Computer Systems Colloquium (Fall 2009)

Amin Vahdat, a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UCSD, discusses PortLand, a scalable, fault tolerant layer 2 routing and forwarding protocol for data centers. (November 18, 2009)

Paul Borrill of REPLICUS Software Corporation discusses results from physics and other disciplines that investigate if and where hazards to the integrity of our information may exist due to current conceptions of time. (November 11, 2009)

(November 4, 2009) Anwar Ghuloum of Intel Corporation discusses Intel's Ct technology, which aims to provide a tool for developers to write parallel programs productively and create an infrastructure for implementation of other parallel data.

Roger Hine of Liquid Robotics discusses the Wave Glider, a new technology dedicated to collecting data about the ocean. The Wave Glider uses solar panels to harvest energy from the sun to propel itself. (October 28, 2009)

Bianca Schroeder of the University of Toronto Computer Science Department gives an in depth discussion on how common dynamic random access memory errors are, their statistical properties, and how they are affected by external and chips. (October 21, 2009)

Susan Weininger of Molecular Lock Corporation introduces molecular locks, protein assemblies that can turn genes on and off. (October 14, 2009)

David Unger, from IBM Research, discusses the notion that values, principles, and practices serves to unify work and experiences as we all strive to invent the future. (September 30, 2009)