COMP 620: Graduate Seminar in Computer Systems
Rice University
Fall 2009

Meeting Time and Place

Monday 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location DH3076 or DH2014 (see schedule)

Description

This semester, we will study papers from different areas in Computer Systems such as Operating Systems, Networking, Mobile Wireless, File and Storage Systems, Architecture, Databases, etc.

To get the most out of COMP620 and learn from the presentation experience, you should assume the paper you are presenting is your own paper. You should therefore prepare the presentation and defend the paper based on your own ideas. You should design your own presentation as you see fit. Ask your advisor to help review your presentation before the seminar. You will also receive feedbacks after the talk. You may use detailed figures (e.g. figures of results) that are hard to reproduce from the paper itself and from online slides, but be sure to acknowledge the source of the material. Always respect the copyright of material from other sources and do not plagiarize. You should not use an existing presentation found on-line. COMP620 is one of the few places where you can hone your presentation skills in a friendly environment. So, put your own personal touch on your presentation and get the most from it!


Seminar Schedule

Class
 Date
 Room
 Paper title
 Presenter
1
 8/31
 DH3076
 Decoupling Dynamic Program Analysis from Execution in Virtual Environments Beth
2
 9/14
 DH3076
 PortLand: A Scalable Fault-Tolerant Layer 2 Data Center Network Fabric Mike F.
3
 9/21
 DH3076
 PARDA: Proportional Allocation of Resources for Distributed Storage Access Lanyue
4
 9/28
 DH3076
 Safe and Effective Fine-grained TCP Retransmissions for Datacenter Communication Jie
5
 10/5
 DH3076
 Cutting the Electric Bill for Internet-Scale Systems Florin
6
 10/19
 DH2014
 Fabric: A Platform for Secure Distributed Computation and Storage Alina
7
 10/26
 DH3076
 HashCache: Cache Storage for the Next Billion Bo
8
 11/2
 DH3076
 The Multi-Principal OS Construction of the Gazelle Web Browser Ersin
9
 11/9
 DH3076
 Map-Reduce-Merge: Simplified Relational Data Processing on Large Clusters Niketan
10
 11/16
 DH3076
 Detailed Diagnosis in Enterprise Networks Zheng
11
 11/23
 DH3076
 TrInc: Small Trusted Hardware for Large Distributed Systems Guohui
12
 11/30
 DH3076
 Cross-Origin JavaScript Capability Leaks: Detection, Exploitation, and Defense Shashi

Paper List