9 episodes
Computer Systems Colloquium (Spring 2011) Stanford University
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The Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium is the regular, weekly colloquium of the Computer Systems Laboratory. At each session, a guest lecturer examines some topic on current research and developments in computer systems. Speakers are drawn from industry, government, research, and educational institutions around the world.
The topics touch upon all aspects of computer science and engineering including logic design, computer organization and architecture, software engineering, computer applications of all sorts, public policy, and the social, business, and financial implications of technology. Frequently the Colloquium provides the first public forum for discussion of new products, discoveries, or ideas.
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9. Future-Proofing Scala Collections: From Mutable to Persistent to Parallel (June 1, 2011)
Martin Odersky introduces the advantages of Scala and argues that Scala's collections are the best way to make broader use of parallel processing. (June 1, 2011)
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8. Why the Google Book Settlement Failed and What's Next (May 25, 2011)
Pam Samuelson outlines the case against Google's book archiving efforts, the failed settlement, legislation and fair use issues and the options for moving forward. (May 25, 2011)
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7. Reactive Functional Programming from Models to Classrooms (May 18, 2011)
Shriram Krishnamurthi shares insights on designing and implementing educational software for teaching mathematics and programming to middle school students. (May 18, 2011)
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6. Technology in Banking: Facing Challenges of Scale and Complexity: Acceleration, Speed, and Other Derivations (May 11, 2011)
Peter Richards and Stephen Weston take a look at how JP Morgan Chase uses supercomputing to confront challenges of complexity and scale that it faces in areas like risk assessment. (May 11, 2011)
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5. Modifying Traditional B+ Trees for Optimal Performance on Arbitrary Storage Media (May 3, 2011)
Rethink DB founder, Slava Akhmechet, shares the many approaches his company took in developing an optimal SSD design using B-trees.
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4. Carbon Nanotube Imperfection-Immune Digital VLSI (April 27, 2011)
Subhasish Mitra explains his lab's imperfection-immune design process, which overcomes two major barriers to building transistors with carbon nanotubes. (April 27, 2011)