Talks SPTDC 2020

Algorand: Consensus and smart contracts

In this talk, Jing Chen will introduce Algorand’s core technology, recent development and roadmap.

Programming for persistent memory

This class will explore a variety of topics in the rapidly evolving field of persistent memory, including hardware (memory and processor) foundations; formal correctness criteria (memory persistency, durable linearizability); persistent data structures; run-time systems for failure atomicity; dynamic memory allocation; and operating system support for failure recovery and for safe, user-level sharing.

Cryptographic tools for distributed computing

This short course presents a brief introduction to concepts and tools from modern cryptography.

Foundations of distributed storage

Idit will talk about distributed storage.

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Reasoning about data consistency in distributed systems

We will present modern methods for formally specifying consistency models of distributed systems and reasoning about how their choice affects system correctness.

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A recoverable lock that meets the MCS gold-standard

In this course, Prasad will describe the ongoing research that has led to the first recoverable algorithm that meets the gold standard set by MCS.

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From crash to Byzantine fault tolerance, and beyond

In this lecture, Rodrigo will present the two main system and fault models that have been used for the last four decades.

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