Re: [os-reading] OS-reading group meeting this semester

[Venkatanathan Varadarajan <venkatv@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Apologies for spamming all graduates..

I just wanted to notify you all that I will be deciding on a time for 
the OS-reading group based on responses on the poll ( 
http://whenisgood.net/j2gj2im ) by EOD tomorrow (09/11).
Also, some of you who responded to the poll forgot to join the 
OS-reading mailing list 
(https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/os-reading). Make sure you 
do so to receive any further communication, including the final 
time/date of meeting ( ... I will stop spamming all cs graduates).
As of now, the consensus seems to point to the following slots:
Tuesdays 4-5pm, Wednesdays 3-5pm.

OS reading group will start meeting from next week. Feel free to mail me 
with any concerns or questions regarding the group.
Thanks,
Venkat

On 09/04/2013 10:11 AM, Venkatanathan Varadarajan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are you interested in systems research? Would you enjoy
> discussing the latest research with other grad students?
>
> Consider joining the operating systems reading group.
>
> The group meets for one hour every week. We discuss papers from 
> conferences
>  such as SOSP <http://sosp.org/>, OSDI 
> <https://www.usenix.org/conferences/byname/179>, ASPLOS 
> <http://www.sigplan.org/Conferences/ASPLOS/Main>, EuroSys 
> <http://www.eurosys.org/>, FAST and also short papers from
> USENIX's Hot* workshops.
>
> Many of the papers we discuss are at the boundary between systems and 
> other
> domains such as architecture, networking and security. We also combine 
> reading
> group sessions when a paper touches significant portions of different 
> areas,
> like architecture, Security, PL, etc.
>
> Why should you join?
>
> * *Keep with the latest research.* This will often include papers
> outside your own specialization (ex: security kernels, new
> architectures) and expose you to great ideas from different areas.
> * *Practice reading and discussing papers.* This is a vital skill to
> develop as a researcher. You will be able to learn this skill quickly
> from observing other graduate students discuss the paper and
> see what they look for.
> * Bring new papers to the table and *lead discussions*
> * *Get to know other's current research.* Interact with other students
>  interested in (broadly) the same area. You learn a lot from informal 
> discussions
>  with other students. Get to know what different grad students are 
> working on.
> If you are interested in participating this semester
> 1) Join the reading group mailing list:
> https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/os-reading 
> <https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/os-reading>
> 2) Indicate when you are available to meet this semester (1 hour per 
> week):
> http://whenisgood.net/j2gj2im
>
> And, I apologies for multiple copies of this mail that you may have 
> received.
>
> Thanks,
> Venkat