March 2019 - Stack@CS Reading Group

[Sysreading] SRG for April 1: Distributed systems and the CALM theorem
by James Davis 31 Mar '19

31 Mar '19

Hi folks, This week we will be discussing the most recent step in the CALM discussion, from Hellerstein and Alvaro. When: Wed. 1 April, 11:30-12:30 What: Keeping CALM <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.01930.pdf> - See also the writeup from A. Colyer on The Morning Paper <https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/03/06/keeping-calm-when-distributed-consisten…> Please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tSixtrSdcS_UtycCF7Y5nXfL3Q8NdW9nYwj…> so I can purchase sufficient food. Cheers, ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] SRG for 3/27: Is computer science "science"?
by James Davis 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Hi folks, Sorry for the late announcement. It's been a long week! There *will* be a reading group tomorrow. I have been reading some interesting papers about *whether computer science is, y'know, actually science*. These are "light reading" -- each one takes maybe 10 minutes. They could even be skimmed during the meeting itself. Anyway, tomorrow I'll see those of you brave enough to show up and do epistemological battle. - KW2, 2225, 11:30-12:30: "The usual" - Please RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dR32qthk5OLrFcJVZydD3CNJfJhaRrD5ooj…> so I can buy food. Paper list: 1. J. Hartmanis, Turing Award lecture on computational complexity and the nature of computer science, 1994 <https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=214781> 2. F. Brooks, Jr. The Computer Scientist as Toolsmith II, 1996 <http://www.cs.unc.edu/~brooks/Toolsmith-CACM.pdf> 3. Denning et al., Computing as a Discipline, 1989 <https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/courses/compsci747s2c/lectures/denning-1989.p…> Cheerio, ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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[Sysreading] No SRG this week
by James Davis 18 Mar '19

18 Mar '19

Hi folks, As no one volunteered to lead in my absence, there will be no sysreading group this week. Let me know by tomorrow morning if one of you wishes to lead after all! Otherwise we will resume next week :-) Cheerio, ~Jamie -- Jamie Davis PhD student, Computer Science, 2015-? Virginia Tech http://people.cs.vt.edu/~davisjam/

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