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The Power of Babble
Expect to be constantly and pleasantly befuddled.
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Scaling Synchronization in Multicore Programs
Advanced synchronization methods can boost the performance of multicore software.
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Research For Practice: Distributed Consensus and Implications of NVM on Database Management Systems
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research for practitioners.
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Introducing Research For Practice
Expert-curated guides to the best of CS research.
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The Singular Success of SQL
SQL has a brilliant future as a major figure in the pantheon of data representations.
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Should You Upload or Ship Big Data to the Cloud?
The accepted wisdom does not always hold true.
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More Encryption Means Less Privacy
Retaining electronic privacy requires more political engagement.
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Why Logical Clocks Are Easy
Sometimes all you need is the right language.
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A Purpose-Built Global Network: Google's Move to SDN
A discussion with Amin Vahdat, David Clark, and Jennifer Rexford.
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Schema.org: Evolution of Structured Data on the Web
Big data makes common schemas even more necessary.
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Non-Volatile Storage
Implications of the datacenter's shifting center.
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Immutability Changes Everything
We need it, we can afford it, and the time is now.
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How to De-Identify Your Data
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.
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Lean Software Development: Building and Shipping Two Versions
Catering to developers' strengths while still meeting team objectives.
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Challenges of Memory Management on Modern N-UMA Systems
Optimizing NUMA systems applications with Carrefour.
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Crash Consistency
Rethinking the fundamental abstractions of the file system.
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Dismantling the Barriers to Entry
We have to choose to build a Web that is accessible to everyone.
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