End-to-end optimized image compression Ballé et al., ICLR'17 We'll be looking at some of the papers from ICLR'17 this week, starting with "End-to-end optimized image compression" which makes a nice comparison with the Dropbox JPEG compression paper that we started with last week. Of course you won't be surprised to find out that the authors … Continue reading End-to-end optimized image compression
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Efficient memory disaggregation with Infiniswap
Efficient memory disaggregation with Infiniswap Gu et al., NSDI '17 If we move performance numbers onto a human scale (let 1ns of processor time = 1 second of human time) then it's easier to get an intuition - for me at least - of the relative cost of different operations. In this world, it takes … Continue reading Efficient memory disaggregation with Infiniswap
CherryPick: Adaptively unearthing the best cloud configurations for big data analytics
CherryPick: Adaptively unearthing the best cloud configurations for big data analytics Alipourfard et al., NSDI'17 For big data analytics jobs, especially recurring jobs, finding a good cloud configuration (number and type of machines, CPU, memory ,disk and network options) can make a big different to overall cost and runtimes. Likewise, a poor choice can seriously … Continue reading CherryPick: Adaptively unearthing the best cloud configurations for big data analytics
vCorfu: A cloud-scale object store on a shared log
vCorfu: A cloud-scale object store on a shared log Wei et al., NSDI'17 vCorfu builds on the idea of a distributed shared log that we looked at yesterday with CORFU, to construct a distributed object store. We show that vCorfu outperforms Cassandra, a popular state-of-the-art NoSQL store, while providing strong consistency (opacity, read-own-writes), efficient transactions, … Continue reading vCorfu: A cloud-scale object store on a shared log
Corfu: A distributed shared log
Corfu: A distributed shared log Balakrishnan et al., ACM TOCS, 2013 (If you experience any difficulty in accessing the pdf in the above link please let me know, it should be open for you on the ACM DL. UPDATE, many readers are still seeing a paywall for the above paper link, here's an alternative open … Continue reading Corfu: A distributed shared log
The design, implementation and deployment of a system to transparently compress hundreds of petabytes of image files for a file storage service
The design, implementation, and deployment of a system to transparently compress hundreds of petabytes of image files for a file storage service Horn et al., NSDI'17 When I first started reading, I thought this paper was going to be about a new compression format Dropbox had introduced for JPEG images. And it is about that, … Continue reading The design, implementation and deployment of a system to transparently compress hundreds of petabytes of image files for a file storage service
FM Backscatter: Enabling connected cities and smart fabrics
FM Backscatter: Enabling connected cities and smart fabrics Wang et al., NSDI'17 If we want to connect all the things, then we need a means of sending and/or receiving information at each thing. These transmissions require power, and no-one wants to have to plug in chargers or keep swapping batteries for endless everyday objects. So … Continue reading FM Backscatter: Enabling connected cities and smart fabrics
ViewMap: Sharing private in-vehicle dashcam videos
ViewMap: Sharing private in-vehicle dashcam videos Kim et al., NSDI'17 In the world of sensor-laden connected cars that we're rushing towards, ViewMap addresses an interesting question: how can we use the information collected by those cars for common good, without significant invasion of privacy? It raises deeper questions too about the limits of state surveillance … Continue reading ViewMap: Sharing private in-vehicle dashcam videos
Improving user perceived page load time using gaze
Improving user perceived page load time using gaze Kelton, Ryoo, et al., NSDI 2017 I feel like I'm stretching things a little bit including this paper in an IoT flavoured week, but it does use at least bridge from the physical world to the virtual, if only via a webcam. What's really interesting here to … Continue reading Improving user perceived page load time using gaze
FarmBeats: An IoT platform for data-driven agriculture
FarmBeats: An IoT platform for data-driven agriculture Vasisht et al., NSDI '17 Today we have another pragmatic, low cost, IoT system case study. And it's addressing a problem almost as important as cricket: how can we help to meet the burgeoning demand for food across the globe by increasing farm productivity? [Just in case British … Continue reading FarmBeats: An IoT platform for data-driven agriculture
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