COMP 620: Graduate Seminar in Computer Systems
Rice University
Spring 2010


Meeting Time and Place

Monday 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location DH3076

Description

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
1/25
DH3076
Improving Application Security with Data Flow Assertions Yuliy
2
2/1
DH3076
CENTAUR: Realizing the Full Potential of Centralized WLANs through a Hybrid Data Path Florin
3
2/8
DH3076
Heat-ray: Combating Identity Snowball Attacks using Machine Learning, Combinatorial Optimization and Attack Graphs Caleb
4
2/15
DH3076
Native Client: A Sandbox for Portable, Untrusted x86 Native Code Mike
5
2/22
4:00pm McMurtry Auditorium
David Patterson -- The Parallel Revolution Has Started: Are You Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?

6
3/8
DH3076
A Comparison of Approaches to Large-Scale Data Analysis Luis
7
3/15
DH3076
Static Enforcement of Web Application Integrity Through Strong Typing
Anping
8
3/22
4:00pm McMurtry Auditorium
Hector Ruiz -- It's All About Competition
9
3/29
DH3076
RouteBricks: Exploiting Parallelism to Scale Software Routers
Zheng
10
4/5
DH3076
MapReduce Online
Zhuhua
11
4/12
DH3076
Delay-Hiding Energy Management Mechanisms for DRAM Myeongjae
12
4/19
DH3076
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Efficient Opportunistic Retransmission Protocol Wei-Cheng

Paper List