USENIX Courses

Exploiting Digital Micro-Mirror Devices for Ambient Light Communication

Innovative ambient light communication using digital micro-mirror devices, achieving higher data rates and efficiency compared to LCD-based systems while consuming minimal power.

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

C2DN - How to Harness Erasure Codes at the Edge for Efficient Content Delivery

Explore innovative CDN design using erasure coding for improved performance, efficiency, and load balancing in content delivery networks.

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

Unlocking the Power of Inline Floating-Point Operations on Programmable Switches

Explore FPISA, a novel floating-point representation for programmable switches, enabling efficient acceleration of machine learning and query processing applications in network hardware.

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

Beyond Distributed Tracing

Innovative method for aggregated end-to-end observability in microservices, enhancing root-cause analysis and outage prevention through Critical User Interaction attribution.

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

MT2 - Memory Bandwidth Regulation on Hybrid NVM/DRAM Platforms

Explores memory bandwidth regulation on hybrid NVM/DRAM platforms, introducing MT^2 to detect and mitigate traffic interference, improving application performance through dynamic bandwidth throttling.

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

GuardedErase - Extending SSD Lifetimes by Protecting Weak Wordlines

Innovative technique to extend SSD lifetimes by mitigating process variability in 3D NAND flash memory, using selective erase voltage control for weak wordlines.

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

Improving the Reliability of Next Generation SSDs Using WOM-v Codes

Innovative approach to enhance QLC SSD endurance using WOM-v codes, reducing erase cycles by 4.4x-11.1x with minimal performance impact, promising improved reliability for high-density storage.

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

ExF2FS - Transaction Support in Log-Structured Filesystem

Innovative log-structured filesystem with transaction support, enhancing multi-file operations and garbage collection for improved performance in database systems and software installations.

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

Separating Data via Block Invalidation Time Inference for Write Amplification Reduction in Log-Structured Storage

Innovative data placement algorithm for log-structured storage that reduces write amplification by inferring block invalidation times, improving I/O throughput and storage efficiency.

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

DEPART - Replica Decoupling for Distributed Key-Value Storage

Innovative approach to distributed key-value storage using replica decoupling, enhancing I/O efficiency and performance. Implements two-layer log for tunable ordering, outperforming Cassandra in various scenarios.

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

MiniBox - A Two-Way Sandbox for x86 Native Code

Explore MiniBox, a groundbreaking two-way sandbox for x86 native code, offering mutual protection between applications and operating systems in cloud computing environments.

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

Hyperprobe - Towards Virtual Machine Extrospection

Explores a novel framework for detecting host OS kernel versions from within guest operating systems, leveraging hypervisor features and bugs to enable virtual machine extrospection.

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

Ripple - Communicating through Physical Vibration

Explore innovative vibratory communication using smartphone motors and accelerometers for secure data transmission, achieving up to 200 bits/s through novel techniques and system design.

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

Lessons Learned Using the Operator Pattern to Build a Kubernetes Platform

Explore the Operator pattern in Kubernetes for automating SRE tasks, with insights from Red Hat's OpenShift development and guidance on when to implement custom Operators.

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

Grand National 2021 - Managing Extreme Online Demand at William Hill

Strategies for managing unprecedented online demand during a major sporting event, focusing on SRE preparation, lambda@edge logic, and queueing systems to handle traffic spikes.

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