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Revisiting Network I/O APIs: The Netmap Framework
It is possible to achieve huge performance improvements in the way packet processing is done on modern operating systems.
Make a guess, double the number, and then move to the next larger unit of time.
Bufferbloat: What’s Wrong With the Internet?
A discussion with Vint Cerf, Van Jacobson, Nick Weaver, and Jim Gettys.
Advances and Challenges in Log Analysis
Logs contain a wealth of information to help manage systems.
Decoupling a logical device from its physical implementation offers many compelling advantages.
Bufferbloat: Dark Buffers in the Internet
Networks without effective AQM may again be vulnerable to congestion collapse.
Postmortem Debugging in Dynamic Environments
Many modern dynamic languages lack tools for understanding complex failures.
How Will Astronomy Archives Survive the Data Tsunami?
Astronomers are collecting more data than ever. What practices can keep them ahead of the flood?
Coding Guidelines: Finding the Art in the Science
Computer science is both a science and an art. Yet, when it comes time for implementation, there is a combination of artistic flare, nuanced style, and technical prowess that separates good code from great code.
Abstraction in Hardware System Design
Applying lessons from software languages to hardware languages using Bluespec SystemVerilog.
Verification of Safety-Critical Software
Avionics software safety certification is achieved through objective-based standards.
ACM CTO Roundtable on Mobile Devices in the Enterprise
Finding solutions as growth and fragmentation complicate mobile device support.
The Most Expensive One-Byte Mistake
Did Ken, Dennis, and Brian choose wrong with NUL-terminated text strings?
The Robustness Principle Reconsidered
In 1981, Jon Postel formulated the Robustness Principle. Although described for implementations of TCP, it was quickly accepted as a good proposition for implementing network protocols in general. It's simple, easy to understand, and intuitively obvious. But is it correct?
Heterogeneous systems allow us to target our programming to the appropriate environment.
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