USENIX Courses

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

Horus - Granular In-Network Task Scheduler for Cloud Datacenters

Innovative in-network task scheduler for cloud datacenters, optimizing short-lived task distribution across workers to minimize response time and maximize throughput at scale.

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

Revisiting Congestion Control for Lossless Ethernet

Explores ACK-driven congestion control for lossless Ethernet, improving flow completion time and addressing issues like congestion spreading and head-of-line blocking through packet conservation principles.

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

Swing - Short-cutting Rings for Higher Bandwidth Allreduce

Innovative algorithm enhances allreduce performance on torus networks, reducing communication hops and improving bandwidth by up to 3x for various data sizes and network configurations.

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

POSEIDON: A Consolidated Virtual Network Controller for Managing Millions of Tenants

Innovative virtual network control framework enhancing cloud performance through consolidated functions, tree-based abstraction, and efficient config management, resulting in significant throughput increase and latency reduction.

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

MESSI: Behavioral Testing of BGP Implementations

Automated testing tool for BGP implementations, generating 150K tests to identify correctness bugs in popular routing software. Addresses challenges in stateful protocols and complex structures.

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

AutoSketch: Automatic Sketch-Oriented Compiler for Query-driven Network Telemetry

Innovative compiler integrating query-driven telemetry and sketch algorithms for efficient network monitoring, balancing expressiveness, accuracy, and resource usage through automated optimization.

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