Overview

In CS 7934 we will read and discuss technical papers from recent or imminent top-tier systems conferences: e.g., SOSP, OSDI, NSDI, SIGCOMM, and so on. The specific papers discussed will be chosen based on the interests of the class attendees. On occasion, people may present their own research or perhaps a trip report from a major conference. We aim to be informal but substantive.

You can check out what we did last semester here.

CS 7934 is often called “the CSL seminar.” The name CSL is historic.

Mailing list

To get on the class mailing list, use Mailman to subscribe to csl-sem.

Credit

Although the course is listed as “variable credit,” the course is only available for one (1) credit in most circumstances. If you want to take the course for more than one credit, you will need to get approval from the instructor. Those taking the course for credit must read all of the papers, submit a short summary of each paper prior to class (PDF, Postscript, LaTeX), participate in each discussion, and facilitate the discussion of at least one paper. We urge students to sign up for one credit if you're going to be attending anyway.

Schedule

Potential Papers

In general, papers from upcoming/recent OSDI, SIGCOMM, SOSP, NSDI, SIGMETRICS, SenSys, and similar conference proceedings are good sources of papers for discussion.