Computer Systems Colloquium (Spring 2007) 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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Off-the-Record Messaging: Useful Security and Privacy for IM (May 23, 2007)
In this talk, Ian Goldberg discusses "Off-the-Record Messaging" (OTR), a widely used software tool for secure and private instant messaging. I will outline some of the properties of Useful Security and Privacy Technologies. (May 23, 2007)
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Nanomanufacturing Technologies: Extending the Silicon Roadmap and Enabling New Applications (April 4, 2007)
This presentation explores technology challenges in IC nanomanufacturing and reviews the most likely directions needed to sustain the pervasive growth of semiconductor content. (April 4, 2007)
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Software Not Provided: Challenges, Experience, and Opportunities in Supporting Communities and Democracy (April 18, 2007)
Jerry and Todd discuss experiences, challenges, and trends in community and democracy supporting software, highlighting examples such as the East Palo Alto web portal EPA.Net and the Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS).
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Taking Concurrency Seriously: New Directions in Multiprocessor Synchronization (May 2, 2007)
Transactional memory is a computational model in which threads synchronize by optimistic, lock-free transactions. This talk will survey the area, with a focus on open research problems. (May 2, 2007)
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Multi-core, Multiprocessor, and Memory Hierarchies: An Application Developer's View of Next Generation Systems Enablement
In this talk, we review a history of programming paradigms along with programming models as well as discuss workloads and subsequent programming issues from current market growth segments. (May 9, 2007)
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Stream Programming: Multicore Made Practical (May 16, 2007)
Stream programming is a practical approach to overcoming these challenges that involves a partnership between the programmer and the compiler. (May 16, 2007)