SRG seminars are held hybrid, in FW11 and online, on Thursdays 3—4pm except where noted. Contact Yaman to offer a seminar or with questions. For previous years' seminars, see the old NetOS seminar pages. Talks in the series are open to the public. To receive announcements of future talks, please use this ical/vcal link: webcal://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/ics/8316.

To see upcoming talks, please visit: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/8316.

2026

• Friday 11.00-12.00 May 1st, 2026 @ FW09 Accelerating Distributed Systems with In-Network Computing, Wenfei Wu, Peking University [ abstract ]
• Thursday 11.00-12.00 April 30th, 2026 @ FW09 Prism: Revisiting Congestion Control in Data Center Networks, Fengyuan Ren, Tsinghua University [ abstract ]

2025

• Tuesday November 11th, 2025 @ SS03 Two talk double feature: NetFridgeS and The Small World Web of AI, Zhukun Wang & Noa Zilberman, University of Oxford [ abstract ]
• November 6th, 2025 Specializing Reinforcement Learning Techniques for Database Systems, Ryan Marcus, University of Pennsylvania [ abstract ]
• Monday November 3rd, 2025 @ FW11 Fast and Accurate Flow Mining in High-Speed Networks with Sketches, Weihe Li, University of Edinburgh [ abstract ]
• Friday May 23rd, 2025 AI Meets Economics: The Case of Auction-Assisted AI Systems in Cloud-Edge Continuum, Lei Jiao, University of Oregon [ abstract ]
• May 1st, 2025 The Case for Decentralized Scheduling in Modern Datacenters, Smita Vijayakumar, Systems Research Group, Computer Lab [ abstract ]
• April 4th, 2025 Shape-shifting Elephants: Multi-modal Transport for Integrated Research Infrastructure, Nik Sultana, Illinois Institute of Technology [ abstract ]
• March 28th, 2025 Mitigating the Risks of Metastable Failures in Distributed Systems, Aleksey Charapko, University of New Hampshire [ abstract ]
• January 27th, 2025 The Demikernel Datapath Architecture for Microsecond-scale Datacenter Systems, Irene Zhang, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research [ abstract ]
• January 23rd, 2025 OSDB: Turning the Tables on Kernel Data, George V. Neville-Neil, Elephance, Yale, Cambridge [ abstract ]

2024

• November 28th, 2024 Flow-based Encrypted Traffic Analysis, Daniel Poliakov, Brno University of Technology [ abstract ]
• Friday November 15th, 2024 Programmable Kernel Abstractions Wanted for Fun (and Profit)!, Theophilus A. Benson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University [ abstract ]
• November 14th, 2024 @ Zoom. Compiling Distributed System Models with PGo, and Beyond, Finn Hackett, Systopia lab and Software Practices Lab, University of British Columbia [ abstract ]
• October 24th, 2024 Modelling orchestration, Andrew Jeffery, Systems Research Group, Computer Lab [ abstract ]
• June 20th, 2024 Picos — Interoperable effects based concurrency for OCaml, Vesa Karvonen, Tarides [ abstract ]
• May 16th, 2024 Towards identifying neglected, obsolete and abandoned IoT and OT devices, Ricardo Yaben, DTU [ abstract ]
• March 22nd, 2024 Tech law vs tech design: why can't we be friends?, Dr Tristan Henderson, University of St Andrews [ abstract ]
• March 21st, 2024. A Privacy-Preserving Architecture and Data-sharing Model for Cloud-IoT Applications, Jenjira Jaimunk, Chiang Mai University [ abstract ]
• March 14th, 2024. Enabling Efficient and Scalable DRAM Read Disturbance Mitigation via New Experimental Insights into Modern DRAM Chips and Methodologies, Workloads, and Tools for Processing-in-Memory: Enabling the Adoption of Data-Centric Architectures, Giray Yağlıkçı and Geraldo Francisco, ETH Zürich [ abstract ]
• February 29th, 2024. Using outbreak games to learn about real outbreaks, Andrés Colubri, University of Massachusetts [ abstract ]

2023

• November 23rd, 2023. DINC: Toward Distributed In-Network Computing / Exploring the Benefits of Carbon-Aware Routing, Changgang Zheng / Sawsan Elzahr, Oxford University [ abstract ]
• November 9th, 2023. Navigating the Open Source Landscape: Insights from Ayan Kumar and Edwin Torok, Ayan Kumar and Edwin Torok, Xen Project [ abstract ]
• October 27th, 2023. K9db: Privacy-Compliant Storage For Web Applications By Construction, Malte Schwarzkopf, Brown University [ abstract ]
• June 29th, 2023. Memo: an incremental computation library that powers Dune, Andrey Mokhov, Jane Street [ abstract ]
• June 15th, 2023. Monitoring and Improving QoE for the home network via large scale CPE deployment, Iain Fraser, Netduma [ abstract ]
• May 18th, 2023. In-Network Machine Learning for Market Prediction Using Limit Order Books, Xinpeng Hong, University of Oxford [ abstract ]
• May 4th, 2023. Insights into Routing on Service Addresses (ROSA), Dirk Trossen, Huawei [ abstract ]
• May 2nd, 2023. Follow the Transistors, a New Approach to Systems Software, George Neville-Neil [ abstract ]

