Integrating gRPC with the Homa Transport Protocol

This course aims to teach learners how to integrate the Homa transport protocol with gRPC for applications running in datacenters. The learning outcomes include understanding the differences between Homa and TCP, achieving lower latency with Homa, and seamlessly switching gRPC-based applications to Homa with minimal code changes. The course teaches skills such as integrating Homa with gRPC, measuring performance, and overcoming challenges in the gRPC code base. The teaching method involves a talk by John Ousterhout from Stanford University. This course is intended for developers, network engineers, and anyone interested in optimizing network transport protocols for datacenters.