OSDI (Operating Systems Design and Implementation) Talks & Presentations

USENIX

Scaling Distributed Machine Learning with the Parameter Server

Explore a framework for distributed machine learning using parameter servers, enabling scalable processing of petabyte-scale data with billions of examples and parameters across various algorithms.

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

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Assise - Performance and Availability via NVM Colocation in a Distributed File System

Explores a novel distributed file system leveraging persistent memory modules for enhanced IO performance, rapid failover, and strong consistency, outperforming traditional remote storage models.

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

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Gauntlet - Finding Bugs in Compilers for Programmable Packet Processing

Explores techniques for detecting bugs in P4 compilers, presenting Gauntlet tool that found 96 new bugs across platforms, leading to fixes and P4 specification changes.

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

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Design and Verification of the Arm Confidential Compute Architecture

Explores Realms, a new confidential computing abstraction protecting data privacy in virtual machines. Introduces novel verification techniques for secure firmware in complex, concurrent systems.

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

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BlockFlex - Enabling Storage Harvesting with Software-Defined Flash in Modern Cloud Platforms

Explore BlockFlex, a learning-based framework for efficient storage harvesting in cloud platforms, enabling fine-grained resource utilization while ensuring performance and security isolation.

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

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Alpa - Automating Inter- and Intra-Operator Parallelism for Distributed Deep Learning

Automating model-parallel training for large deep learning models through a hierarchical approach, unifying data, operator, and pipeline parallelism for efficient distributed execution.

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

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BlackBox - A Container Security Monitor for Protecting Containers on Untrusted Operating Systems

Innovative container security architecture using a trusted monitor to protect data confidentiality and integrity from untrusted operating systems, with minimal performance impact.

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

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Tiger - Disk-Adaptive Redundancy Without Placement Restrictions

Innovative storage system that tailors redundancy to disk failure rates, offering space savings and improved robustness without placement constraints. Introduces eclectic striping for efficient data management.

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

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Microsecond-scale Preemption for Concurrent GPU-accelerated DNN Inferences

Innovative GPU scheduling system enabling microsecond-scale preemption for DNN inferences, improving real-time task latency and overall throughput in intelligent applications like autonomous driving and virtual reality.

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

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ListDB - Union of Write-Ahead Logs and Persistent SkipLists for Incremental Checkpointing on Persistent Memory

Explore innovative techniques for optimizing key-value stores on non-volatile main memory, addressing write stalls and improving performance through novel data structures and compaction methods.

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

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zIO - Accelerating IO-Intensive Applications with Transparent Zero-Copy IO

Explore zIO, a transparent zero-copy IO mechanism that enhances performance of IO-intensive applications by eliminating unnecessary data copies and optimizing data consistency management.

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

USENIX

XRP - In-Kernel Storage Functions with eBPF

Explore XRP, a framework enabling user-defined storage functions in the NVMe driver using eBPF, bypassing kernel overhead for improved throughput and latency in microsecond-scale storage devices.

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

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NrOS - Effective Replication and Sharing in an Operating System

Explores NrOS, a novel OS kernel using node replication for improved scalability and simplified development, outperforming Linux while maintaining sequential kernel simplicity.

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

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Optimizing Storage Performance with Calibrated Interrupts

Innovative approach to optimize storage device performance by allowing software to specify latency-sensitive requests, enabling devices to calibrate interrupts and balance latency and throughput effectively.

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

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CLP - Efficient and Scalable Search on Compressed Text Logs

Innovative tool for lossless log compression with fast search capabilities, outperforming existing solutions in compression ratio, search speed, and ingestion performance for petabyte-scale log management.

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