2022

• December 1st, 2022. Consumer IoT devices Identification at the Edge, Roman Kolcun, University of Cambridge [ abstract ]
• November 24th, 2022. Scene understanding in emergency response scenarios, Niki Trigoni, Oxford [ abstract ]
• November 10th, 2022. The Challenges of Controlling a Quantum Computer, Kenton Barnes, Riverlane [ abstract ]
• August 18th, 2022. Achieving Consistent Low Latency for Wireless Real-Time Communications with the Shortest Control Loop, Zili Meng, Tsinghua Unversity [ abstract ]
• July 21st, 2022. cISP: A Speed-of-Light Internet Service Provider, Brighten Godfrey, UIUC and VMware [ abstract ]
• June 30th, 2022. Trustworthy Digital Identity - System Architecture, Jon Crowcroft, Computer Lab and ATI [ abstract ]
• June 9th, 2022. Are we stuck with the current Internet Protocol (IP)? (And does it matter if we are?), Saleem Bhatti, University of St Andrews [ abstract ]
• May 26th, 2022. Order! A tale of money, intrigue, and specifications, Lorenzo Alvisi, Cornell University [ abstract ]
• May 12th, 2022. Towards an Internet of Reality, James Gross, KTH Stockholm [ abstract ]
• March 24th, 2022. Internet Traffic Analysis at Scale, Anja Feldmann, Max Planck Institute for Informatics [ abstract ]
• March 17th, 2022. AI and Big Data for Social Good: From Covid Infection Study to Drug Repurposing for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, Jacqueline Lam and Victor Li, University of Hong Kong [ abstract ]
• March 10th, 2022. Towards Digital Sovereignty in the Age of Hyper-giants, Vaibhav Bajpai, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security [ abstract ]
• March 3rd, 2022. Software as a Network, Brighten Godfrey, UIUC and VMware [ abstract ]
• February 24th, 2022. Turbocharging Serverless Research with vHive, Dmitrii Ustiugov, University of Edinburgh [ abstract ]
• February 17th, 2022. Networked Systems in the Era of Programmable Dataplanes, Arvind Krishnamurthy, University of Washington [ abstract ]
• February 10th, 2022. Perception-Driven Optimization: A New Frontier for Scaling Internet Applications, Junchen Jiang, University of Chicago [ abstract ]
• February 3rd, 2022. Health Monitoring with Wireless Sensors and Machine Learning, Bruce Maggs, Duke University and Emerald Innovations [ abstract ]
• January 27th, 2022. Cache Networks with Optimality Guarantees, Stratis Ioannidis, Northeastern University [ abstract ] [ slides ]
• January 20th, 2022. Assertions for Distributed Systems, Aurojit Panda, NYU [ abstract ]
• January 13th, 2022. Towards Performant Networking from Low-Earth Orbit, Debopam Bhattacherjee, ETH Zürich [ abstract ]

