Control Systems Courses

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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• 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
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Forget Zero Trust - Aim to "Control the Controllables"

Explore strategies to prepare for future supply chain attacks, focusing on controlling key vulnerabilities and leveraging breach and attack simulation techniques.

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

LASCON

Behavioral Security Modeling - Eliminating Vulnerabilities by Building Predictable Systems

Explore behavioral security modeling to build predictable systems, eliminate vulnerabilities, and address cognitive failures in system design. Learn strategies for effective security implementation.

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

LASCON

Beautiful Payment Systems with OAuth

Explore secure and elegant payment system design using OAuth, focusing on best practices and implementation strategies for developers.

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

Black Hat

Sonic Gun to Smart Devices - Your Devices Lose Control Under Ultrasound - Sound

Explore how acoustic waves can exploit vulnerabilities in MEMS sensors, causing smart devices to lose control and yield spoiled data.

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

Linode

Take Control of and Secure Your Passwords Using Vaultwarden on Portainer

Learn to set up and secure a self-hosted password manager using Vaultwarden on Portainer, covering installation, configuration, and integration with browsers for enhanced password security.

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

Strange Loop Conference

Typing the Untyped - Soundness in Gradual Type Systems

Explore tradeoffs in gradual type systems for untyped languages, examining soundness vs. completeness in type refinement, array errors, and variance across different implementations.

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

Strange Loop Conference

Towards Language Support for Distributed Systems

Exploring language-level solutions for distributed systems challenges, focusing on CRDTs and serverless function compositions to simplify development and enhance reliability.

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

Hack In The Box Security Conference

Attacking Automated Manufacturing Systems

Explores attack surfaces and vulnerabilities in automated manufacturing systems, discussing potential impacts on product quality, plant safety, and industrial espionage in Industry 4.0 environments.

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

Strange Loop Conference

Building Real-time Systems with Open Source Technologies

Learn to build a real-time analytics stack using Kafka, Storm, and Druid for fast, flexible, and reliable data processing. Discover how to combine these technologies with Hadoop for comprehensive analytics solutions.

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

Strange Loop Conference

The Unintended Consequences of Mining Software Build Systems

Explore how historical build failure data can improve software development processes, with insights on testing, code reviews, remote onboarding, and productivity measurement.

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

Strange Loop Conference

Workflows, a New Abstraction for Distributed Systems

Explore how Workflow Systems revolutionize distributed systems development, mitigating challenges like failure at the platform level and enabling coding as if failures don't exist.

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