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Computer Science Department Colloquium Your host is a distributed system!
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Speaker: Midhul Vuppapalapati

Bio

Midhul Vuppapalapati is a PhD student in the Computer Science department at Cornell University, advised by Prof. Rachit Agarwal. He is a recipient of the Cornell University Fellowship, a SIGCOMM Best Student Paper award, SIGMETRICS Best-of-the-rest recognition, and two Cornell CS Outstanding TA awards

Location : CoRE 301

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Event Type: Computer Science Department Colloquium

Abstract: The host architecture has evolved rapidly over the past decade: modern hosts have multiple heterogeneous compute devices, multiple memory devices potentially distributed across multiple cache coherence domains, and multiple network devices, all interconnected by an intra-host network. Such a host architecture alters the many fundamental assumptions that once guided the design and optimization of modern operating systems. As a result, applications running atop modern hosts suffer from suboptimal properties and performance, while host resources remain extremely underutilized.In this talk, I’ll outline my research vision: next-generation operating and distributed systems should be designed with the perspective of each individual host being a distributed system itself! Using examples from my thesis research, I will discuss the many ways in which “host as a distributed system” perspective compels us to revisit classical problems in operating systems, as well as enables green field explorations across the systems stack.

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Contact  Professor Santosh Nagarakatte

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