USENIX Courses

Flattened Clos - Designing High-performance Deadlock-free Expander Data Center Networks Using Graph Contraction

Innovative approach to designing high-performance, deadlock-free expander data center networks using graph contraction, offering improved efficiency and throughput compared to traditional Clos networks.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Scalable Tail Latency Estimation for Data Center Networks

Innovative techniques for fast and accurate estimation of flow-level tail latency in large-scale data center networks, overcoming limitations of traditional simulators and recent machine learning approaches.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Electrode - Accelerating Distributed Protocols with eBPF

Accelerating distributed protocols using eBPF-based optimizations to improve performance by reducing user-kernel crossings and networking stack traversal, demonstrated with significant throughput and latency improvements in Multi-Paxos.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

LemonNFV - Consolidating Heterogeneous Network Functions at Line Speed

Innovative NFV framework consolidating heterogeneous network functions without code modification, achieving high performance and interoperability through binary-level loading, intercepted I/O scheduling, and restricted memory allocation.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

HALP - Heuristic Aided Learned Preference Eviction Policy for YouTube Content Delivery Network

Explore HALP, a machine learning-based caching algorithm for YouTube's CDN that improves efficiency, reduces byte miss rates, and addresses deployment challenges in large-scale production environments.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Poseidon - Efficient, Robust, and Practical Datacenter CC via Deployable INT

Poseidon: A novel congestion control protocol leveraging in-network telemetry for efficient, robust, and practical datacenter networks. Improves RTT, throughput, fairness, and convergence, resulting in significant application performance gains.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Acoustic Sensing and Communication Using Metasurface

Innovative acoustic system using metasurface and speakers for improved SNR, sensing accuracy, and communication reliability. Offers dynamic steering and outperforms phased array speakers in various scenarios.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Following the Data, Not the Function - Rethinking Function Orchestration in Serverless

Explores data-centric approach to serverless function orchestration, introducing Pheromone platform for efficient, scalable workflows with reduced latencies and simplified complex application implementation.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

SPEEDEX - A Scalable, Parallelizable, and Economically Efficient Decentralized Exchange

Explore SPEEDEX, a high-throughput decentralized exchange offering secure asset trading, improved scalability, and prevention of internal arbitrage and front-running attacks within Layer-1 blockchains.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Formal Methods for Network Performance Analysis

Explores using formal methods for network performance analysis, offering a more exhaustive approach than simulation. Demonstrates effectiveness in analyzing packet scheduling algorithms and generating problematic workloads.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

CellDAM - User-Space, Rootless Detection and Mitigation for 5G Data Plane

Innovative solution for detecting and mitigating data plane attacks in 5G networks without infrastructure changes. Utilizes state-dependent model checking to verify data signaling correctness at the device level.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

LOCA - A Location-Oblivious Cellular Architecture

Innovative cellular architecture design protecting user location privacy while maintaining identity-based services. Explores MVNO-based systems, offering provable privacy guarantees and scalability for real-world deployment.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

DChannel - Accelerating Mobile Applications With Parallel High-bandwidth and Low-latency Channels

Explores a novel wireless channel design using parallel high-bandwidth and low-latency channels to improve mobile app performance, demonstrating significant speed gains in web browsing and gaming.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Test Coverage for Network Configurations

NetCov: A tool for revealing network configuration lines tested by network tests. Helps improve test suites, increase reliability, and efficiently infer configuration elements' contributions to data plane elements.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Nu - Achieving Microsecond-Scale Resource Fungibility with Logical Processes

Innovative approach to resource management in datacenters using logical processes, enabling rapid resource reassignment and improved efficiency through microsecond-scale proclet migration.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk