[PDL-readingGroup] Welcome to PDL reading group Spring edition

[Ziyue Qiu]

Hello everyone,
We’re excited to invite you to the PDL reading group sessions for the
upcoming Spring semester!

As we enter a new Spring semester, we have decided to restart the
traditions. As before, one of our group members will lead our weekly
meetings, and there will be lunch/dinner for everyone. The food orders will
be collected a day prior via a spreadsheet. To help us figure out the
meeting time, please fill in this When2meet
<https://www.when2meet.com/?28274025-PowzP>. Also, please join our Slack
channel #reading-group
<https://parallel-data-lab.slack.com/archives/C05AMEKUVM1> (it is public)
under PDL for timely information.

Our selection process for reading materials saw a *refreshing change* during
2023 Summer and proved successful. Here are the key criteria for our paper
selections:
1) It has made a significant impact or has high importance (has won awards,
has dispelled myths, and so forth).
2) It contributes to our understanding of a particular concept, principle,
class of hardware, or relevant applications.
* We have provided examples
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xpIDA6S9o8j3jOSrXBwAlMfTKN_TEPJQt5LOvO5yhSw/edit?gid=19072803>
under
the tab ‘paper list - filterable’ for your review and previous selections
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TAFysTMR0OKRiD1vH0IrIYMor5vQvbuBdpAwD53zfgw/edit#gid=1137880309>
under
the tab ’history (2023 Summer)’.
About our second point, we are introducing a new option to broaden our
perspectives. Instead of discussing one paper for the entire hour (of
course you can), we are also willing to see a one-hour *review of a
specific conference section (3-5 papers)*. Each paper would get 10-20
minutes of discussion time. For instance, there are relevant sessions in
FAST 24 <https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast24/technical-sessions> that
include topics like Cloud Storage, Key-Value Systems, File Systems, etc.

In conclusion, we can’t wait to start and are excited to see you **** **SIGNUP
HERE <https://www.when2meet.com/?28274025-PowzP>** ****.We’re eager to
commence this Spring with insightful discussions and new learnings. See you
there!

Best,
Ziyue, Tim, Sanjith
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