"Design Philosophy in Networked Systems" by Justine Sherry

Info: http://pwlconf.org/justine-sherry/
Slides: http://bit.ly/2cwZAQN
Transcription: http://bit.ly/2fSrdms
Justine's Site: http://www.justinesherry.com/
Justine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinesherry

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Platinum Sponsors: Two Sigma (@twosigma) and Comcast (@comcast)
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Description
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In this talk, I will present three of the great papers on the philosophy of how one designs networked systems.

There will be no graphs or performance benchmarks! Using the Internet as a reference, we will discuss the careful reasoning behind system design choices and how they effect other computer systems, human users, and even human society.

We will start with some technical themes: How do low-level systems choices impact high-level application capabilities?

We will end with some human themes: How do low-level systems choices reflect moral choices that impact high level societal tussles?

Referenced Papers
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- Design Philosophy of the Darpa Internet Protocols | http://ccr.sigcomm.org/archive/1995/jan95/ccr-9501-clark.pdf
- End-to-End Arguments in System Design | http://web.mit.edu/Saltzer/www/publications/endtoend/endtoend.txt
- Tussle in Cyberspace: Defining Tomorrow’s Internet | http://david.choffnes.com/classes/cs4700fa14/papers/tussle.pdf

Bio
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Justine Sherry is joining Carnegie Mellon University as an assistant professor in Fall 2017. Her interests are in computer networking; her work includes middleboxes, networked systems, measurement, cloud computing, and congestion control. Her recent research focuses on new opportunities and challenges arising from the deployment of middleboxes -- such as firewalls and proxies -- as services offered by clouds and ISPs. Justine received her PhD (2016) and MS (2012) from UC Berkeley, and her BS and BA (2010) from the University of Washington.

She is a recipient of the David J. Sakrison prize, paper awards at USENIX NSDI and ACM SIGCOMM, and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Most importantly, she is always on the lookout for a great cappuccino.