Memory Courses

Devoxx

Solving Memory Leaks in the JVM

Explore JVM memory management, common OutOfMemoryError causes, and techniques for detecting and resolving memory leaks in Java applications. Learn from real-world scenarios and practical tools.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

The Dark Age of Memory Corruption Mitigations in the Spectre Era

Speculative execution attacks can bypass memory corruption defenses such as stack canaries, control flow integrity, and memory-safe languages.

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

Black Hat

The Memory Sinkhole - Unleashing An X86 Design Flaw Allowing Universal Privilege Escalation

Unveiling a critical x86 design flaw allowing privilege escalation, exploring forgotten backdoors, and demonstrating how to exploit vulnerabilities in processor architecture.

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

Black Hat

Reverse Engineering Flash Memory for Fun and Benefit

Explore Flash memory reverse engineering techniques, including direct interaction, reprogramming, and file system analysis. Learn to handle meta information, deal with bad blocks, and leverage journaling file systems for deeper insights.

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

GOTO Conferences

Memory Efficient Java

Learn to spot memory inefficiency in Java applications and reduce allocations that can hurt throughput and tail latency.

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

GOTO Conferences

Memory Efficient Java

A live demo and war stories show how hidden memory inefficiency in Java can surface as lower throughput and more frequent tail latency.

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

Black Hat

Remote Memory-Deduplication Attacks

A demonstration of how shared-page memory deduplication can expose remote systems to attacks despite protections that separate security domains.

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

Black Hat

Fixing a Memory Forensics Blind Spot - Linux Kernel Tracing

Examines how Linux kernel tracing infrastructure can close a blind spot that leaves attackers undetected in memory-forensics research.

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

Artem Kirsanov

Building Blocks of Memory in the Brain

Explains how neuronal engrams encode memories, how excitability shapes which neurons join them, and how distributed traces support recall and memory linking.

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

tinyML

TinyML Talks - SRAM Based In-Memory Computing for Energy-Efficient AI Inference

A technical talk on SRAM-based in-memory computing, from analog memory-array circuits and ADCs to accelerator architectures for energy-efficient AI inference.

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

Robert Feranec

Setting Up DDR4 Memory Simulation - ADS - with Vandana Wylde

Set up LPDDR4/DDR4 memory simulations in Keysight ADS, from importing a PCB and defining its stackup to analyzing eye results and troubleshooting anomalies.

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

Jeff Heaton

Training StyleGAN2 ADA PyTorch Images with Low GPU Memory - NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti

Train 256×256 StyleGAN2 ADA models on an 8GB RTX 3060 Ti by tuning memory, metrics, snapshots, and installation settings.

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

StatQuest with Josh Starmer

Long Short-Term Memory with PyTorch + Lightning

Code an LSTM from scratch, train it with PyTorch Lightning, and compare it with PyTorch’s built-in nn.LSTM while tracking results in TensorBoard.

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

StatQuest with Josh Starmer

Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Clearly Explained

An intuitive explanation of LSTM networks, showing how memory paths address vanishing and exploding gradients in long sequences.

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

Black Hat

From Logic to Memory - Winning the Solitaire in Reparse Points

Explores Windows reparse-point vulnerabilities, from a logic flaw that bypasses mitigations to a newly exposed memory-corruption attack surface.

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