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Thanks GroupSense for funding this award!
5.8.2016
The following two papers received the Best Paper Awards:
(1) "Debugging OpenStack Problems using a State Graph Approach" by
Yong Xiang, Hu Li, Sen Wang, Charley Peter Chen, and Wei Xu; and (2)
"Time Capsule: Tracing Packet Latency across
Different Layers in Virtualized Systems" by
Kun Suo, Jia Rao, Luwei Cheng, and Francis C.M. Lau. Congratulations!
3.8.2016
The registration desk will open at 8 AM on
August 4 & 5.
3.8.2016
Call this HOTLINE if you need any help during the 2-day workshop: 5626 4411 (voice only).
3.8.2016
The Venue page has been updated.
1.8.2016
A typhoon (Nida) is approaching Hong Kong, but according to official reports, it should be completely clear of the way by Wednesday and things will be back to normal then. So please stay assured that APSys 2016 will be held as scheduled. Expect a bit or rain though during the two days of our workshop.
25.7.2016
The Accommodation page is updated. Please book your hotel ASAP!
Speech: Converging Approaches in Software Switches
Dr. Ben Pfaff
Lead Developer of the Open vSwitch Project, VMware
Speech:
Converging Approaches in Software Switches
Abstract:
Software switches can be broadly divided in terms of their architecture into two categories: “code-driven” switches that call a series of arbitrary functions on each packet, and “data-driven” switches that use a single engine to apply actions selected from a series of tables. This talk will explain the two models and the usefulness of the categorization, and explain how hybrids of the two models can build on the strengths of both.
Biography:
Ben Pfaff is a lead developer of the Open vSwitch project and led the development effort of the OpenFlow reference implementation. He was a founding employee at Nicira and is currently at VMware. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2007. Ben has worked in free and open source software projects, including Debian and GNU, for over 20 years. Ben is a Senior Member of ACM and a Fellow of the Open Networking Foundation.