Systems Core Courses

USENIX

COLE: A Column-based Learned Storage for Blockchain Systems

Innovative column-based learned storage system for blockchain, reducing storage size by up to 94% and improving throughput by 1.4×-5.4× compared to traditional Merkle Patricia Trie.

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

USENIX

Storage Systems in the LLM Era - Panel Discussion

Explore the impact of AI on storage systems with experts discussing research, development, and management challenges in the LLM era. Gain insights into the future of storage technology.

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

USENIX

MIDAS: Minimizing Write Amplification in Log-Structured Systems through Adaptive Group Configuration

Innovative approach to minimize garbage collection overhead in log-structured systems using adaptive grouping and analytical models, improving performance and efficiency for various applications.

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

USENIX

Combining Buffered I/O and Direct I/O in Distributed File Systems

Explores dynamic switching between buffered and direct I/O in distributed file systems, demonstrating performance improvements and outperforming other systems in various scenarios.

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

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Spin Systems on Spatial Random Graphs

Explore spin systems on spatial random graphs, examining their properties, dynamics, and applications in network science and statistical physics.

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

Camunda

How Camunda 8 Manages Diverse Endpoints in Distributed Systems

Explore Camunda 8's integration of diverse endpoints in distributed systems, showcasing flow logic implementation and end-to-end process visualization across microservices, people, and devices.

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

GOTO Conferences

Failure Is Always an Option - Building Reliable Systems in an Uncertain World

Explore systems engineering, reliability strategies, and the impact of software failures through historical examples and modern case studies. Gain insights into building robust systems beyond just good code.

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

Building an Open Core Business Model

Explore open core business models for open-source projects, analyzing strategies, challenges, and opportunities using real-world examples and WasmEdge as a case study.

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

USENIX

Monarch: A Fuzzing Framework for Distributed File Systems

Innovative fuzzing framework for distributed file systems, addressing complexity and scalability challenges through multi-node architecture, fault injection, and semantic checking.

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

USENIX

Designing for User Privacy: Integrating Differential Privacy into Ad Measurement Systems - PEPR '24

Explore innovative approaches to integrate differential privacy into ad measurement systems, balancing user privacy with effective campaign analysis across multiple platforms.

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

USENIX

Privacy Design Patterns for AI Systems - Threats and Protections

Expert panel explores privacy design patterns for AI systems, discussing threats, protections, and strategies to enhance privacy in AI/ML practices, with a focus on legal obligations and technical risks.

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

USENIX

Scalable and Effective Page-table and TLB Management on NUMA Systems

Innovative approach to page-table management in NUMA systems, enhancing performance through on-demand replication and reduced TLB shootdowns, benefiting highly threaded applications.

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

USENIX

WingFuzz: Implementing Continuous Fuzzing for Database Management Systems

Continuous fuzzing technique for enterprise-level DBMSs, addressing challenges in SQL grammar, codebase evolution, and anomaly analysis. Discovered 236 bugs across 12 major DBMSs.

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

USENIX

RL-Watchdog: A Fast and Predictable SSD Liveness Watchdog on Storage Systems

Innovative SSD failure detection system using reinforcement learning, minimizing data loss through quick and precise liveness examination and immediate failure notification.

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

USENIX

Automatically Reasoning About How Systems Code Uses the CPU Cache

Technique for automatic analysis of CPU cache usage in systems code. Enables developers to identify performance issues and security vulnerabilities without extensive benchmarking.

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