Rutgers Systems Reading Group

A student organized weekly meetup to discuss foundational papers, current papers, and ideas related to anything computer systems.

Topics include (but are not limited to) programming languages, networks, operating systems, and architecture.

Anyone interested in systems research is invited to attend. To be included in the mailing list send an email to ru_sys-join@email.rutgers.edu.

Format

  • Each week a designated leader will facilitate the paper discussion. All participants are expected to have read and synthesized concepts from the paper.

  • All participants are expected to contribute to the discussion, such as by asking questions.

Schedule

Fall 2025

Date & Time Location Paper Leader

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD


Summer 2025

Date & Time Location Paper Leader

6/4/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

An Axiomatic Basis for Computer Programming

Alborz

6/11/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks

Negin

6/18/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication

Bhavana

6/25/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

Xen and the art of virtualization

Long

7/2/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

The eXpress data path: fast programmable packet processing in the operating system kernel

Bhavana

7/9/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

Guarded commands, nondeterminacy and formal derivation of programs

Alborz

7/16/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

Reconfigurable computing: a survey of systems and software

Negin

7/23/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

Superoptimizer: a look at the smallest program

Sehyeok

8/6/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

Kleene algebra with tests

Alborz

8/13/2025 1:00 PM

CoRE 301

ROS: an open-source Robot Operating System

Jonathan