Software Engineering Courses

USENIX

FreeFlow - Software-based Virtual RDMA Networking for Containerized Clouds

FreeFlow: software-based RDMA virtualization for containerized clouds, enabling high-performance networking with isolation, portability, and controllability. Achieves near bare-metal RDMA performance for applications like TensorFlow and Spark.

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

USENIX

Malicious Management Unit - Why Stopping Cache Attacks in Software is Harder Than You Think

Explores indirect cache attacks bypassing software-based defenses by exploiting MMU operations, challenging existing security measures and revealing vulnerabilities in cache isolation techniques.

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

USENIX

Erays - Reverse Engineering Ethereum's Opaque Smart Contracts

Reverse engineering tool for Ethereum smart contracts, providing insights into code complexity, reuse, and linking contracts to public source code. Demonstrates applications in high-value wallets, arbitrage bots, and popular games.

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

USENIX

Decentralized Cloud Wide-Area Network Traffic Engineering with BLASTSHIELD

Decentralized WAN traffic engineering system slicing networks into fault domains, maximizing throughput without central coordination while reducing traffic loss from controller failures.

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

0xdade

Project Everest - Fast, Correct, and Secure Software for Deployment Now

Explore Project Everest's verified, high-performance secure communication components. Learn about F* programming, EverCrypt, EverParse, and EverQuic-transport, and their adoption in major projects.

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

World Science Festival

Splicing and Dicing DNA - Genome Engineering and the CRISPR Revolution

Explore the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology, its applications in medicine and agriculture, and the ethical challenges it presents for the future of human evolution and disease prevention.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Wondrium

DIY Engineering - Professor Ressler Explains the Rube Goldberg Machine

Explore the whimsical world of Rube Goldberg machines, learning their engineering principles and creative value. Build your own impractical yet fascinating contraption in this fun, hands-on engineering adventure.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Wondrium

Everyday Engineering - Engineering and Technology in Your World

Explore the engineering behind everyday technologies, from home construction to infrastructure networks. Gain insights into the principles and systems that shape our modern world, no technical background required.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Wondrium

Why Did the Challenger Space Shuttle Explode - Epic Engineering Failures

Explore the organizational and engineering failures behind the Challenger disaster, examining decision-making processes, technological systems, and critical safety concerns that led to the tragic explosion.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Wondrium

The Single Part That Led to the Challenger Disaster - Engineering Failures

Explore the engineering failures behind the Challenger disaster, from NASA's decision-making to the explosion's aftermath. Gain insights into the technical and human factors that led to this tragic event.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Richard McElreath

Science as Amateur Software Development

Explore how software development practices can enhance scientific research, addressing issues in academia and promoting more responsible and efficient scientific work.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Hussein Nasser

When NodeJS I-O Blocks - The Backend Engineering Show

Explore NodeJS asynchronous I/O, covering sockets, file operations, DNS, single-threading, thread pools, and DNS lookup bottlenecks for improved backend performance.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Deep Dive into the New Parametric Mesh Editing and Reverse Engineering Tools

Explore Fusion 360's new parametric mesh workspace, featuring enhanced editing, reverse engineering, and solid conversion capabilities. Learn advanced tools for mesh repair, feature addition, and complex model manipulation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

BSidesLV

Code Dependency - Chinese APTs in Software Supply Chain Attacks

Explore Chinese APTs' tactics in software supply chain attacks, examining notable incidents, code breakdowns, and open-source vulnerabilities to understand and mitigate these sophisticated threats.

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

BSidesLV

All Software is Open Source - An Introduction to Reverse Engineering

Explore reverse engineering fundamentals, tools, and strategies for information security. Learn legal aspects, safe practices, and real-world applications through war stories and CTF challenges.

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