consumption while enabling large-scale GPU deployments and redefining network scalability.

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

Open Compute Project

CSIG Congestion Signaling in the AI Era

Discover how CSIG provides sub-millisecond network telemetry for AI workloads, enabling better congestion control and load balancing with real-world deployment results from Google.

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