2021

• December 2nd, 2021. Making the Most of Massive Clusters, Fiodar Kazhamiaka, Stanford University [ abstract ]
• November 25th, 2021. Automerge: A New Foundation for Collaboration Software, Martin Kleppmann, Computer Lab [ abstract ]
• November 18th, 2021. AnyOpt: Predicting and Optimizing IP Anycast Performance, David Choffnes, Northeastern University [ abstract ]
• November 4th, 2021. The Demikernel OS Architecture for Kernel-Bypass, Microsecond Systems , Irene Zhang, Microsoft Research [ abstract ]
• October 28th, 2021. Cloud-native data systems for the post-Moore era, Jana Giceva, TU Munich [ abstract ]
• October 21st, 2021. Programmable data plane, Minlan Yu, Harvard and Google [ abstract ]
• October 14th, 2021. Why is Zoom so much more popular than standards-based videoconferencing?, Henning Schulzrinne, Columbia University [ abstract ]
• October 7th, 2021. Edge network opens the door of heterogeneous network federation, Yuchao Zhang, BUPT and Cambridge [ abstract ] [ slides ]
• July 30th, 2021. Revisiting MANETs in 2021, Marco Caballero, Computer Lab [ abstract ]
• July 15th, 2021. Hey, you got your distributed algorithm in my ML!, Tim Harris, Microsoft [ abstract ]
• July 8th, 2021. Unsafe at Any Speed? Self-Driving Networks without Self-Crashing Networks, Jeff Mogul, Google [ abstract ]
• June 24th, 2021. Internet Transparency, Katerina Argyraki, EPFL [ abstract ]
• June 10th, 2021. Leveraging over-provisioned WANs for next-generation services, Rachee Singh, Azure for Operators [ abstract ]
• June 3rd, 2021. Network Function Virtualization and its Application to Improve the Architecture and Protocols of Future Cellular Networks, K.K. Ramakrishnan, UC Riverside [ abstract ]
• May 27th, 2021. Mapping Mobile Broadband Access, Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech [ abstract ]
• May 20th, 2021. iBox: Internet in a Box, Venkat Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research [ abstract ]
• May 6th, 2021. Teleoperating Mobile Things, Joerg Ott, TU Munich [ abstract ]
• April 29th, 2021. Examining Raft's behaviour during partial network failures, Chris Jensen, Computer Lab [ abstract ]
• April 22nd, 2021. Consumer IoT devices: Privacy Implications and Device Identification, Roman Kolcun, Computer Lab [ abstract ]
• April 15th, 2021. Understanding the Weaponization of the Web via Data-Driven Analysis, Emiliano De Cristofaro, UCL
• April 8th, 2021. Protection, restoration, and expansion of the world's woodlands as Nature-based Solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises: How can computer science help?, David Coomes, Cambridge Conservation Research Institute and Plant Sciences
• April 1st, 2021. Towards Grey Fault Tolerant Cloud Systems, Ryan Huang, Johns Hopkins University
• March 25th, 2021. Obstacles to Wearable Computing, Helen Oliver, Computer Lab
• March 18th, 2021. DNA for Archival Storage, Omer Sella, Computer Lab
• March 11th, 2021. Rearchitecting Kubernetes for the Edge, Andrew Jeffery, Computer Lab
• February 25th, 2021. Designing Next Generation Network Interface Cards, Aditya Akella, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• February 18th, 2021. Programmable, Hardware-based routing and scheduling, Laurent Vanbever, ETH Zurich
• February 4th, 2021. Pluginizing Internet Protocols, Olivier Bonaventure, Université catholique de Louvain
• January 28th, 2021. Practical Edge Computing for Mobile X Reality, Pan (Ben) Hui, HKUST
• January 21st, 2021. Let it Rain: Interactive Smart Building Data Visualizations for Real-Time Sensor Readings, Justas Brazauskas, Computer Lab

2020

• December 3rd, 2020. Running NFV Service Chains at the True Speed of the Underlying Hardware, Dejan Kostic, KTH
• November 26th, 2020. Load Migration in SDN Controllers, Yashar Ganjali, University of Toronto
• November 19th, 2020. On the Art of Wielding a Double-Edged Sword (or, Finessing Modern Networks), Samer Al-Kiswany, University of Waterloo
• November 12th, 2020. Mir BFT: Robust scaling of classical BFT, Marko Vukolic, IBM Research, Zurich
• October 29th, 2020. The Battle for Bandwidth: Fairness and Heterogenous Congestion Control on Today's Internet, Justine Sherry, CMU
• October 22nd, 2020. Enclave-Aware Compartmentalization and Secure Sharing with Sirius, Zahra Tarkhani, Computer Lab
• October 15th, 2020. Twins: White-Glove Approach for BFT Testing, Shehar Bano, Novi (Facebook)
• October 8th, 2020. Bias in Algorithms, Derek McAuley, University of Nottingham
• September 10th, 2020. Scaling AI Systems with Optical I/O, Manya Ghobadi, MIT
• September 3rd, 2020. Smart Cities with Privacy Assurance, Sid Chau, ANU
• August 20th, 2020. Sirius: A Flat Datacenter Network with Nanosecond Optical Switching, Hitesh Ballani, Microsoft Research Cambridge
• August 6th, 2020. Systematic Rateless Coding for Efficient Data Transport in Data Centres, Mohammed Alasmar, University of Sussex
• July 30th, 2020. Caching with Delayed Hits, Nirav Atre, CMU
• June 25th, 2020. Service-Aware Provisioning for Greener & Smarter Cellular Networks, Rongpeng Li, Zhejiang University
• June 18th, 2020. Battery-Free, Low-Cost Sensing with RFIDs, Ju Wang, University of Waterloo
• June 11th, 2020. Building Enzian: a research computer, Mothy Roscoe, ETH Zurich
• June 4th, 2020. Latency-driven Performance in Data Centres, Diana Popescu, Computer Lab
• May 28th, 2020. All for One and One for All: Decoupling IP in the Connection from the Endhost Communication, Marwan Fayed, Cloudflare Research