Operating System Trade-Offs: Performance, Extensibility, and Security
Systems need to balance how much extensibility, safety, and performance they provide applications. This is one of the fundamental trade-offs in system design. The goal of this seminar is to make you a better systems builder, paper reader, and systems researcher, by identifying this trade-off in various settings and thinking of ways to subsume it.
- Instructor: Dr. Amit Levy, leading researcher in operating systems.
- Dates: October 21, 2025 - December 23, 2025
- Schedule: Live sessions every Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
- Format: Virtual via video conference, with a shared chat for discussions.
- Prerequisites: This seminar is designed for practicing software engineers. Participants should have experience in systems programming (e.g., Go, C++, Rust, Java) and a general understanding of operating systems and distributed systems concepts.
- Cost: $2,000 USD