Control Systems Courses

Kicked While You're Down - The High Cost of Disability in School Systems

Exploring systemic barriers and high costs faced by students with disabilities in education, from elementary to graduate level, based on personal experience and research findings.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Open Data Science

Towards Reasoning Based Conversation Systems - Dr. Shailesh Kumar

Explore the evolution of conversation systems and reasoning-based approaches in chatbots. Learn about paradigm shifts, system levels, and AI-assisted diagnosis to advance chatbot sophistication.

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

Security BSides San Francisco

Launch Control - Automating a Security Baseline in the Cloud at Scale

Learn to deploy cloud-native security controls at scale, using declarative configuration for an automated, self-healing security baseline across multiple cloud environments.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX

Enabling Users to Control Their Internet

CRAB system enables users to control bandwidth allocation across incoming flows without ISP support, improving web page load times and video quality through a novel control loop at receiver devices.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX

Bolt - Sub-RTT Congestion Control for Ultra-Low Latency

Innovative congestion control system for ultra-fast data center networks, reducing latency and improving flow completion time while maintaining high utilization at speeds up to 400Gbps.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX

The Benefit of Hindsight - Tracing Edge-Cases in Distributed Systems

Innovative distributed tracing system for efficiently capturing edge-case issues in large-scale systems, offering low-overhead monitoring and retroactive sampling for precise problem diagnosis.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX

Exploring Practical Vulnerabilities of Machine Learning-Based Wireless Systems

Unveils practical vulnerabilities in ML-based wireless systems through RAFA, a hardware-implemented adversarial attack platform, demonstrating significant performance drops in communication and sensing approaches.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX

Protego - Overload Control for Applications with Unpredictable Lock Contention

Innovative system for managing overload in applications with complex lock contention, improving throughput and reducing latency through adaptive admission control and latency-aware synchronization.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX

On Modular Learning of Distributed Systems for Predicting End-to-End Latency

Modular learning framework for predicting end-to-end latency in distributed systems, reducing adaptation costs and improving accuracy for better performance tuning in cloud deployments.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Hack In The Box Security Conference

An Analysis of Computer Numerical Control Machines in Industry 4.0

Explores security risks in modern CNC machines, demonstrating practical attacks and discussing mitigation strategies for Industry 4.0 vulnerabilities in manufacturing environments.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Aladdin Persson

Are LLMs the Future of Recommender Systems?

Explore the potential of Large Language Models in revolutionizing recommender systems, discussing their advantages, challenges, and future implications for personalized content delivery.

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

Medicosis Perfectionalis

Control of Gene Expression - Transcription Factors, Enhancers, Promotor, Acetylation vs Methylation

Explore eukaryotic gene expression control, including transcription factors, enhancers, promoters, and DNA modifications like acetylation and methylation.

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

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Monoclinic Nano-Colloidal Nematic Fluids and Condensed Matter Systems - Ivan Smalyukh

Explores monoclinic nano-colloidal nematic fluids and condensed matter systems, focusing on nanoparticle assembly for functional materials. Discusses recent developments and future directions in this interdisciplinary field.

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

Australian Water School

Passive and Low Input Wastewater Systems

Explore innovative passive and low-input wastewater systems, their benefits, applications, and water quality outcomes. Learn about cutting-edge technologies for sustainable and cost-effective treatment solutions.

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

Black Hat

Good Motive but Bad Design - Pitfalls in MPU Usage in Embedded Systems in the Wild

Explore pitfalls in Memory Protection Unit usage for IoT security. Analyze top microcontroller operating systems, uncovering potential vulnerabilities in embedded device defenses.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk