CS525 UIUC SP21: Reading List

Compiled by Prof. Indranil Gupta. http://indy.cs.illinois.edu/ 

Main Course Website: https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs525/sp2021 

SP21 Schedule: https://go.cs.illinois.edu/CS525SP21Schedule (see for slides on presentation/discussion)

Current Document: https://go.cs.illinois.edu/CS525SP21ReadingList 

There are a total of 22 sessions. The presentation schedule for these can be found at the main CS525 SP21 Schedule Page.

For each session below, there are:

1) Two “Main Papers” (these are the presentation papers), and

2) Some “Additional Readings” papers.

These papers have been carefully selected, and the schedule is not negotiable. Presenters must present the two “Main Papers”  (they can also additionally cover the other papers listed in the session). Other students must review any one of the two “Main Papers.”

Finally, there are more papers available on topics, which we could not cover given the limited number of weeks in SP21, at the SP18 CS525 website.

Table of Contents (Clickable!)

***** Indy’s Lectures [1/26-2/11]        2

***** Federated ML [2/16]        2

***** Elastic ML [2/18]        3

***** IoT + Distributed Systems [2/23]        3

***** IoT Failure Handling [2/25]        4

***** Server Less and Achieve More [3/2]        4

***** Disaggregate it All [3/4]        5

***** In the Blink of an Eye [3/9]        5

***** Planet-Scale Systems [3/11]        6

***** The Edge [3/16]        6

***** Edge-Cloud/Hybrid [3/18]        7

***** ML Scheduling and Frameworks [3/23]        7

***** ML Parameter Management  [3/25]        8

***** Time is of the Essence [3/30]        9

***** Rethink. All. The. Assumptions.  (Twist in the Classical Tale) [4/1]        10

***** Verification Approaches [4/6]        10

***** Video Killed the Radio Star [4/8]        11

***** Consensus, and Consistency [4/15]        11

***** Industry [4/20]        12

***** Grounding It (Measurement Studies) [4/22]        13

***** Transactions [4/27]        14

***** Miscellaneous [4/29]        14

***** Wrap Up [5/4]        15


***** Indy’s Lectures [1/26-2/11]

1/26 Introduction

1/28 Before, There Were Clouds

2/2 P2P Systems

2/4 Key-Value Stores

2/9 Distributed Algorithms, Sensor Networks

2/11 Orientation To Upcoming Topics

(No papers, Indy will present an orientation of upcoming topics at a very high level)


***** Federated ML [2/16]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Elastic ML [2/18]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** IoT + Distributed Systems [2/23]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** IoT Failure Handling [2/25]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Server Less and Achieve More [3/2]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Disaggregate it All [3/4]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** In the Blink of an Eye [3/9]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Planet-Scale Systems [3/11]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** The Edge [3/16]

Main Papers


***** Edge-Cloud/Hybrid [3/18]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** ML Scheduling and Frameworks [3/23]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** ML Parameter Management  [3/25]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Time is of the Essence [3/30]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Rethink. All. The. Assumptions.  (Twist in the Classical Tale) [4/1]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Verification Approaches [4/6]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Video Killed the Radio Star [4/8]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Consensus, and Consistency [4/15]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Industry [4/20]

Main Papers

Additional Readings

  • Borg: the Next Generation, Muhammad Tirmazi, Adam Barker, Nan Deng, Md Ehtesam Haque, Zhijing Gene Qin, Steven Hand, Mor Harchol-Balter, John Wilkes, Eurosys 2020.

***** Grounding It (Measurement Studies) [4/22]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Transactions [4/27]

Main Papers

Additional Readings


***** Miscellaneous [4/29]

Main Papers

Additional Readings

  • #compilers #ml Transferable Graph Optimizers for ML Compilers, Yanqi Zhou, Sudip Roy, Amirali Abdolrashidi2, Daniel Wong3, Peter Ma, Qiumin Xu, Hanxiao Liu, Mangpo Phitchaya Phothilimtha, Shen Wang, Anna Goldie, Azalia Mirhoseini James Laudon, NeurIPS 2020.

***** Wrap Up [5/4]

(No reviews required for the following papers.)

Additional Readings

  • R. Hoffmann, "Why buy that theory?", 2003
  • R. P. Feynman, "Metaplast Corp."