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�Everything You Wanted to Know about �Systems Reading Group* �(*But Were Afraid to Ask)

Tianyin Xu

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Today’s plan

  • Decide whether online or in-person
  • Find a speaker for next week
  • Round-table introduction
  • Bear with Tianyin’s cliché for 10 minutes

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Why do I need to attend this seminar?

  • Why do we need seminars in grad school?�
  • I just want to do research and leave me alone.�
  • I don’t have time to waste on listening to those presentations.

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What will this seminar look like?

  • What is the difference from watching a conference talk video (which is typically better prepared and presented)?

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Why do I need to waste time presenting a paper (I already read it)?

  • A presentation takes a lot of time!

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Can I be absent from next-week’s seminar?

  • I’m working on an OSDI submission and I’m short of time.

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  • I don’t have an OSDI deadline but I’m not interested in the topic.

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I don’t care and I need this one credit.�

Can I still take it?

  • I will do what is supposed to do (attending every seminar and present a paper).